Aldo Leopold
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Counting Life’s Flowering Treasures

The ebb and flow of local populations of the mariposa lily
Jim Anderson

Bill Kuhn, who lives among the sagebrush, juniper and mariposa lilies, is somewhat like me: a worrywart. Every time he and I sit by the fire we get to chinwaggin’ about what’s going to happen to the juniper, sagebrush and wildflowers—that are the love of our lives—after we go out among the stars. Kuhn’s also […]

Posted inOpinion

Don’t allow the notion of short-term financial gain threaten the Endangered Species Act

Jim Anderson

Editor’s note: Our Dog Days of Summer issue conveniently—or perhaps, unfortunately—coincides with the U.S. Department of Interior and Department of Commerce’s recent announcement that the agencies would seek to weaken some of the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. In light of the proposed changes, we could imagine no one more qualified than our Natural […]

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