2015-2016 Magazine Articles

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Waiting for Water
Waiting for Water

Audubon • Winter 2016

Waiting for Water. The drought plaguing Mono Lake has created a more immediate threat to its bird colonies: coyotes.

From Across the Country, Gifts of Tiny Houses Arrive for Standing Rock
From Across the Country, Gifts of Tiny Houses Arrive for Standing Rock

Yes! Magazine • November 23, 2016

From Across the Country, Gifts of Tiny Houses Arrive for Standing Rock

A Mom’s Plea for Library Books Brought in 15,000—And Transformed Her Small Town
A Mom’s Plea for Library Books Brought in 15,000—And Transformed Her Small Town

Yes! Magazine • September 20, 2016

Lit lovers from all over the country—including authors Sherman Alexie and Neil Gaiman—sent books to reopen the rural school library.

Three Nations Create Giant Reserves for Ocean Life
Three Nations Create Giant Reserves for Ocean Life

National Geographic • September 9, 2016

Meeting in the Galápagos, the presidents of Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Colombia announce historic protections to safeguard sea turtles, sharks, and a variety of other creatures off their coasts.

Northern California Towns are Running Out of Water
Northern California Towns are Running Out of Water

Water Deeply • August 16, 2016

Northern California Towns are Running Out of Water

California plans to log its drought-killed trees
California plans to log its drought-killed trees

High Country News • August 8, 2016

California plans to log its drought killed trees.

Condors Reach New Milestone of Survival, Thanks to Tree-Climbing Biologists
Condors Reach New Milestone of Survival, Thanks to Tree-Climbing Biologists

National Geographic • July 18, 2016

Condors Reach New Milestone of Survival, Thanks to Tree - Climbing Biologists

Mono Lake Facing Another Crisis
Mono Lake Facing Another Crisis

Water Deeply • April 30, 2016

Drought is taking its toll on Mono Lake.
 

Will Human Right to Water Resolution Really Help?
Will Human Right to Water Resolution Really Help?

Water Deeply • March 10, 2016

California is the first state to have a law declaring the human right to water.

Drought's Alarming Toll on California Forests.
Drought's Alarming Toll on California Forests.

Water Deeply • February 16, 2016

California's four-year drought is taking an alarming toll on its trees.

Want to Save the Spotted Owl? Stop Trying So Hard
Want to Save the Spotted Owl? Stop Trying So Hard

Audubon Magazine • January, 2016

New research shows that the California Spotted Owl may actually benefit from the forest fires...

Welcome to the Sixth Mass Extinction
Welcome to the Sixth Mass Extinction

Discover Magazine • January 2016

It’s the end of many species as we know it. And we’re the responsible ones. 

Banking on Groundwater
Banking on Groundwater

Scientific American • December 2015

Hydrologists experiment with a farming technique that could ease drought pains

Can Extinct Tortoises Be Brought Back To Life?
Can Extinct Tortoises Be Brought Back To Life?

National Geographic • December 2015

Scientists scrambled across lava-covered slopes on Galápagos Islands...

Firey 2015 May Become the 'New Normal'
Firey 2015 May Become the 'New Normal'

Discover Magazine • November 2015

With more than 9 million acres burned, the U.S. endured one of the worst...

Burn Notice
Burn Notice

Audubon • September/October 2015

With climate change turning up the temperature and the state in a four-year drought...

Cap On
Cap On

Audubon • September/October 2015

Open pipes are death traps for birds.

California May Be Home to a New Lone Wolf
California May Be Home to a New Lone Wolf

National Geographic • September 2015

The animal was photographed in a forest near Oregon, but state biologists await DNA confirmation.

The Tule Lake Jail: A Story of Restoration and Redemption
The Tule Lake Jail: A Story of Restoration and Redemption

Boom Magazine • July 2015

When he was twenty-one years old, Jimi Yamaichi built a jail within a jail on the barren wind-swept grasslands near Tule Lake,...

Restored Anti Nuke Sailboat Launches Again on a Peace Mission
Restored Anti Nuke Sailboat Launches Again on a Peace Mission

National Geographic • June 2015

The Golden Rule drew attention to U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests in the pacific in 1958 and helped start a movement that led to a...

The Tahoe National Forest From Shepherds to Ski Resorts
The Tahoe National Forest From Shepherds to Ski Resorts

Your National Forests • Summer/Fall 2015

The Tahoe National Forest From Shepherds to Ski Resorts.

Keeping the dust down in California’s Owens Valley
Keeping the dust down in California’s Owens Valley

High Country News • March 2015

A civil engineer battles Los Angeles over its air pollution legacy.

Life in the Fast Lane
Life in the Fast Lane

Discover Magazine • January 2015

Some species are evolving far more quickly than Darwin ever imagined.