Can Cities Feed Us?

Conservation, July-September 2010, pages 16-21.

For every acre of land cultivated in a high-rise urban farm, 10 to 20 acres of current cropland could go wild.

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Orca's Best Friend

Columns, June 2009.

Samuel Wasser, head of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, enlists the help of extremely playful dogs to save endangered species.

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Helping, Half a World Away

Earth Island Journal, Vol. 19 No. 3, Autumn 2004, pages 12-13 of “Disappearing Act: A special section on endangered species.”

How the International Snow Leopard Trust, a conservation organization based in Seattle, Washington, is helping save an endangered species of cat that lives in the remote mountains of Central Asia.

Dark Secret of the Lake

New Scientist, Vol. 181 No. 2436, 28 February 2004, pages 40-43.

Lake Victoria’s cichlid fish have suffered a terrible decline in the past 20 years, but the prime culprit is not what scientists initially suspected.

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Lost and Found

Conservation in Practice, Vol. 4 No. 3, Summer 2003, pages 32-38.

In Lake Victoria, researchers have rediscovered an “extinct” cichlid. Capitalizing on this serendipitous conservation opportunity, they have found a way to reconcile species recovery and fisheries.

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Old Science, New Science

Conservation in Practice, Vol. 3, No. 3, Summer 2002, pages 20-27.

Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into contemporary management.

(With Chuck Striplen.)

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What Really is an Evolutionarily Significant Unit?

Conservation Biology in Practice, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2002, pages 10-17. (Cover article.)

The debate over integrating genetics and ecology in conservation biology.

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Salmon Paternity Tested

Wildlife Conservation, December 2001, page 22.

Resurrection

New Scientist, Vol. 170 No. 2293, 2 June 2001, pages 38-41.

Even in the built-up San Francisco Bay Area, vestiges of the pristine past linger on ready to spring back to life. But first, you have to find them.

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Tapping the Ivory Tower

Conservation Biology in Practice, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 2001, pages 28-32.

How academic-agency partnerships can advance conservation.

(With P. Dee Boersma.)

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Streams of Data

Genome News Network, May 28, 2001.

Scientists are using DNA sequencers in efforts to conserve species of Pacific salmon.

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Coordinating and Mobilizing an International Monitoring Program

Conservation Biology in Practice, Winter 2001.

The story of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force.

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Salmon and Suburbs Struggle Over a Washington River

High Country News, August 30, 1999.

Part of a special issue on the Endangered Species Act and Habitat Conservation Plans, my first freelance feature article tackled the HCP for the Cedar River, source of Seattle's drinking water.

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