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Nature Conservancy Magazine
Nature Conservancy Magazine
Every issue of our magazine includes great articles about fascinating outdoor places, gorgeous photography from around the world, timely and informative book reviews, and exciting nature travel ideas.
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Great Places
April 5, 2007
Volume 7, Issue 4

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Header Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC
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Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Oregon © Rick McEwan
Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Oregon
Planet Earth: See it as Never Before
Planet Earth Continues on the Discovery Channel
Have you seen your planet? Not until you've seen Planet Earth, a spectacular 11-part series showing Sundays at 8pm ET/PT on the Discovery Channel. From grasslands to rivers to forests, Planet Earth showcases global habitats and their animals and plants in amazing high-definition (HDTV). The series concludes with an 11-hour Earth Day marathon on April 22. And go deeper on what you see with nature.org's special Planet Earth website!
Follow the Map and Get Out
Follow the Map and Get Out
As you make your Earth Day plans this year, consider visiting a Conservancy preserve — and you can use our interactive preserve map to get there. Just click on the location you're interested in and you'll find more details about the preserve and its unique plant and animal life. With preserves in all 50 states and many others abroad, you'll probably find a preserve close to your home or your next vacation spot.
Sanjayan, a Conservancy lead scientist. Photo © TNC
Adventures of a Conservationist
Saving lions in Kenya? Finding new species in the Solomon Islands? Hiking one of the world's last great places in Montana? Our lead scientist Sanjayan leads a life of adventure...and now you can track it in his new online column, "Wild Life." This month, Sanjayan reflects on how HIV/AIDS has devastated conservation efforts in Africa.
Sand dunes at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Utah. Photo © Janice L. Reed
Ask the Conservationist: Are Humans Really Causing Climate Change?
How do we know humans are really causing climate change? In this month's Ask the Conservationist, Patrick Gonzalez of our Global Climate Change Initiative explains why carbon levels in the Earth's atmosphere are at historic highs. When you're done reading, send us your question for the Conservancy's 720 staff scientists!
Coffee Beans
Coffee beans drying in the sun in the Chiriqui Highlands of Panama. Photo © Graham Marsden/TNC
Enviro-Tips: The Great Reusable Coffee Mug Debate
Paper or plastic...or stainless steel? Durable coffee mugs seem an environmental no-brainer next to those disposable paper cups. But are they really eco-friendly when you add in what it takes to make and wash them? Venture with us into the piping-hot debate over the best mug for your mocha!
Photo of the Month
Bean Hollow State Beach, San Mateo County, California

“I felt I was out there with them as I chased their wakes with the wind.”

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Bean Hollow State Beach, San Mateo County, California
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC
April's Success Stories
Nature Stories Podcast Podcasts
Each week, our Nature Stories podcast brings you unexpected tales of people's connections with the natural world. You may subscribe to the series or download the individual stories through the links below.
Rocco from the Bronx
He farmed...the Bronx? In the 1930s? Listen to one man's amazing recollections.
Produced by Adam Arlington.
The Other Dead Sea
How did a seashore turn into a desert in one generation?
Produced by Rachel Dornhelm.
Entrepreneur
Adam Johns never wanted to be a worm digger, but somebody's got to do the dirty work.
Produced by Jesse Dukes.
Big Stone Heads
Who made the eerie Easter Island sculptures known as moai...and where did all the island's trees go?
Produced by Jack Chance.
Blackfish
Do whales talk? Listen to their eerie conversations with an acoustic biologist.
Produced by Barrett Golding.
Grey Ghost
Hear why a man has searched for "the most beautiful songbird in the world"...for 24 years.
Produced by Allan Coukell.
Photo Credits (from top): © Mark Godfrey/TNC; © Mark Godfrey/TNC; © Royalty-Free/Corbis; © Royalty-Free/Corbis; © Tony Kooyman; © Connie Gelb/TNC.
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