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Great Places
September 6, 2007
Volume 7, Issue 9


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Hear Nature on the Radio!
Listen to "Stories from the Heart of the Land," a new public radio series cosponsored by The Nature Conservancy that explores people's connections with place. Visit our special website to listen to episodes, learn more about the series and find out where you can hear it!

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Scarlet Macaw, Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula.
Photo © Sergio Pucci
Adopt a Piece of Paradise
Learn how you can protect the remote Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, the new location for the Conservancy's Adopt an Acre™ program. Explore this Costa Rican paradise — full of jaguars, pumas and monkeys — and click on the scarlet macaw photo to download it as a desktop wallpaper!

China's First National Park
Pudacuo National Park, China.
Photo © Zhu Li/TNC
China's First National Park
The Conservancy has helped China establish its first national park! See a slideshow and find out more about this conservation landmark — now a model for a national park system in China.

Ask the Conservationist: Please Conserve This Land!
Panther cub in Florida. Photo © Mark Barrett, © Silver Image
Ask the Conservationist: Please Conserve This Land!
How do we decide whether land is ecologically valuable enough to set aside? That's the question for Jeff Danter, director of The Nature Conservancy in Florida, in this month's "Ask the Conservationist."

Cars in Bangkok, Thailand.
© Mark Godfrey/TNC
Enviro-Tips: Train, Plane or Automobile?
You're going from New York to San Francisco — but what's the eco-friendliest way to get there? Read this month's Enviro-Tips and learn why the train is probably your greenest option…unless you're walking or biking, of course!

Photo of the Month
Wavy-Leaf Emerald Moth Caterpillar, Nebraska

“I pieced together the story on this amazing inchworm...”

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Wavy-Leaf Emerald Moth Caterpillar, Nebraska
Photo © Chris Helzer/TNC

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.
Cry Me a River
Why did one man chain himself to a rock? To save a wild river. Producers: The Kitchen Sisters.
Spooked in the Woods
Armed with hot dogs, a tent and an 11-year-old, nature-phobic Jonathan Goldstein goes camping. Producer: Jonathan Goldstein.
The Great Bear Rainforest
Elizabeth Arnold goes to Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, but isn't ready for the bears. Producer: Elizabeth Arnold.
Sockeye Spectacular
Listen in as 2 million salmon return to their Canadian spawning grounds. Producer: John Ryan.
Photo Credits (from top): © Scott Warren; © Mark Godfrey/TNC; © Gunther Matschke; © Charlie Ott.
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