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Killing fish to save frogs

By Ted Williams Shortly after World War II, California fish managers had a brainstorm: They loaded juvenile trout into airplanes…

Yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa), courtesy USGS

When giants fall, we need to listen

“God has cared for these trees …but he cannot save them from fools.”— John Muir In just two years, wildfire…

When immortals die

Giant sequoias come as close to immortality as living organisms can. Many live over a thousand years despite nature’s challenges. So…