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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
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Donald Giannatti via Unsplash, Wild horses Monument Valley, Utah
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I’m disgusted with American journalism. It’s boring. I blame editors for assigning uninteresting stories, and people interviewed for being evasive….
MoreKilling wildlife to see who wins
Predators do kill game and livestock, but no game species in the United States is suppressed by predation, and overpopulated species like elk and deer lack the predators needed to maintain their health and that of native ecosystems.
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The ashy storm-petrel, threatened by mice on the Farallon Islands.
Photograph courtesy of Ted Williams
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