Nature Conservancy Magazine: Summer 2008


Flora & Fauna Can centuries-old saguaros stand the test of time? See them in this photo feature.		Subscribe to Nature Conservancy Magazine This great content isn't available on newsstands. Become a member of The Nature Conservancy today and start receiving this award-winning magazine.

Jurassic Beach The underappreciated horseshoe crab has saved untold numbers of human lives. Now volunteers are returning the favor.

Growth Potential Could demand for water in Brazil’s largest cities help restore the nearly destroyed Atlantic Rainforest?

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Saguaro Cactus
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Hippos
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Soar with Bald Eagles
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Departments

Human Nature
Digging for Dinosaurs.

Reviews
Histories natural, unnatural and in the making.

From the President
Finding the Common Ground.

Additional Features

Just Add Water
More than half the wetlands in the U.S. have been destroyed, but conservationists are reverse engineering past damage.

Interview
For Conservancy orangutan expert Eric Meijaard, it’s all about the forest. And the pigs.

Now & Then
Missing for 50 years, blackfooted ferrets are once again home on the range.

NewsFront

Second Wind
Gulf Coast Preserves Begin Recovery from Hurricane Damage

The Grass Among the Graves
Cemetery Provides a Link to the Past

Fire Bird
The Florida Scrub Jay Suffers a Setback

Standing Army
Fighting Climate Change by Protecting Forests

Great Grasslands
Protecting Brazil’s Little-Known Treasure

Appalachian Vacation
Development Threatens Mountain Forests

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Images (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Jack Dykinga (Saguaro); © Christian Ziegler (Horseshoe crab); © Scott Warren (Tamarin); © Jack Dykinga (Saguaros); © Christian Ziegler (Horseshoe crab); © Scott Warren (Trees); © John Cancalosi /naturepl.com (Gilded Flickers); © Gerry Ellis/Minden Pictures (Hippos); © Yva Momatiuk/John Eastcott/Minden Pictures (Bald Eagle); © Stan Fellows (Human Nature); Alan Daniels (Fish); © Christian Ziegler (Cover)

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