To save the greatest number of species, conservationists might do best to save the most common ones. A feature on … More
Category: Ecology
Cumulative impacts of drilling
New research finds that drilling has stripped bare three Yellowstone National Parks worth of land in recent years. A web … More
The rock snot onslaught
A mysterious algae known as “rock snot” is smothering wild rivers — and may hold clues to their future. High Country … More
Don’t Blame the Beetles
My feature in Science Magazine, on the connection — or lack thereof — between beetle-killed forests and wildfire in the … More
The Little Fish that Could
News analysis and musings on the rescue of the Oregon chub, a diminutive minnow that recently became the first fish … More
The Tree Coroners
In order to save the West’s forests, scientists must first learn how trees die. A High Country News cover story … More