Conservation Story Highlights

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National Geographic
In the Alaska-Yukon Wilderness, Wildlife Crime Fighters Face a Daunting Task
7.25.2019
Those whose mission is to police the far north carry a heavy burden. The high northern wilderness, still largely pristine, is one of the most ecologically intact places left on Earth. It supports large mammals and their long migrations, a healthy balance between predators and prey, a diversity of habitats, including millions of acres of climate-regulating boreal forest, and the wildlife-dependent livelihoods of northerly indigenous people. 

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Where the Dogs Lead
10.24.2017
Tracker dogs and their Maasai handlers are helping to keep wildlife and people safe in northern Tanzania—and word of their effectiveness is spreading.

National Geographic
Cape Fur Seal Trade Remains Shrouded in Secrecy
9.21.2016
Namibia's sealing industry persists in the face of a global trend toward ending the trade.

American Scholar
South Africa: Rhinos Under the Gun
6.6.2016
Why the decline of megafaunas is due to our direct persecution.

National Geographic
​Patagonia Expedition to Foster Stewardship of Unique Cape Horn Region
12.10.2014
​In Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, scoping out miniature forests and revisiting Darwin's musings on the world's southernmost people.

National Geographic
​Chilean Birdman Leads Efforts to Save Seabird in World's Driest Desert
2.28.2015
​Naturalist Jürgen Rottmann strives to protect Peruvian tern's nesting sites amid Chile's growing seaport.

National Geographic
The World Has a Chance to Make the Wild Animal Trade More Humane
2.26.2016
The body that regulates wildlife trade is taking steps to improve the treatment of animals captured and sold around the globe. 

Blogs, Op-Eds, Commentaries

Scientific American
How to Find a Woman Scientist
2.12.2018
A new database is fighting the poor visibility of women in STEM by offering female professionals as speakers, panelists, experts, course leaders, and advocates for diversity and equity.

The Salt Lake Tribune
Respecting Our Elders Should Never Grow Old
2.3.2018
If you are more than 30 years old, you might remember the 1976 cult sci-fi film "Logan's Run" in which everyone over 30 gets terminated.   

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Mongabay
Vanishing Species Deserve Our Few Cents
2.27.2018
By simply paying their taxes, Americans are helping protect some of Earth's most threatened and charismatic animals. 

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​OTHERS:
  • Letting the Foxes Protect the Hens in Ryan Zinke's Department of Interior. National Geographic Voices. Nov. 2017 
  • South African Government Acknowledges Letter Raising Concerns Over Rhino Trade. AVFE. Jun. 2015 
  • Contradictory Measures to Save Two of Africa’s Iconic Pachyderms. AVFE. Mar. 2015
  • P Lee, K Lindsay, K Nowak. Slick “Hunter Proud” Video Uses Bad Ecology to Promote Elephant Culling, Trophy Hunting, and Ivory Trading. AVFE. Jan. 2015
  • Q&A Legalizing Rhino Horn Trade Won't Save Species, Ecologist Argues. National Geographic. Jan. 2015
  • Human Females Could (Should?) Be More Like Elephant Females. AVFE. Feb. 2015
  • Compiled & edited Opinion: Irrelevant, Illogical, and Illegal – 24 Experts Respond to Arguments Supporting Legalization of the Ivory Trade. AVFE. Oct. 2014
  • Zambia's Hunting "Bans" - Shedding Light on a Complicated History. AVFE. Sept. 2014
  • Hunters’ Demand for Elephant Trophies Should Not Take Precedence Over Government Accountability. AVFE. Aug. 2014
  • Walking the international talk to help elephants. AVFE. May 2014
  • Measures to curb ivory trade. The Cape Times. Mar. 2014
  • T Jones, K Nowak Elephant declines vastly underestimated. AVFE. Dec. 2013
  • K Nowak, T Jones The future of Africa's elephants: Out with arguments old, in with choices bold. AVFE. Sept. 2013
  • Earthwatch Debate, Wildlife Trade, Royal Geographical Society, Oct. 2013
  • K Nowak, A Dobson, J Poole, P Granli, P Kahumbu, P Lee, W Kiiru, P Joram, C Malima, C Moss Elephants are not Diamonds. The Ecologist, Feb. 8 2013.