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CALIFORNIA WILD

Fall 1999
Vol. 52:4

cover fall 1999

Spring brings king bolete mushrooms to the mountains of northern California and eastern Oregon.

Photograph by David Arora.

Departments
Life on the Edge
African and Other Roots
Keith K. Howell

Horizons
Job-Juggling Ants
Chimpanzee Customs
Blake Edgar

Habitats
Marin's Unstable Dunes
Gordy Slack

Reviews
David Lukas on California Conifers

Naturalist's Almanac
What to look for this Fall
Judy Chia Hui Hsu

Science Track
The Ripple Effect in Richmond
Lisa Owens-Viani

Letters to the Editor
Bat Bombs
Desert Dangers

Features

The Way of the Wild Mushroom
Itinerant pickers travel up and down the West Coast in search of elusive wild mushrooms. In the process they have created a unique community with an intimate knowledge of the land.
David Arora

The Planet Maker
Astronomer Douglas Lin imagines the birth of other worlds and the survival of solar systems. Recent observations confirm his predictions.
Robert Adler

At Home in the
Natural World

Here at The Academy
The African Connection
Gordy Slack

Counterpoints in Science
Images of Africa
Jerold M. Lowenstein

Letter From The Field
Seeking Butterflies in Nepal
Andrei Sourakov

Skyguide
Whose Millennium?
Bing F. Quock

Activities
Making mushroom prints
Ida Geary

Not available online:
Awakening Along the Trail of Dreams
The traditions of the Quechan Nation in southeast California do not readily translate to western culture. That is their strength and their weakness.
Susan Zwinger

Flourishing in the Floodplain
When the Yolo Bypass in the Sacramento Delta floods, it creates ideal habitat for many native fishes, including the Sacramento splittail, a recent addition to the Endangered Species List.
Elizabeth McCarthy

A Trail Less Traveled
Salinas River Refuge
Jerry Emory