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CALIFORNIA WILD

Winter 2000
Vol. 53:1

The gray wolf, also known as the timber wolf, may soon be howling at California's door. How it's received remains unclear.

Photograph by Tim Fitzharris/Minden Pictures.

Departments
Life on the Edge
California and the Academy
Keith K. Howell

Here at the Academy
The Once and Future Museum
Blake Edgar

Horizons
Why Skin Comes in Colors
Blake Edgar

Habitats
From Redwoods to the Sea
Gordy Slack

Counterpoints in Science
Darwin's Abominable Mystery
Jerold M. Lowenstein

Letters to the Editor
Dangerous Mushrooms
Ancient Mariners
Thank You, Sea Creatures

Reviews
Joel Hedgpeth
on the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Ryder Miller
on Arthur C. Clarke's essays
Norden H. Cheatham
on Tahoe plants
Editors' Recommendations

Features
California Futures
Four distinguished scientists and writers warn us of the crises that face our natural environment and tell us how they might be avoided.

Sylvia Earle
"Her Deepness," advocate of sustainable seas.
Keith K. Howell

Gary Snyder
Poet of wildness.
David Lukas

Marc Reisner
Writer and environmental entrepreneur.
Blake Edgar

Stephen H. Schneider
Harbinger of climate change.
Keith K. Howell

At Home in the
Natural World

Naturalist's Almanac
What to Look for This Winter
Liese Greensfelder

Wild Lives
Least Bell's vireo
Liese Greensfelder

Not available online:
A Trail Less Traveled
Death Valley's Racing Rocks
Robert Evans

The Coming Wolf
After a century's absence, wolves may well make their way from Idaho to Oregon and California. How will the state's two-legged citizens greet them at the border?
George Wuerthner

Cosmological Certainty
How did the universe begin? What is it made of? Why is it organized the way it is? How will it end? The next 20 years should reveal answers to these ultimate cosmological questions.
Joel Primack

Making Room to Run
The health of salmon runs may be the best measure of the vitality of our waterways. The next two decades will be crucial for both.
Chris Clarke

A Thousand Cranes
Photographer Wu Shao-Tung travels the world in search of cranes. Whether at rest or in flight, feeding or sleeping, the birds in his images reflect poise, elegance, and beauty.
Wu Shao-Tung