Aptly nicknamed “America in Miniature,” this diminutive state boasts the hardwood forests of the Appalachian Mountains in the west and 4,000 miles of shoreline along the Atlantic coast and tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the east, with an array of habitat in between. Plateaus, valleys, plains, lakes, rivers, freshwater wetlands, salt marshes, barrier islands… […]
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With the Colorado Plateau in the north, including the Grand Canyon; the Mojave Desert in the northwest; and the Sonoran Desert—with its iconic saguaro cacti—in the south, Arizona is one diverse state. The Chihuahuan Desert extends into the southeastern corner, encroaching into grasslands and oak and pine forests that connect it with Mexican topography that
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In 1978, I worked at the printing company that printed the very first issue of BWD. The printing process has changed so much in the 42 years since I made the printing plates for issue #1. Back then the type was set and pasted up on artboards. Getting everything to line up and be as
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[Editor’s note: We invited Katie Fallon, author of Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird, to share her thoughts on the negative attention vultures have received in the news lately. Here is the second of two posts she has graciously provided. Click here to read her first post.] I’m not ashamed to admit it:
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