environmentalism

Wild Earth 11, no. 3/4, on defining citizen science: its protagonists, sources, relevance and results, as well as a selection of new and old programs.

Wild Earth 12, no. 1, focuses on the causes, processes and recovery chances of biodiversity loss. It spotlights the Rocky Mountain locust, the passenger pigeon, wolves in Yellowstone, and the black-tailed prairie dog.

Wild Earth 12, no. 2, features essays on deep time and evolution, ecopsychology, animal indicators of ecosystem health, and a proposal for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.

Wild Earth 12, no. 3, features essays on a cultural transformation towards sustainability, commerce and wilderness, the role of literary intellectuals in conservation, and the preservation of wildlands in Mexico.

Wild Earth 12, no. 4, features an interview with Sylvia Earle on “Our Oceans, Ourselves,” essays on worldwide fishing and consumer conscience, on launching a sea ethic, and the food web complexity in kelp forest ecosystems.

Wild Earth 13, no. 1, features essays that present contrasting views on mountain biking in the wilderness, the Clovis culture and origins of ecological awareness, as well as the National Wilderness Preservation System and wilderness abuse.

Wild Earth 13, no. 2/3, features essays on the biological and cultural significance of snakes, the populist right in America, rednecks as wildlife managers, and mosquitoes across the Florida Everglades.

Wild Earth 13, no. 4, focuses on the National Wildlife Refuge System with essays on its history, the wildlife refuge in Southeastern Oregon, wildlands ofthe Great Plains, and pronghorn extinction in the Sonoran Desert.

Wild Earth 14, no. 1/2 features essays on protecting the national forest wilderness after the Wilderness Act, natural history going extinct, carnivore conservation in the Rocky Mountains, and questions of fertility.

Wild Earth 14, no. 3/4, is the last issue of the Wild Earth Journal. It presents essays on connectivity and long-distance migration in human-fragmented landscapes, the Great Bear Rainforest archipelago, and rewilding Patagonia.