High in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and just outside my backdoor, there is a trailhead. With a few steps through my backyard, I can set out on a looping route that winds lazily through a pine forest and around a busy beaver pond. Once I step onto the dusty path, the trail takes me north, […]
The goal of conservation is the preservation of wilderness at risk and almost, as a rule, this is achieved by conserving certain places and certain species. This system has worked beautifully with populations that don’t move around much but has largely failed when it comes to protecting migrants. Put simply, migratory populations are those that […]
