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Morgan Heim

Morgan Heim has been sneezed on by a whale, stampeded by bison, and nearly mistaken for salmon by hungry grizzly bears, all of which she took as great compliments—especially since they let her live to spy on wildlife for another day. Her work has appeared in such outlets as Smithsonian, BBC Wildlife, National Geographic NewsWatch, NPR, and High Country News, among others. You can find more of her work at www.morganheim.com.

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Biologists for the Tulalip Tribe carry a beaver toward the site of its reintroduction along a stretch of river in northern Washington.
They Will Build It

In western Washington, the Tulalip Tribes bet big on beavers.

A Grand Experiment on the Grasslands

A decades-long debate over protection of the lesser prairie-chicken could usher the Endangered Species Act into a new and very different era.

From national parks and forests to tribal lands, an estimated $31 billion worth of marijuana is grown annually by international drug trafficking organizations in California. Similar operations are known to occur in at least a dozen other states.
Backcountry Drug War

In the Golden State, dangerous drug cartels are growing pot on public lands—putting wildlife, water supplies, and outdoor enthusiasts at grave risk.

On a bed of the latest headlines, Ruj, a research assistant on fthe Fishing Cat Research and Conservation Project, affixes a radio collar to a young male fishing cat. If the collar stays on, the cat will reveal invaluable data on the movement of a species that has rarely been recorded.
Fishing Cat’s Cradle

Under the watchful eye of a local conservation biologist, the world’s only wetland cat eeks out a strange existence in some of Southeast Asia’s most heavily fragmented habitats.