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What is Clean Water
Worth?
Daily is among a growing group of
academics -- some from economics, some from ecology -- who are
daring to put dollar figures next to the subtle services like
clean water, clean air, flood
control and storm mitigation that ecosystems provide, but have
been taken for granted throughout
history. "Much of Mother Nature's labor has enormous and
obvious value, which has failed to win respect in the
marketplace until recently, " she says.
National
Wildlife magazine.
The Ire Down
Below.
We are more than
tourists gawking at nature's long-hidden glories. We are
participants in one big, controversial state-of-the-art
experiment to see if a cave can double as a tourist attraction
without destroying a sensitive ecosystem that has remained
stable for the last 50,000 years.
Winner, Lowell Thomas Award for
Environmental Travel Writing,
2003.
Southwest Spirit
magazine.
Monarch Mecca.
In many trees,
branch after branch bows, pendulous thrones holding thousands
and thousands of butterflies. I've entered the winter palace
of the monarchs. The light and the quiet make it as
awe-inspiring, as indescribably moving, as entering a great
cathedral.
American
Way
magazine.
The Incredible
Shrinking Polar
Bears.
Now, the ice in the western Hudson Bay is abandoning them,
threatening their long-term survival. It’s a preview of the
challenges other bear populations farther north will face in
the coming decades.
National Wildlife
magazine.
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