stories by Paul Tolmé
ENVIRONMENT / WILDLIFE
National Wildlife August/Sep 2008
Hidden Treasures of the Wild West
Conservationists are seeking to safeguard 26 million acres
of little known federal lands ideal for watching wildlife
National Wildlife June/July 2008
Counting Sheep
_Conservation efforts seem to be paying off for bighorns in the West, where the
animals face a range of threats from disease to habitat loss to global warming
Newsweek May 12, 2008
Empty-Net Syndrome
_A disastrous crash in Pacific salmon closes the season. Fishermen wonder: will they come back?
Popular Mechanics Feb 2008
How Cheap LEDs Could Efficiently Power Africa and Beyond
....The researcher with California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has come to
witness the effects of inadequate lighting in Africa -- where only 25 percent of inhabitants
have electricity and most rely on crude kerosene lamps made of welded-together soup cans...
Popular Mechanics December 2007
Wildlife CSI: Inside the Case of the Poisoned Meatballs
_In the Idaho wilderness, wolves nearly fall victim to a homicide, prompting the world's top
crime lab for protected species to swing into action—and the apparent killer to tell us his story.
You definitely won't see this on TV.
National Wildlife June/July 2007
Pure Poison
_A controversial plan to kill thousands of black-tailed prairie dogs in South Dako0ta
also threatens the future of one of America's most endangered mammals
Defenders of Wildlife Spring 2007
Bighorns on the Edge
Bighorn sheep may be symbols of ruggedness for pickup-truck advertisers, but they've proved
less than 'ram tough' when it comes to surmounting the many challenges imposed by people.
National Wildlife Feb/Mar 2007
Sexy Beasts
Efforts to protect wolves are often undermined by misinformation and myth;
biologist Doug Smith is getting out the truth
Defenders of Wildlife Fall 2006
Wildlife C.S.I.
Scores of imperiled animals are killed illegally every year in America.
Scott Bragonier and his collegues aim to bring the killers to justice.
National Wildlife Oct/Nov 2006
Showdown in the Great Divide
The Bush administration's rush to drill for natural gas on public lands in Wyoming
without proper safeguards is jeopardizing a world-class hawk and eagle nesting area
Defenders of Wildlife Winter 2006
Sympathy for the Devil Bear
Wolverines aren't evil, just feisty and overlooked
Newsweek Jan 16, 2006
Out of the Woods
...less to do with the bear population than with the desire to resume drilling for oil...
Newsweek Dec 5, 2005
Wildlife: Murder Rate
There's a spate of deliberate killings of federally protected species
National Wildlife Dec/Jan 2006
No Room at the Top
Unlike many wildlife species that are shifting their ranges north or to higher altitudes
in response to changing climate, pikas and other alpine animals have nowhere else to go
Wilderness Magazine
A Political Turn In The Rockies?
voters are starting to pay more attention to environmental issues
Defenders of Wildlife Summer 2005
Toughing It Out in the Badlands
Black-footed ferrets battle for survival in the nation's heartland
National Wildlife Aug/Sep 2005
Mercury Rising
New research reveals the poison is more deadly to wildlife than previously thought
Newsweek June 6, 2005
Running On Veggies
The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today...
National Wildlife June/July 2005
National Treasure
While efforts to bank native plant seeds are expanding, habitat loss
and global warming are threatening thousands of flowering species
Newsweek May 16, 2005
Wolves: Groupies Gone Wild
Like sports fans, groupies can recite the stats, ages and histories of favorite wolves
National Wildlife Apr/May 2005
It's the Emissions, Stupid
Sure, global warming is a challenge, but solutions are staring us right in the face
Defenders of Wildlife Winter 2004
Return of the Missing Lynx
...a formerly banished cat reclaims its birthright in Colorado...
National Wildlife Oct/Nov 2004
The Bountiful Boreal
Few places on the planet are as crucial to wildlife as North
America's boreal forest, where up to 3 billion birds breed every year...
Audubon Aug 2004
Made In The Shade
Every day Americans drink 300 million cups
of coffee. Few of them realize their morning ritual could be
contributing to the demise of the birds in their own backyards
National Wildlife Dec/Jan 2004
They Fought for Their Tribe and Won
...when a corporate hog producer announced plans...
National Wildlife Oct/Nov 2003
Gray Ghosts of the Cloud Forest
...battle to save a rare island bird in the South Pacific...
National Wildlife Jun/July 2003
Looking for the Lost River Otters of the Southwest
No one has seen a Southwestern river otter in the wild for
more than three decades, but Paul Polechla refuses to give up...
National Wildlife Jun/July 2002
Island Of Nickel
Bruno Van Peteghem is an activist forged by fire
Fair.org May/June 2002
The Washington Times' Hair-Raising Tall Tale
Lynx fur "hoax" story shows the power of right-wing media
Salon.com Nov 2001
Terrorizing the environmental movement
Is he using Sept. 11 to crack down on groups he disagrees with?
Colorado Central Magazine Aug 2001
Weirdness Prevents Sprawl
Be strange, and the gentrifiers will stay away
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