On August 15, 1999, Motala, a Thai elephant, stepped on a landmine while hauling logs on the Burmese jungle along the Burma-Thai border, the scene of a half-century of insurgencies. Ten days later, she was admitted to the Elephant Hospital in…
Hydro-seeding turns a hillside white in an effort to rejuvenate land spoiled by lead smelters at this Superfund Site in Kellog, Idaho. 'To me, we are conducting a huge experiment with the planet, and that is fine for scientists -- they like…
The land between the Rockies and the Cascades was one of the last places where the American immigrant's dream of 'The West' could be played out. In the first half of this century, people came from 'used up', places in the east looking for a new life…