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National Wildlife Magazine
Dec/Jan 2006, vol. 44 no. 1
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Departments
Endangered Species
Yellowstone Grizzlies in Recovery
By Robert Darland
About This Issue
Feats, Fears and Fascinations
By Mark Wexler, Editorial Director
NWF View
Global Warming: It’s Time to Act
By Larry J. Schweiger, President & Chief Executive Officer
Backyard Habitat
Tough Trees for Tough Times
By Doreen Cubie
Green Consumer
Keeping Costs Down in the Kitchen
By Deborah Franklin
Wild Encounters
Wings Over Pennsylvania
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas
Reader's View
Action Report
How National Wildlife Federation Is Making a Difference
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad ... Elk?
By Hannah Schardt
Attack of the Clones
By Hannah Schardt
You Better Shop Around, Crab
By Hannah Schardt
What Is This?

Beluga Ban
By Roger Di Silvestro
Keeping the Holidays “Green”
By Hannah Schardt

Features
Photograph from featured article
© GEORGE D. LEPP (PHOTO RESEARCHERS)
No Room at the Top
By Paul Tolmé
High-mountain species are particularly susceptible to global warming—and North America’s cold-loving pikas may be the most vulnerable of all
Photograph from featured article
© ROBERT AND LINDA MITCHELL
Fight Like a Mantis
By Craig D. Reid
The author re-creates ancient Chinese martial arts by watching—and imitating—the ways that animals defend themselves
Fishing for a Future
By Ken Olsen
Restoring wild salmon populations to the Columbia and Snake River Basins means also restoring economic health to many of the region’s waterside communities
Photograph from featured article
© FLIP NICKLIN (MINDEN PICTURES)
Spying on Leviathan
By Pamela S. Turner
High-tech tags put deep-diving sperm whales under close scientific scrutiny
Photograph from featured article
© TUI DE ROY (Copying requires photographer's permission.)
Kings of the Southern Ocean
By Tui De Roy
Once heavily hunted for its oil, the remarkable king penguin is on the rebound today
Photograph from featured article
© VICTOR S. LAMOUREUX
Photo Contest
By Hannah Schardt
The winners of the magazine's 35th annual photography competition
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