Fifty percent of one of the world’s irreplaceable gems has disappeared and the other 50 percent is dying, both the result of human development. The Everglades, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve in South Florida, is the victim of man-made changes to improve upon Nature for the benefit of mankind. The primary culprits who authorized and implemented what began as an effort to totally and artificially manage the water resources of the Everg...

San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most remote of California’s Channel Islands, has been touched and transformed by humans beginning with its occupancy by the Nicoleño Indians approximately 12,000 years ago through ranching operations in the 19th Century to its current site as a U.S. Navy missile testing area. Beyond the boundaries of the island, in waters approximately 60 miles off the Ventura County coast, human impacts to the marine environment have h...

Department of Defense (DoD) lands, which account for approximately 30 million acres of pristine ecological habitat and rare species, provide a realistic setting for training, testing and mission readiness. Since the Sikes Act was passed in 1960, military managers have been working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and state wildlife representatives to successfully manage natural resources in compliance with federal law with no net loss to the mission. Maintaining th...