Articles by Don Stap

International

Solving the Piping Plover Puzzle
October 12, 2012 — Piping plovers are famous summer residents of beaches and lakeshores--the most adorable argument against development and reckless recreation. Yet where many spend the winter has long been a mystery. Until now.
A grassland located on a private ranch near the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is a prime location to search for the sometimes elusive long-billed curlew. (Photo: Brown W. Cannon III)

Grains of Change
September 9, 2011 — In California’s Central Valley, where a quarter of the food varieties we eat are farmed, a new generation of growers is teaming up with conservationists to make sure that rice and Long-billed Curlews will always mix.

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