Susan McGrath
Susan McGrath, a freelance writer based in Seattle, writes about travel, natural history, and the environment, and occasionally makes a foray into sillier subjects.
Articles by Susan McGrath
Conservation
How Young Chileans Are Saving the Hudsonian Godwit
October 30, 2015 — As fishing, logging, and wind farms take over the island of Chiloé, the shorebird is on the brink of losing its wintering grounds. Now locals are coming to the rescue.
Travel
River of Raptors
January 1, 2015 — One of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles takes place every autumn as millions of hawks and other soaring birds funnel through Veracruz, Mexico, where a pioneering program aims to keep them flowing for millennia to come.
Activities
How to Green Your Pets
January 1, 2015 — We love our dogs and cats, but they do have an impact on the planet. Here’s what you need to know.
Parrot Conservation Changes a Catholic Tradition
March 30, 2012 — Fifteen years ago the yellow-eared parrot was presumed extinct. Its rediscovery in Colombia forced the Catholic Church to abandon an age-old tradition, and brought about one of the most amazing comebacks in the Americas.
Let’s Make a Deal
September 1, 2011 — With a signature and a handshake, an innovative legal tool is allaying private landowners’ fears of one of the nation’s most powerful environmental laws to create critical wildlife habitat.
The EPA steps up on BPA
March 30, 2010 —
The EPA isn't yet proposing regulation to ban or restrict the chemical, which more than one million pounds of which are released into the env
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