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Fall 1999
Vol. 52:4
Spring brings king bolete mushrooms to the
mountains of northern California and eastern Oregon.
Photograph by
David Arora.
Departments
Life on
the Edge
African and Other Roots
•Keith K. Howell
Horizons
Job-Juggling Ants
Chimpanzee Customs
•Blake Edgar
Habitats
Marin's Unstable Dunes
•Gordy Slack
Reviews
David Lukas on California Conifers
Naturalist's
Almanac
What to look for this Fall
•Judy Chia Hui Hsu
Science
Track
The Ripple Effect in Richmond
•Lisa Owens-Viani
Letters
to the Editor
Bat Bombs
Desert Dangers
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Features
The
Way of the Wild Mushroom
Itinerant pickers travel up and down the West Coast in search of elusive
wild mushrooms. In the process they have created a unique community with
an intimate knowledge of the land.
•David Arora
The
Planet Maker
Astronomer Douglas Lin imagines the birth of other worlds and the survival
of solar systems. Recent observations confirm his predictions.
•Robert Adler
At Home in
the
Natural World
Here at The Academy
The African Connection
•Gordy Slack
Counterpoints
in Science
Images of Africa
•Jerold M. Lowenstein
Letter
From The Field
Seeking Butterflies in Nepal
•Andrei Sourakov
Skyguide
Whose Millennium?
•Bing F. Quock
Activities
Making mushroom prints
•Ida Geary
Not
available online:
Awakening Along the Trail of Dreams
The traditions of the Quechan Nation in southeast California do not readily
translate to western culture. That is their strength and their weakness.
•Susan Zwinger
Flourishing in the Floodplain
When the Yolo Bypass in the Sacramento Delta floods, it creates ideal
habitat for many native fishes, including the Sacramento splittail, a
recent addition to the Endangered Species List.
•Elizabeth McCarthy
A Trail Less Traveled
Salinas River Refuge
•Jerry Emory
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