[PCA] NEWS: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species

[Olivia Kwong]

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/travel/endangered-species-travel-guide.html?pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species
By BRYN NELSON
Published: May 13, 2011

THE whoosh of a surfacing orca and the glower of a mother grizzly still 
have the power to raise goose bumps; a soaring California condor can yet 
astonish. But chances to admire many of our wildlife neighbors are 
becoming increasingly uncommon. Invasive buffelgrass is crowding out 
saguaros and other native cactuses throughout the Southwest, while melting 
sea ice is threatening the Pacific walrus and polar bear in Alaska. 
Mosquito-borne diseases are threatening Hawaii's songbirds, and white-nose 
syndrome is wiping out bats in the East.

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