January/February 2002 
Reviving the Everglades
Widely viewed as useless swamp 50 years ago, the Everglades are now the focus of the largest ecosystem restoration effort ever. The system provides habitat for thousands of creatures as well as water to three national parks.
By Phyllis McIntosh
Climate Change
Last spring, President Bush was extensively criticized for his environmental and energy policies, but in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, conservationists fear environmental issues will suffer and park funding might become expendable.
By Todd Wilkinson
Historic Highlights
The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park.
By Ryan Dougherty
Rare & Endangered
The mountain yellow-legged frog.
By Elizabeth G. Daerr
Forum
The Power of Place.
Remarks by David McCullough
April/May 2002
On the Homefront
After the terrorist attacks, the National Park Service worked harder than ever to protect American icons, as well as the people who love them.
By Todd Wilkinson
Conspicuous Consumption
Some park animals, either fed deliberately or inadvertently, have become so addicted to human food that many parks have begun aggressive campaigns to reduce the number of panhandling animals.
By David Williams
Historic Highlights
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.
By Ryan Dougherty
Rare & Endangered
The brown pelican.
By Elizabeth G. Daerr
Special Report
For the fourth consecutive year, NPCA identifies ten national parks in greatest need. Lack of sufficient funding and pollution remain primary challenges.
By Kate Himot
July/August 2002
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Counting on Sheep
For decades, wildlife biologists and park rangers at Canyonlands and other Southwest parks have worked to restore desert bighorn. These efforts represent a great success story, although the animals' continued recovery is far from ensured.
By Jeffrey Cohn
A Finger on the Pulse
NPCA's State of the Parks program assesses the overall health of the national parks by analyzing scientific data on the condition of a park's natural and historic resources. The goal is to provide information to policy-makers and the National Park Service that will improve conditions.
By Kim A. O'Connell |
Historic Highlights
Roger Williams National Memorial
By Ryan Dougherty
Rare & Endangered
The Hibiscadelphus giffardianus
By Jenell Talley
September/October 2002
Out of the Ashes
A huge blaze two years ago that originated in a national park destroyed 235 homes and incited the federal government to develop a national fire plan. But because the weather has such a tremendous effect on fires, even outright suppression may not be enough to protect some areas from damage.
By George Wuerthner
A Grizzly Future
As western states push to remove Yellowstone grizzlies from federal protection, concerns surface over the survival of these great bears in the modern world.
By Todd Wilkinson
Historic Highlights
Fort McHenry National Monument.
By Ryan Dougherty
Rare & Endangered
The Ozark big-eared bat.
By Jenell Talley
November/December 2002
Losing the Forest and the Trees
Bugs, blister rust, and fungi are attacking and killing off Fraser firs, native dogwoods, and whitebark pine from the eastern seaboard to the California coast. The losses could be as landscape-changing as the blight that nearly wiped out America's chestnut trees more than 50 years ago and Dutch elm disease.
By Todd Wilkinson
Forum
Some of the most polluted air in the country is over national parks. We must strengthen, not weaken, the tools we have to clear the air.
By Hon. Sen. James M. Jeffords (I-Vt.)
Historic Highlights
Ocmulgee National Monument.
By Ryan Dougherty
Rare & Endangered
The Karner blue butterfly.
By Jenell Talley
