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Stories from National Wildlife

by Barry Yeoman on August 24, 2022

Most of these stories open as PDFs. Stress Test (on measuring stress hormones in conservation research) Room to Roam? (on wildlife during the pandemic) Hope Rising (on the Endangered Species Act) Going the Distance (on bird migration) A Plague of Plastics Power Play (on sexual harassment among wildlife) When Animals Grieve Going Native (on the […]

Coverage of North Carolina hog industry

by Barry Yeoman on January 27, 2022

Chronological order, oldest to newest. The Vanishing Act (Food & Environment Reporting Network, August 2019) After years of burying complaints about hog-farm pollution, North Carolina officials began posting them online. What changed? (Also published in The Guardian and McClatchy North Carolina papers.) Raising a Stink (Food & Environment Reporting Network, December 2019) Rural North Carolinians sued the world’s largest hog producer over […]

Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional

by Barry Yeoman on June 14, 2020

Click here for “Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, June 2020.

Hope Rising

by Barry Yeoman on June 1, 2020

Click here for a PDF of “Hope Rising,” National Wildlife, June 2020.

Going the Distance

by Barry Yeoman on October 8, 2019

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “Going the Distance,” National Wildlife, October 2019.

The Vanishing Act

by Barry Yeoman on August 27, 2019

Please click here to be directed to “For years, complaints about North Carolina’s hog pollution vanished in state bureaucracy,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, August 2019. You will be taken to FERN’s web site.

A Plague of Plastics

by Barry Yeoman on June 1, 2019

From the Arctic to Antarctica, ocean debris is killing marine wildlife—but we still have the power to stop plastic pollution. Originally published by National Wildlife. MARCUS ERIKSEN WAS SITTING IN A FOXHOLE in Kuwait in 1991 when he hatched a plan that guided the rest of his life. Hunkered down in the sand, surrounded by burning […]

Power Play

by Barry Yeoman on October 1, 2018

Click here for “Power Play,” National Wildlife, October 2018. Opens as a PDF.

When Animals Grieve

by Barry Yeoman on February 1, 2018

Click here for “When Animals Grieve,” National Wildlife, February 2018. Opens as a PDF.

Going Native

by Barry Yeoman on March 27, 2017

Exotic garden plants can wreak unexpected havoc with indigenous species and ecosystems. Originally published in National Wildlife. AMONG THE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, few are as elegant as cedar waxwings, with their black costume-ball masks and yellow tail tips. “Whoever once gets within a good view of them and notes the exquisite coloring of the […]

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