Niger’s giraffes. Beautiful. Majestic. Magnificent. Things are looking up for Niger’s giraffes is part of the subtitle of my Smithsonian magazine November cover story. With a herd of giraffes that is so small — there are less than 175 peralta giraffes left in the world today — too much optimism is foolhardy. Here is the beginning of my article on…
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I’m working on a travel story about McCloud, California and I spent Thursday through Saturday in McCloud. About 10 miles from Mt Shasta, McCloud is a former company-owned mill town. The company used to control the electricity (and shut all the power off to the town around 11 p.m., creating a new definition of “lights out”) and decide the color…
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I just received my contributor copies in the mail of Wildlife Conservation Magazine. I have two stories and four photographs in the November 2008 issue. One on the hippos of Ayorou, majestic and dangerous creatures who attract tourists to Niger, West Africa, but often upset villagers, especially fishermen. The other is a short news piece on the status of West Africa’s…
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