Letters

06
May
May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Rice's whale endangered status ✦ Deepwater oil drilling ✦ Public lands rule ✦ Park Service disarray
8 min read
01
May
May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Fossil fuel defeats ✦ Salmon triumphant ✦ Lost bird species found again
5 min read
29
Apr
April 29, 2026

April 29, 2026

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Rusty patched bumble bee ✦ Proposed 11-bee conservation plan
7 min read
23
Apr
April 23, 2026

April 23, 2026

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ "God Squad" convened to circumvent the Endangered Species Act in the Gulf of Mexico ✦ offshore drilling regulation takes a hit ✦ ESA overhaul bill dies in the House
7 min read
17
Apr
April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ The Owl returns ✦ Georgia protects the Okefenokee Swamp ✦ the U.S. withdraws from UNESCO
4 min read
07
Jan
January 7, 2025

January 7, 2025

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ National Monument designations ✦ Public lands rule ✦ Bob Wick photography
11 min read
21
Dec
December 21, 2024

December 21, 2024

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Secretary Deb Haaland
10 min read
17
Dec
December 17, 2024

December 17, 2024

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Snowy plovers
8 min read
15
Dec
December 15, 2024

December 15, 2024

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ EPA clean-car waiver for California ✦ Pecos River mining withdrawal ✦ Cabinet nominations ✦ Toxic chemical ban
9 min read
10
Dec
December 10, 2024

December 10, 2024

Notes from an American environmentalist ✦ Monarch butterflies proposed for endangered species list
6 min read