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LEAD POISONING AND CALIFORNIA CONDORS

Adult California Condor in flight (Photo courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service)

It's been decades, but there are now more California Condors in the wild than there are in captivity. That's thanks to two condor chicks who recently left their nests in the Grand Canyon. As Sadie Babits reports, biologists are thrilled, but one of the problems that caused the decline in condors still exists:

Condor info from the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Producer: Sadie Babits
Release Date: January 5, 2009
Running Time: 3:34

THE LIQUID HEART OF THE EVERGLADES

The state proposes returning some of the land to its natural marshy state, and using other parts for stormwater reservoirs. (Photo courtesy of the National Parks Service)

The state of Florida is working on a plan to restore water flow to its troubled Everglades. It wants to buy a huge sugar grower and the land it owns between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. Ann Dornfeld went out on the lake to find out what's at stake:

Everglades National Park

Wikipedia's Everglades page

Producer: Ann Dornfeld
Release Date: January 5, 2009
Running Time: 3:21


	Week of January 05, 2009
	LEAD POISONING AND CALIFORNIA CONDORS


	THE LIQUID HEART OF THE EVERGLADES


	NATURE ON A CONCRETE CANVAS


	VOLUNTEERS TESTING THE WATERS


	KUDZUNOL


	TAKING A LOW-CARBON VACATION


	WIND TURBINE TURBULENCE


	NY MANDATES PLASTIC BAG RECYCLING