Wildlife conservation

1. Why conserve wildlife?

The ecological conscience. Aldo Leopold. The river of the mother of God and other essays / Aldo Leopold.

The meaning of extinction. Mark Jerome Walters. Sanctuary.

Biodiversity: saving wildness. Roger L. DiSilvestro. Reclaiming the last wild places: a new agenda for biodiversity.

The environmental ethic. Edward O. Wilson. The diversity of life.

The trouble with wilderness; or, getting back to the wrong nature. William Cronon. Uncommon ground: toward reinventing nature.

2. Endangered species and their enemies.

Warming the wild. Jon R. Luoma. Audubon.

Outbreak meets Bambi. Traci Watson. U.S. News & World Report.

Gorillas and humans: an uneasy truce. Paul F. Salopek. National Geographic.

The looting and smuggling and fencing and hoarding of impossibly precious, feathered, and scaly wild things. Donovan Webster. New York Times Magazine.

The perils of success. Perri Knize. Condé Nast Traveler.

3. Legislation and politics.

Capitol games. Vicki Monks. National Wildlife.

The takings issue. John McCoy. Field & Stream.

Natural allies. Ted Williams. Sierra.

4. Managing ecosystems.

Missing links. Dave Foreman. Sierra.

Can we make our forests last? Will Nixon. American Forests.

The call of South Africa. Victoria Butler. Wildlife Conservation.

New defenders of wildlife. Jeffrey P. Cohn. BioScience.

Accidental sanctuary. Peter Matthiessen. Audubon.

5. New directions in wildlife conservation.

The zoo biz. Tom Arrandale. Governing.

Big little zoo. Edward R. Ricciuti. Wildlife Conservation.

Is this the way to save Africa's wildlife? Victoria Butler. International Wildlife.

Beware of the humans. Tim Padgett & Sharon Begley. Newsweek.