Wild Hope is a print publication about preserving Earth’s biodiversity co-created by naturalists, conservationists, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, biologists, ecologists, nature writers, photographers, and artists. Visit our About and Contributors pages to find out more about us and to share your stories and images. Wild Hope is a project of the Earth Island Institute and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

What’s Inside Volume 11

• A wildlife biologist tracking endangered fishers in post-fire forests finds that we have a lot to learn from these elusive animals about best practices for protecting wild places
• One woman’s campaign to do something about the millions of tons of plastic that are dumped into the ocean every year
• How bird banding is helping researchers understand how birds are coping with the stresses of a warming and increasingly unpredictable planet
• An annual count of endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA, conducted by community scientists provides crucial data for conservation efforts
• A cave explorer takes us into New Mexico’s famed Lechuguilla Cave and shares what it’s like to be the first person to set foot inside a place where no human has gone before
• Using audio recordings of birds gathered by community scientists, researchers are able to map the ranges of certain bird species and more accurately estimate population sizes
• A conservationist working to save the Sierra Gorda mountains from logging and cattle ranching shares what’s so special about this region of Central Mexico
• A nature photographer takes us down to the concrete shores of the L.A. River to show us the amazing diversity of birds living amidst the human detritus
• Q&A with zoo historian John Kinder about how zoos have changed in modern times and how they might evolve in the future
• A shepherdess looks to nature for hope when faced with the possibility of losing her mom
• A field guide to the carnivorous Whitetop Pitcherplant