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1997 Columns
Column 62    Take the annual Christmas quiz
Column 61    The difference between reindeer and caribou
Column 60    Christmas bird count tracks winter visitors
Column 59    Wind power is in our future
Column 58    Save your energy
Column 57    Biologists conduct caribou condition survey
Column 56    Permafrost: the wild card in climate change
Column 55    Frogs and DDT don't mix
Column 54    Bats sighted as far north as Dawson
Column 53    Chemical contamination is a worldwide problem
Column 52    Permafrost-related landforms
Column 51    It's not so tough being green
Column 50    Will they survive?
Column 49    Nisutlin delta is an important pitstop for wildlife
Column 48    How trees prepare for winter
Column 47    Wolf Creek study has national ramifications
Column 46    A Yukon plot that involves trees
Column 45    Setting new standards
Column 44    Keeping tabs on salmon tricky
Column 43    Purves' predictions prepare people
Column 42    Got that sinking feeling?
Column 41    Frogs, toads and salamanders
Column 40    A whole whack of worries
Column 39    Fires are an expected step in a forest's cycle
Column 38    The Pintail's out of fashion
Column 37    Spill trailer at home in toxic wasteland
Column 36    Spills that aren't spills
Column 35    Glacier study may give glimpse into future
Column 34    Birds banding together
Column 33    Crocus ideally suited to the North
Column 32    Hatchery an insurance policy for Yukon salmon
Column 31    This region is for the birds, and watchers
Column 30    Larvicide nips mosquitoes in the pond
Column 29    We win battle of wits, but they still beat us
Column 28    Getting the lead out of bird shot
Column 27    Focus on the north coast
Column 26    Call before you dig
Column 25    New Yukon book is really for the birds
Column 24    Watching water levels
Column 23    Feeling warm?
Column 22    Spring: when windchill turns to UV factor
Column 21    Even weeds can be exotic
Column 20    High tech tools change fieldwork
Column 19    Forest ecology
Column 18    Household hazardous wastes
Column 17    Buried world
Column 16    Giving the acid a bath
Column 15    A corrosive mining dilemma
Column 14    Risk rises in shallow rivers
Column 13    Protecting a moving target
 
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