How does wildlife preservation come about? The threat of natural or even cultural extinction won't do. It takes the exertion of well-connected people.

Creating a wildlife preserve in the Everglades has been an ongoing effort. Fish and wildlife managers say the recession makes now an ideal time to get it accomplished.

A team in Letcher County, Kentucky, rescues a bald eagle, releasing it back to the winter sky.

A 67-foot spruce from the Tetons tours Wyoming and then makes a long trip East, a gift of cowboy stature to Washington, D.C.