YOUNG WRITERS AWARD WINNER — SECOND PLACE

Song of the Western Ghats: A Green Island in a Crowded Land

By Priyanka Hari Haran

YOUNG WRITERS AWARD WINNER

A River Worth Saving: Who Will Protect the Unheralded Llano?

By Austin Price

Nepal’s Road-Building Spree Pushes into the Heart of the Himalayas

By Broughton Coburn

Opinion

Let It Be: Why We Must Save Alaska’s Pristine Tongass Forest

By Kim Heacox

Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?

By Richard Conniff

Analysis

Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem Health?

By Fred Pearce

Listening to Nature: The Emerging Field of Bioacoustics

By Adam Welz

Opinion

The Real Case for Saving Species: We Don’t Need Them, But They Need Us

By Carl Safina

Opinion

On the Northwest’s Snake River, the Case for Dam Removal Grows

By Jacques Leslie

Analysis

Open for Business: The Trump Revolution on America’s Public Lands

By Jim Robbins

Turkey’s Dam-Building Spree Continues, At Steep Ecological Cost

By Paul Hockenos

In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence

By Peter Gill

E360 Video Contest Winner

Seldom Seen: A Poignant Look Back at Glen Canyon Before the Dam

Analysis

Why Isn’t Publicly Funded Conservation on Private Land More Accountable?

By Richard Conniff

Forgotten Landscapes: Bringing Back the Rich Grasslands of the Southeast

By Janet Marinelli

Interview

To Stop Destruction of Liberia’s Rainforest, He Put His Life on the Line

By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

How Kenya’s Push for Development Is Threatening Its Famed Wild Lands

By Adam Welz

The Toll of Tourism: Can Southeast Asia Save Its Prized Natural Areas?

By Nithin Coca

As Work Begins on Trump’s Border Wall, a Key Wildlife Refuge Is at Risk

By April Reese

The Real Price of a Chocolate Bar: West Africa’s Rainforests

By Fred Pearce

CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART IV

In Era of Drought, Phoenix Prepares for a Future Without Colorado River Water

By Jim Robbins / Photography by Ted Wood