Andy McGlashen

Senior Editor, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ magazine
About

Senior editor Andy McGlashen joined the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ staff in 2018 after a previous role as editorial fellow. His reporting for the magazine has taken him inside prisons, to otherworldly saline lakes, and into the skies above the Everglades. Andy holds a master’s degree in environmental journalism from Michigan State University. He lives in Chicago. 

Articles by Andy McGlashen

Science Loses Ground to Economics With New Endangered Species Act Rules
August 12, 2019 — The Trump administration's decision to weaken the widely supported law has drawn sweeping condemnation from conservationists.
News
New Plan for Bears Ears National Monument Draws Fire over Tree-Clearing
August 09, 2019 — The government says uprooting piñon-juniper forest with heavy chains improves public lands in the West, but the science is sketchy.
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EPA Approval of Controversial Pesticide Raises Concerns for Bees and Birds
July 25, 2019 — Sulfoxaflor, seen as a replacement for bee-killing chemicals known as neonics, might be just as dangerous.
News
Updated: Trump Admin Halts Its Push for a Road Through Alaska's Izembek Refuge
July 23, 2019 — The government dropped its appeal of a judge's ruling that protected the bird-rich wilderness—but a new land deal was reached soon after.
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The Kirtland’s Warbler Has Recovered, But the Hard Work of Saving It Will Never Stop
July 22, 2019 — Sustained management is the only way to prevent a population backslide once the bird sheds its endangered status later this year.
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Saving Colombia's Forests Is Crucial to Protect Prothonotary Warblers
June 19, 2019 — A new study shows that almost the entire population winters in a region with rampant deforestation—a finding that could help target conservation.
Conservation
Hunting Imagery May Soon Be Mandatory for Federal Duck Stamp Contest
May 30, 2019 — Conservationists worry the proposed change will undermine efforts to expand sales of the stamps, a key funding source for habitat protection.
Conservation
Last Year’s Everglades Breeding Bonanza Was the Biggest in More Than 80 Years
May 22, 2019 — An official report says that South Florida's wading birds had an even better 2018 than we thought.
News
A Swollen Mississippi River Has Resurrected Calls for a Wetland-Destroying Flood-Control Project
May 17, 2019 — The EPA blocked the Yazoo Pumps proposal in 2008, saying it would devastate bird-rich habitat. Now the agency is reconsidering.
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Government Agencies Skirmish Over Inaccurate Environmental Impact Report on Arctic Refuge Drilling
May 10, 2019 — The Trump administration paints a too-rosy picture of how oil and gas development will impact Alaska’s coastal plain ecology, its own experts say.
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