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HORIZON To Leave the Earth Behind • As an ambitious space industry lifts off, how will we protect life at home?

A Meadow Grows in Motown • Detroit Bird City breathes new life into dormant parks, creating havens for neighbors and avian visitors.

CIVIC PRIDE • Across the country, avian advocates have adopted the Bird City moniker to recognize communities that demonstrate a commitment to helping birds thrive.

It’s a Match • Vermont landowners are getting to know the avian diversity on their acres through a program that brokers visits from birders.

Branching Out • By empowering women, several programs seek to change how Southeastern forests are managed—for the better.

How to Move a Forest • A cedar restoration project in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens shows how people can help vanishing habitats outpace sea-level rise.

DESPERATE MEASURES • Preventing the Northern Spotted Owl’s extinction calls for aggressive intervention, including killing another owl species. Will we act fast enough?

Home Away From Home • Before arriving at birdhouses across North America, vast numbers of Purple Martins roost on a tiny island in the heart of the Amazon. Its discovery offers scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study the bird’s mysterious decline.

CONNECTING FLIGHTS • An international wildlife tracking system that combines lightweight radio tags with a broad array of receiver stations is opening up vast possibilities for migration science.

Nature Is Stranger Than Fiction • Author Jeff VanderMeer reached the best-seller list with gripping works of eco-fiction. How hard could it be to rewild his own backyard?

FIELD GUIDE • Audubon’s interactive Bird Migration Explorer provides a new view into the remarkable and challenging journeys of hundreds of avian species. Check it out at birdmigrationexplorer.org.

THE WESTERN TANAGER OF TOMORROW • Where birds inspire art, awe, and action