Saving Dominican forest and an elusive songbird
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 16:40
in Earth & Climate
SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic (AP) -- An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has inspired the creation of what conservationists hope will be a new model for nature reserves in a country that has long struggled with deforestation....