Television
ABC Television news, KGO-TV/DT, Channel 7, San Francisco, Oakland, San
Jose, April 5, 2007, “Rare Butterfly Returns to Peninsula Park”, by Heather
Ishimaru. transcript video (WMP)
NBC Television news, Channel 11, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco
Bay, April 5, 2007,”Butterfly Reintroduced to Native Habitat”. wmv video
(WMP)
CBS Television news, Channel 5, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco
Bay, April 5, 2007,”Butterflies Set Free”. wmv video (WMP)
KTVU Television news, Channel 2, Oakland, San Jose, and San Francisco
Bay, April 5, 2007,”In Harms Way: Scientists Work To Preserve Bay
Checkerspot Butterfly In San Mateo County”, by Bob McKenzie. wmv video
(WMP)
Radio
Meet the Planet, September 16, 2007, “Nitrogen Deposition and
Conservation”, interview of Stuart Weiss by Eva Glasure mp3
www.meettheplanet.org
KQED Radio, Quest, April 6, 2007, “Drive by Extinction”, interview of Stuart
Weiss by Andrea Kissack mp3 link to recording photo essay blog discussion
National/Regional Newspapers
High Country News, May 18, 2009, “Bring in the Cows! Grazing May Be the
Best Hope for a Threatened Butterfly“, by J. Madeleine Nash
San Francisco Chronicle, April 17, 2009, “Quest for endangered Mission
Blue butterflies“, by John Coté
Land Letter, December 11, 2008, “Feds plan to enlist citizen help to look for
warming’s impact on wildlife”, by Scott Streater
San Jose Mercury News, June 26, 2008, “Biologists, ranchers hope cows
will help lure back butterflies”, by Dana Hull
Oakland Tribune, August 12, 2007, “Nitrogen Overdose: Element quietly
rivaling CO2 as a global climate threat”, by Suzanne Bohan
Oakland Tribune, August 12, 2007, “Munching away at an ecological
menace: Grazing, when well managed, can restore ecosystems”, by
Suzanne Bohan
Oakland Tribune, April 6, 2007, “Scientists attempt to save Bay checkerspot
butterfly”, by Julia Scott and Suzanne Bohan
San Jose Mercury News, April 6, 2007, “Puzzle Solved, Butterflies Returned
To San Mateo County Preserve; solution: mow invasive grasses, let flowers
insects need thrive”, by Patrick May
San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2007, “Hopes flutter as butterflies are
released”
San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2007, “Big effort to save a little
butterfly”, by Jane Kay
San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 2006, “Vintners learn from
butterflies”, by Carl T. Hall
Science, November 11, 2005, Vol. 310, p. 947, “Warmer and Drier”, Editor’s
Choice, edited by Gilbert Chin
Washington Post, May 22, 2006. “The Checkerspot Mystery: An Ecological
Whodunit”, by Juliet Eilperin
San Jose Mercury News, April 22, 2005, “Despite rescue efforts local
species dying: natural, human damages to ecosystems bringing loss”, by
Glennda Chui
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2004, page F2, “On Coyote Ridge, cows
come to rescue of butterflies: with preference for exotic weed, cattle take on
a supportive role”, by Geoffrey Coffey
Science, August 2, 2002, Vol. 297, p. 767, “Grazing for butterflies”, Random
Samples, edited by David Malakoff
Local Newspapers
San Mateo Daily News and Burlingame Daily News, April 6, 2007,
“Butterflies Return to Edgewood”, by Shaun Bishop
San Mateo Daily Journal, April 6, 2007, “Rare butterfly returns to park”
The Almanac, Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside, March 28, 2007, “Stuart
Weiss brings butterflies back to Edgewood Natural Preserve”, by Marion
Softky
The Daily Journal, San Mateo County, March 21, 2007, “Checkerspot flying
back to local park”, by Dana Yates
The Daily Journal, San Mateo County, July 23, 2005, “In search of
butterflies”, by Lou Sian