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The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush
Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
February 2012
| By Donovan Webster
People in the Old Country won’t touch the stuff, but immigrants to the American Midwest have celebrated it for generations
December 08, 2011
| By Erica Janik
Klallam tribal members make plans for holy ancestral sites to resurface after the unparalleled removal of nearby dams
December 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Giving factory flour the heave-ho, small farmers from New England to the Northwest are growing long-forgotten varieties of wheat
December 2011
| By Jerry Adler
A chance find has rescued the work of the camera-toting baby sitter, and gallery owners are taking notice
December 2011
| By David Zax
In Sonoma County, apple growers battle against the wine industry and cheap Chinese imports
November 02, 2011
| By Alastair Bland
The college city's big sky and endless farmland gave this New Yorker some fresh perspective
November 2011
| By Meghan Daum
The Indians who greeted Columbus were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results
October 2011
| By Robert M. Poole
A huge dam-removal project will reveal sacred Native American lands that have been flooded for a century
September 15, 2011
| By Abigail Tucker
Being Colombia’s most famous folk figure has its perks, even if you're an impersonator
September 02, 2011
| By Laura Kiniry
Author Rick Bass trades wilderness for city life, Montana style
August 2011
| By Rick Bass
A huge dam on Peru's Inambari River will bring much-needed development to the region. But at what cost?
March 2011
| By Clay Risen
From two of Oregon’s best chefs come two recipes to liven up your wild fungi
January 28, 2011
| By Smithsonian.com
In the forests of Oregon, foragers, farmers and chefs have their eyes stuck on the ground looking for one thing: wild mushrooms
January 27, 2011
| By Rachael Brown
Chances are the bouquet you're about to buy came from Colombia. What's behind the blooms?
February 2011
| By John McQuaid
A new exhibition explores thousands of years of artwork from the Native nations of North, Central and South America
January 04, 2011
| By Jess Righthand
Bill Owens was seeking a fresh take on suburban life when he spotted a plastic-rifle-toting boy named Richie Ferguson
October 2010
| By Owen Edwards
An innovative California facility offers hope to combatants with post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries
September 2010
| By Robert M. Poole
Within weeks of January's devastating earthquake, Haiti's surviving painters and sculptors were taking solace from their work
September 2010
| By Bill Brubaker
A Smithsonian/Pew poll finds optimism about science and social progress despite worries about the environment and population growth
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