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February 2000
Features
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A Fury from Hell—or Was He?
As underwater archaeologists pull artifacts from what may be the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, historians raise new questions about the legendary pirate
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The End of the Road
In Idaho's Clearwater National Forest, old logging roads that ruin streams are getting the axe
Last of the Wild Buffalo
Long displayed, long dispersed, the famous Hornaday bison "family" is reunited in a new home
When Permafrost Isn't
Slowly rising temperatures are melting the frozen ground that underlies most land at high latitudes
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