Overview from Defenders' president / M. Rupert Cutler -- New initiatives for wildlife conservation : the need for movement corridors / Larry D. Harris and Peter B. Gallagher -- The thin green line : riparian corridors and endangered species in Arizona and New Mexico / Aubrey Stephen Johnson -- Saving endangered species : implementing the Endangered Species Act / Ginger Merchant Meese -- A funding dilemma : the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act / Albert M. Manville II -- State wildlife protection efforts : the nongame programs / Sara E. Vickerman