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At the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Texas is where 97-year-old Karl Haller has been counting birds for decades. Haller says he plans to keep going for as long as he can. He already has been counting birds for more than 50 yers.

An unprecedented die-off of manatees in Florida is now projected to last years. The state has allocated millions to clean up polluted waters and restore the seagrass manatees need to survive.

In Oregon, the armed militants that took over a federal wildlife refuge almost two weeks ago had planned a public meeting Friday evening to address the community's concerns and apparently outline their exit strategy. Federal law enforcement remains mum on a response. There is precedent for these types of armed, anti-government protests going south quick, such as in the 1990s in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho. There is also precedent for these confrontations to drag on for months.

Reporter for the Village Voice, JENNIFER GONNERMAN. In 1994 Planned Parenthood won a judgement against Operation Rescue, which had to sell off its office equipment to satisfy the judgement. A pro-choice activist bought many of those contents in a public auction, including six computers. In one of the computers was a journal kept by one of Operation Rescue activists. GONNERMAN examined the journal for her article "Inside Operation Rescue: Stakeouts, Stalking, Dirty Tricks: An Antiabortion Operative Tells All In His Diary." The article appeared in the February 11, 1997 issue of the Village Voice. Journalist PETER KORN. Korn writes about health and medical issues for "Self," "the Chicago Tribune Magazine," and other publications. He has a new book "Lovejoy: A Year in the Life of an Abortion Clinic" (The Atlantic Monthly Press). The book tells of the protests and controversy surrounding the Lovejoy Surgicenter, an abortion clinic in Portland, Oregon, and examines how the doctors, patients, and protestors most closely involved are effected. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE FLOATER)PETER KORN cont'd.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . .Alone and surrounded by ice, Norwegian explorer OUSLAND BORGE (pronounced "BOR-gay OWS-lan") recently crossed Antarctica, setting a new world record. Guest host BARBARA BOGAEV talks with him about making the first solo, unsupported trek across the continent. Also, journalist PETER KORN discusses the emotions and politics surrounding abortion . It's the subject of his new book, "Lovejoy: A Year in the Life of an Abortion Clinic." That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

In just the past 24 hours he has mused about why group sex might be better than "one-on-one" and has been video taped flying a motorized hang glider in an attempt to lead some cranes on their migration south.

The announcement comes five years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially removed giant pandas from its endangered list.

A new report concludes that current laws and regulations aren't adequate to guard against potential environmental and health hazards from the tiny new products produced by nanotechnology.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with freelance reporter Melanie Eversley, who covered Capitol Hill for years. Eversley remembers Sen. McCain for the warmth and respect he showed the press.

Islamist militants attacked a gas plant last Wednesday and took hostages. Algerian forces were able to regain control of the facility on Saturday. They've found bodies inside. It isn't clear how many of the dead were hostages. Three Americans are among the dead, U.S. officials say.

Journalist George Weller was in Nagasaki shortly after the Japanese city was hit by an atomic bomb in 1945. He wrote newspaper stories on what he saw, but military censors prevented their publication. The writer's son recently found carbon copies of the originals.