Across forests, fields, and the margins where human life meets the wild, the United States Department of Agriculture is preparing to seed the landscape itself with protection — millions of vaccine-laced baits falling from the sky to inoculate raccoons, foxes, and bats before rabies can complete its ancient, lethal journey into human communities. The initiative marks a philosophical turning point in public health: rather than waiting for the virus to arrive at the doorstep, federal wildlife managers are carrying the remedy deep into the wilderness. It is a recognition that in an interconnected