Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
The Secret World of Red Wolves
The Fight to Save North America's Other Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced...
by Henry Nicholls
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Learn how the extraordinary impact of the panda—from obscurity to fame—is also the story of China’s transition from shy beginnings to center stage.
Giant pandas have been causing a stir ever since their formal scientific discovery just over 140 years ago. Yet in spite of humankind’s...
Creating Successful Communities
A Guidebook To Growth ManagemStrategies
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Creating Successful Communities is a practical compendium of techniques for effective land use and growth management. It offers a framework for land-use decisionmaking and growth management: techniques for protecting key resources such as agricultural land, open space, historic and cultural structure,...
by Stephen R. Kellert
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia—the study of human beings' inherent affinity for nature—sets forth the first full account of nature's...
by Wallace J. Nichols, Brad Nahill, Melissa Gaskill
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Sea turtle populations around the world are endangered, and in recent years tourism has been a critical element in worldwide efforts to save them. More travelers seek meaningful experiences that bring them close to nature and wildlife, and opportunities to interact with and help sea turtles now exist...
Starved Rock State Park
The Work of the CCC Along the I&M Canal
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2002
Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed...
On the Waters of the Wissahickon
A History of Erdenheim Farm
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
In this comprehensive history of Erdenheim Farm, On the Waters of the Wissahickon separates the facts from the multitude of fictions, revealing the complex and intriguing history behind this important agricultural center along the Wissahickon Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Featuring more...
America's Public Lands
From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
How is it that the United States—the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world—has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson traces the often-forgotten ideas of nature...
Lifelines
The Case For River Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
"In Lifelines, Tim Palmer addresses the fate of our waterways. While proposals for gigantic federal dams are no longer common, and some of the worst pollution has been brought under control, myriad other concerns have appeared -- many of them more subtle and complex than the threats of the past.Palmer...
A Future in Ruins
UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity," the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in...
Montana Ghost Dance
Essays on Land and Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Montana has been the "last best place" for so many people. A century ago, Native Americans gathered here to perform the Ghost Dance-a last, doomed attempt to make white settlers vanish and bring back the old ways of life. Today, people are still pouring into Montana, looking for the pristine wilderness...
100 Plants to Feed the Bees
Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees,...
The Great Penguin Rescue
40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
ON JUNE 23, 2000, the iron-ore carrier MV Treasure, en route from Brazil to China, foundered off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, spilling 1,300 tons of oil into the ocean and contaminating the habitat of 75,000 penguins. Realizing thJuneat 41 percent of the world’s population of African penguins...
Wildlife Sanctuaries and the Audubon Society
Places to Hide and Seek
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
National Audubon Society sanctuaries across the United States preserve the unique combinations of plants, climates, soils, and water that endangered birds and other animals require to survive. Their success stories include the recovery of the common and snowy egrets, wood storks, Everglade kites, puffins,...