Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
The Lure of the North Woods
Cultivating Tourism in the Upper Midwest
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
In the late nineteenth century, the North Woods offered people little in the way of a pleasant escape. Rather, it was a hub of production supplying industrial America with vast quantities of lumber and mineral ore. This book tells the story of how northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan’s...
Nature as Measure
The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America.
Wes Jackson, “a well-known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his...
Wild Lives
Leading Conservationists on the Animals and the Planet They Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
“You will be inspired” by these true stories from twenty leaders of the conservation movement detailing their tireless, fascinating work preserving wildlife (Jane Goodall).
Today we are faced with the frightening possibility that as many as fifty percent of species currently alive will...
Bobcat
Master of Survival
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world. While half the wild cat species worldwide are in danger, the bobcat is thriving, even expanding its range in North America. Why are bobcats flourishing when so many other wild felines are advancing...
The Windward Road
Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
The Windward Road, published in 1956, made history. When Archie Carr began to rove the Caribbean to write about sea turtles, he saw that their numbers were dwindling. Out of this appeal to save them grew the first ventures in international sea turtle conservation and the establishment of the Caribbean...
Nature's Spectacle
The World's First National Parks and Protected Places
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed.
The...
How to Save a River
A Handbook For Citizen Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
How to Save a River presents in a concise and readable format the wisdom gained from years of river protection campaigns across the United States. The book begins by defining general principles of action, including getting organized, planning a campaign, building public support, and putting a plan...
by Priscilla Short
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Priscilla Short lived off the grid for a year in a strawbale house in Taos NM with no electricity no running water and a wood burning stove for heat. At the end of the year Short returned home to Denver committed to making a smaller ecological footprint by consuming less and conserving more. In Thrifty...
Wild Forests
Conservation Biology And Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Wild Forests presents a coherreview of the scientific and policy issues surrounding biological diversity in the context of contemporary public forest management. The authors examine past and currpractices of forest managemand provide a comprehensive overview of known and suspected threats to diversity....
by Julian Ashbourn
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
In the Shadow of Inspiration is a unique book which draws together many strands in order to embrace concepts such as conservation, natural history, social history and a celebration of Canadian National Parks. In so doing, it revisits the story of Archie Grey Owl Belaney and his essential message and...
Going, Going, Gone
100 animals and plants on the verge of extinction
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
We asked 100 conservation groups around the world: 'if you could pick one species that epitomises your work, which would it be?' From the RSPB to WWF to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and many, many more, the answers came rolling in. Each provided a synopsis of the threats faced by their selected...
Nature's Restoration
People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Across America and around the world, people are
working to help nature heal itself. In Bermuda, a man
single-handedly grows thousands of trees on a small
island to restore nesting habitat for a rare seabird. In
Illinois, legions of volunteers replant prairies in the...
Political Landscapes
Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Following the 1917 Mexican Revolution inhabitants of the states of Chihuahua and Michoacán received vast tracts of prime timberland as part of Mexico's land redistribution program. Although locals gained possession of the forests, the federal government retained management rights, which created conflict...
Threaded Journeys
Fishing, Hunting, Conservation, Adventure...and America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Threaded Journeys is a compilation of fly fishing and bow hunting stories ‘interwoven’ with discussions on various issues regarding conservation, preservation, and healthy living. The author, Tom Johnson, delves into topics about our blue-green planet and its resources that we must preserve. ...