Author: Greg Hoch
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609388267
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring. Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.
To Find a Pasqueflower
Author: Greg Hoch
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609388267
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring. Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609388267
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The tallgrass prairie once stretched from Indiana to Kansas to Minnesota. Most of this land is now growing corn and soybeans. In To Find a Pasqueflower, Greg Hoch shows us that the tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the continent, but it’s also an ecosystem that people can play an active role in restoring. Hoch blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans’ participation in its development and destruction. Hoch also demonstrates how variable and dynamic the prairie is, creating both challenges and opportunities for those who manage and restore and appreciate it.
A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195059281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Nature writings of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationist of our century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195059281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Nature writings of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationist of our century.
The Pasque-flower
Author: Oliver Madox Hueffer
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598532677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Leopold’s essential contributions to our literature––some hard-to-find or previously unpublished––are gathered in a single volume for the first time. Here is his classic A Sand County Almanac, hailed––with Thoreau’s Walden and Carson’s Silent Spring––as one of the main literary influences on the modern environmental movement. Published in 1949, it is still astonishing today: a vivid, firsthand, philosophical tour de force. Along with Sand County are more than fifty articles, essays, and lectures exploring the new complexities of ecological science and what we would now call environmental ethics. Leopold’s sharp-eyed, often humorous journals are illustrated here for the first time with his original photographs, drawings, and maps. Also unique to this collection is a selection of over 100 letters, most of them never before published, tracing his personal and professional evolution and his efforts to foster in others the love and sense of responsibility he felt for the land.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598532677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Leopold’s essential contributions to our literature––some hard-to-find or previously unpublished––are gathered in a single volume for the first time. Here is his classic A Sand County Almanac, hailed––with Thoreau’s Walden and Carson’s Silent Spring––as one of the main literary influences on the modern environmental movement. Published in 1949, it is still astonishing today: a vivid, firsthand, philosophical tour de force. Along with Sand County are more than fifty articles, essays, and lectures exploring the new complexities of ecological science and what we would now call environmental ethics. Leopold’s sharp-eyed, often humorous journals are illustrated here for the first time with his original photographs, drawings, and maps. Also unique to this collection is a selection of over 100 letters, most of them never before published, tracing his personal and professional evolution and his efforts to foster in others the love and sense of responsibility he felt for the land.
Philosophy Gone Wild
Author: Holmes Rolston
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615924191
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Here are fifteen essays written from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s by a pioneering environmental ethicist. The collection is divided into four sections: ethics and nature, values in nature, environmental philosophy in practice, and nature in experience. . . . Rolston''s writing often evokes the best of American philosophy of nature. He writes with flair and grace. The book is good reading because it is good literature. Rolston raises unsettling questions [and] a formidable challenge. The agenda is well set." -- F. E. Bernard, Ethics"An important book that deserves a wide student readership . . . . Highly appropriate for ecology . . . and philosophy courses, as well as courses dealing with environmental law and policy-making." -- J. C. Kricher, Choice
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615924191
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Here are fifteen essays written from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s by a pioneering environmental ethicist. The collection is divided into four sections: ethics and nature, values in nature, environmental philosophy in practice, and nature in experience. . . . Rolston''s writing often evokes the best of American philosophy of nature. He writes with flair and grace. The book is good reading because it is good literature. Rolston raises unsettling questions [and] a formidable challenge. The agenda is well set." -- F. E. Bernard, Ethics"An important book that deserves a wide student readership . . . . Highly appropriate for ecology . . . and philosophy courses, as well as courses dealing with environmental law and policy-making." -- J. C. Kricher, Choice
The Courage to See
Author: Greg Garrett
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611649641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us. Pairing excerpts from more than two hundred literary works with thought-provoking Scriptures and brief prayers, this spiritual guide invites readers to draw closer to God through the words of both classic and modern authors.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611649641
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us. Pairing excerpts from more than two hundred literary works with thought-provoking Scriptures and brief prayers, this spiritual guide invites readers to draw closer to God through the words of both classic and modern authors.
Pasque Petals
Author:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
North Cascades -- Olympic National Park
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : North Cascades National Park (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Considers study team report made of Federal lands in the North Cascade Mountains to determine which land management strategies will best serve the public interest. Hearings were held in Seattle, Wash.
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Category : North Cascades National Park (Wash.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Considers study team report made of Federal lands in the North Cascade Mountains to determine which land management strategies will best serve the public interest. Hearings were held in Seattle, Wash.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1844
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1844
Book Description