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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 904

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Author: Leo King Couch
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Category : Beaver trapping
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Elizabeth Fuller Whiteman
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Category : Beavers
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: Susan Wood
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1634724038
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Just after World War II, the people of McCall, Idaho, found themselves with a problem on their hands. McCall was a lovely resort community in Idaho's backcountry with mountain views, a sparkling lake, and plenty of forests. People rushed to build roads and homes there to enjoy the year-round outdoor activities. It was a beautiful place to live. And not just for humans. For centuries, beavers had made the region their home. But what's good for beavers is not necessarily good for humans, and vice versa. So in a unique conservation effort, in 1948 a team from the Idaho Fish and Game Department decided to relocate the McCall beaver colony. In a daring experiment, the team airdropped seventy-six live beavers to a new location. One beaver, playfully named Geronimo, endured countless practice drops, seeming to enjoy the skydives, and led the way as all the beavers parachuted into their new home. Readers and nature enthusiasts of all ages will enjoy this true story of ingenuity and determination.

Author: United States. Forest Service. California Region
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1340

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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 902

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Author: Donald G. Wetherell
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773599894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 887

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Encounters with wild animals are among the most significant relationships between humans and the natural world. Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, Wildlife, Land, and People examines the confrontations that led to diverse consequences – from the near annihilation of some species to the extraordinary preservation of others – and skilfully finds the roots of these relationships in people’s needs for food, sport, security, economic development, personal fulfillment, and identity. Donald Wetherell shows how utilitarian practices, in which humans viewed animals either as friendly sources of profit or as threats to their economic and personal security, dominated until the 1960s. Alongside these views, however, other attitudes asserted that wild animals were part of the beauty, mystery, and order of the natural world. Wetherell outlines the ways in which this attitude gained strength after World War II, distinguished by a growing conviction that every species has ecological value. Through a century in which the natural landscape of the prairie region was radically transformed by human activity, conflicts developed over fur and game management, over Aboriginal use of the land, and over the preservation of endangered species like bison and elk. Yet the period also saw the creation of national parks, zoos, and natural history societies. Drawing on a wide array of historical sources and photographs as well as current approaches to environmental history, Wildlife, Land, and People enriches our understanding of the many-layered relationships between humans and nature.

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Category : Fishies
Languages : en
Pages : 1160

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