Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book Indiana s Wild Landscape written by WTIU. and published by WTIU. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indiana's Wild Landscape uses striking aerial drone footage and time-lapse techniques not available just a few years ago to give audiences a look at Indiana as it has never been seen before. A few hundred years ago, old growth forests, tall grass prairies, and one of the largest wetlands in the country covered Indiana. By the 21st century, though, Indiana was one of the most developed of the United States. Nearly all the forests have been cut down at least once, the wetlands largely drained, and the landscape now one of agriculture, small towns, and large cities. But the wild landscape of centuries past persists all over the state. Ancient woodlands with trees that stretch more than a hundred feet into the sky still exist. Thousands of acres of wilderness forests can be found in the south, while in the north a landscape seemingly more suited to the Atlantic Ocean covers the Indiana Dunes. Along the Ohio River cypress swamps can be found, looking more like the Gulf Coast than the Midwest. Nearby, an underground wilderness is perhaps the least known area of the state, with cavernous rooms, blind cave creatures, flowing rivers, and rock formations millions of years in the making. From hidden waterfalls and glacially carved gorges, through the canopy of an ancient forest, to one of the largest prairie restoration projects in the country, Indiana is still a wild place
Download or read book Shrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest written by Sally S. Weeks and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the definitive identification guide to the shrubs and woody vines of Indiana, this book also provides coverage of 90% of the species to be found in surrounding Midwestern US states. As well as covering indigenous species, it also includes all currently known invasive shrubs. Written by two leading experts in plant taxonomy, the guide is prepared in the same attractive, easy-to-use format as the bestselling Native Trees of the Midwest. Descriptive text explains how to identify every species in any season, and original color photographs taken by Sally Weeks detail all important characteristics. The authors provide practical guidance concerning the potential ornamental value of each species for those interested in landscaping and also evaluate their potential value for encouraging wildlife. Designed for experts in natural resource management as well as the interested general public, the volume includes distribution maps, identification keys, and an index of both common and Latin names.
Download or read book Wild Scenic Indiana written by and published by Browntrout Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental writer, Scott Russell Sanders, and nature photographer, Rich Clark, take the reader on a systematic tour of natural and rural Indiana. All 26 of Indiana's landscape provinces are described in separate chapters, illustrated with 240 exhibit-format color photographs and keyed to 28 color maps. Sanders' text surveys the landscape of Indiana in terms of the interaction of geography, history, and environmental awareness.
Download or read book Indiana Landscapes written by Randall R. Shedd and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indiana is a beautiful place, with many state parks and nature preserves. Indiana Landscapes teaches us how to observe this natural beauty. Randall Shedd has been collecting these images of our landscape for more than ten years. From the Ohio River to the Dunes, the beauty of Indiana is made accessible to us all through the eyes of a gifted photographer. Cypress swamps, deep woods, waterfalls, the brilliant clarity of winter, the riot of fall colors along the Knobs Escarpment, a quiet evening at Stillwater Marsh, the marvels of spring, a stream rushing over rocks in a forest, the radiance of summer flowers - it is all here, and more. To look at these photographs is to have one's eyes opened and one's heart thrilled. Every lover of nature, casual or impassioned, will want to own this volume and share these grand images with family and friends."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Wild Indiana written by Michael Habeck and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Indiana is a guide to more than one hundred and fifty of the Hoosier State's best outdoor destinations. It may be hard to believe, but there really are sand dunes, prairies, old growth forests, and other natural wonders left in Indiana. This book will show you how to get to those places, and tells you what to expect once you arrive. Wild Indiana contains more than 160 maps and 65 illustrations. Each destination entry includes GPS coordinates, detailed driving instructions, references, and a short narrative description. I've been traipsing around Indiana for more than twenty years. During that time, I've explored every destination in this book (and many others), most of them repeatedly. Wild Indiana is a compendium of my favorites. I hope that it will help you enjoy visiting natural Indiana as much as I have.
Download or read book Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests written by Michael A. Homoya and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated guide identifies nearly 300 common plants in Indiana's most prominent ecosystem—the Eastern Deciduous Forest. For ease of identification, the plants are arranged by flower color or growth form, providing a convenient way to distinguish a great majority of plants in any given woodland. Generous treatment is given to all major vascular plant groups of the forest, such as wildflowers, ferns, shrubs, trees, grasses, and sedges. Michael A. Homoya not only helps with identification, but also offers information on a plant's habitat, flowering period, familial relationships, biology, and connections to Indiana. For the garden enthusiast and habitat restorer, there is a section on landscaping and natural community restoration using native forest plants. A portion of the proceeds from each sale of this book go to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for land protection and stewardship.
Download or read book 100 Plants to Feed the Bees written by The Xerces Society and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.
Download or read book California s Wild Gardens written by Phyllis M. Faber and published by California Native Plant Society. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated guide to native plants in California. From the tallest tree in the world (the coast redwood which can grow to 370 feet tall) to the smallest flowering plant in existence (the pond-dwelling water-meal, which measures less than one-tenth of an inch), California is home to more native plants than any other state in the nation. This large-format book celebrates the state's extraordinary richness with 500 full-color photographs and 100 essays written especially for the general reader. Dividing the state into 10 ecological regions, botanists have identified areas where local environmental factors favor a special ensemble of rare or endemic plants.
Download or read book Nature s Best Hope written by Douglas W. Tallamy and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature’s Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune from the whims of government policy. Even more important, it’s practical, effective, and easy—you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard. If you’re concerned about doing something good for the environment, Nature’s Best Hope is the blueprint you need. By acting now, you can help preserve our precious wildlife—and the planet—for future generations.
Download or read book Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers written by Kay Yatskievych and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standard-setting, state-of-the-art field guide to Indiana's (and surrounding states') wildflowers.
Download or read book A New Garden Ethic written by Benjamin Vogt and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.
Download or read book Unexpected Indiana written by Ron Leonetti and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color photographs by two acclaimed nature photographers capture the power, diversity, and beauty of Indiana's natural world, portraying the Hoosier State's parks and preserves--forests, rivers, prairies, dunes, and swamps--in all four seasons of the year.
Download or read book Wild Food Plants of Indiana and Adjacent States written by Alan McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana written by Steven Higgs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have field-guide for discovering the natural beauty of southern Indiana A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indiana by trail, water, or road. Featuring 95 beautiful color photos and 5 maps, it provides ideas for a lifetime of fun and exploration, and makes planning easy by including directions to the areas, offering suggestions on what to do when you arrive, and what you will find when you explore. Environmental writer and photographer, Steven Higgs highlights each site's unique natural characteristics and history with additional facts, anecdotes, and observations. Higgs directs readers to the very best locations in southern Indiana for bird and game watching, fishing and boating, hiking and camping, and more. Come and explore the natural areas that represent southern Indiana wilderness at its pristine best!
Download or read book Forest Landscape Restoration written by John Stanturf and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.
Download or read book Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park written by Nathanael Pilla and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indiana Dunes, located on the picturesque coast of Lake Michigan, is one of the most biologically diverse parks in the US national park system. Keen hikers can spot white mayapple blooms, orange-fringed orchids, pink lady slippers, and more. Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park offers visitors a unique handbook highlighting over 160 of the common and exceptional wildflowers found along the trails of Indiana Dunes National Park and the surrounding area. This accessible field guide bypasses the dry nature of many wildflower guides. In addition to the usual scientific species names, descriptions, and bloom periods, Nathanael Pilla and Scott Namestnik offer deeper narratives—folklore surrounding the flowers, look-alikes, animals associated with the plants—that will be remembered much more easily than the length of a petal. Illustrated with over 350 color photographs, Wildflowers of the Indiana Dunes National Park will be an asset to the casual hiker of Indiana Dunes National Park, a useful tool to the experienced botanist, and a delight to anyone interested in wildflowers.
