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Book Our Vanishing Wilderness

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Louise Grossman
  • Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wilderness written by Mary Louise Grossman and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1969 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majestic beauty of our landscapes and a close-up of wildlife.

Book Our Vanishing Wilderness

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wilderness written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by William Temple Hornaday and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Temple Hornaday was the Director of the New York Zoological Society and the nation's leading advocate of wildlife conservation in this era. This unsparing manifesto was written to accompany Hornaday's launching of the Permanent Wildlife Protection Fund; it is thus (in the words of the historian Stephen Fox) both "a campaign tract" and "one of the first books wholly devoted to endangered wild animals" (John Muir and His Legacy: The American Conservation Movement [Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981], p. 149). It is also a landmark of conservation history which had a profound effect on the thought of Aldo Leopold, among others. The book surveys the history and causes of wildlife destruction in America and elsewhere, and sets forth a lengthy program to ensure the protection of remaining wildlife for the future, often in militant and moralistic terms. The work also throws light on some of the complexities inherent in the conservation movement at this time: for example, Hornaday accepts the classification of certain bird and mammalian predators as "noxious" or "vermin" and appropriate for destruction (pp. 77-81); there is no criticism here of the massive campaign for the extermination of wolves and coyotes being sponsored at the time by the Bureau of Biological Survey. On a more general level, Hornaday's fulminations against Italian immigrants as incorrigible bird-killers suggest a connection between nativism and conservationism, while his excoriations of market hunters set forth a deeply-rooted class bias shared by many leading conservationists.

Book Vanishing Wilderness

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  • Author : Janis A. Kraulis
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990-07
  • ISBN : 9780792443490
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Vanishing Wilderness written by Janis A. Kraulis and published by . This book was released on 1990-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

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  • Author : William T. Hornaday
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-07-17
  • ISBN : 3752307161
  • Pages : 482 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by William T. Hornaday and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Our Vanishing Wild Life by William T. Hornaday

Book Lost Mountain

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  • Author : Erik Reece
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-02-06
  • ISBN : 9781594482366
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Lost Mountain written by Erik Reece and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain and offers a landmark defense of a national treasure threatened with extinction.

Book Vanishing America

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  • Author : Miles A. Powell
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2016-11-14
  • ISBN : 0674971566
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Vanishing America written by Miles A. Powell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America’s white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement.

Book Leave No Trace

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  • Author : Jim Wark
  • Publisher : Universe Pub
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780789320773
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Leave No Trace written by Jim Wark and published by Universe Pub. This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features aerial photographs of the North American wilderness, and presents essays that chronicle the efforts made to expand and protect the areas throughout history.

Book Our Vanishing Wilderness

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  • Author : Mary Louise Grossman
  • Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
  • Release : 1969
  • ISBN : 9780448012087
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wilderness written by Mary Louise Grossman and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1969 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majestic beauty of our landscapes and a close-up of wildlife.

Book Shadow of the Bear

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  • Author : Brian Payton
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2008-12-11
  • ISBN : 1596918756
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Shadow of the Bear written by Brian Payton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've been meeting bears in the wilderness, and in our dreams, since the dawn of human history. Celebrated in art and myth since we began drawing on the walls of caves, they cast a long shadow over our collective subconscious. Wherever bears endure, they are an indicator of the health of their ecosystem. Their decline-some to the edge of extinction-foretells a bigger story: that of our planet's peril. In a series of remarkable journeys, Brian Payton travels the world in search of the eight remaining bear species. Along the way, he confronts poachers in the jungles of Cambodia, witnesses the cruelty of the bear bile trade in China, and delves into the politics of panda sex. From the reclusive spectacled bears of Peru to the man-eating sloth bears of India, Payton captures the power and beauty of these fascinating creatures while exploring their unique place within very different cultures. Vivid characters, exotic landscapes, and deft storytelling make for an unforgettable trek down the braided path of bear and human history.

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

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  • Author : William Temple Hornaday
  • Publisher : Franklin Classics
  • Release : 2018-10-11
  • ISBN : 9780342344178
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by William Temple Hornaday and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

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  • Author : William T. Hornaday
  • Publisher : Alpha Edition
  • Release : 2019-12-16
  • ISBN : 9789353954017
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by William T. Hornaday and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

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  • Author : Hornaday William T.
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1901
  • ISBN : 9780243752546
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by Hornaday William T. and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Our Vanishing Wild Life

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  • Author : William Temple Hornaday
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781019819654
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Our Vanishing Wild Life written by William Temple Hornaday and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening account of the alarming decline of wildlife and natural habitats due to human activities such as hunting, poaching, and deforestation, and a call to action to preserve our planet's biodiversity. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Wild California

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  • Author : A. Starker Leopold
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-12-22
  • ISBN : 0520310594
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book Wild California written by A. Starker Leopold and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universal spread of civilization has encompassed the wildness of California. While some of the original ecosystems have been preserved, others have been reduced to tattered remnants. Rich and varied habitats, with their plants and animals, are gone forever, destroyed by the conversion of valley lands to agriculture, the damming of streams, the cutting of forests, the paving of meadows. Wild California makes a persuasive argument for identifying and protecting areas of unspoiled California before they disappear. This is a stunning photographic guide to the six major California regions--from the Sierra Nevada to the desert--and their wildlife. To A. Starker Leopold, conservationist, naturalist, wildlife biologist, and educator, the delicate balance between plants, animals, and humans in each community is precious and fragile. In a highly readable style that mingles authority and eloquence, Leopold reminds us of th aesthetic, educational, and scientific values of undeveloped land. Tupper Ansel Blake, naturalist and wildlife photographer, has contributed one hundred color images that marvelously convey the special beauties of this state. Fortunately, the rich legacy of early California can still be found, and Tupper Blake's images with Starker Leopold's words are powerful evidence that this wilderness is worth preserving for future generations.

Book Wild Encounters

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  • Author : David Yarrow
  • Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
  • Release : 2016-10-25
  • ISBN : 0847858324
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Wild Encounters written by David Yarrow and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From big cats to elephants and indigenous communities, Wild Encounters is a must-have for nature lovers, conservationists, and anyone who is inspired by all that remains wild. David Yarrow travels from pole to pole and continent to continent to visit frozen Arctic tundras, vast African deserts, primordial rain forests, and remote villages, inviting us to truly connect with subjects we mistakenly think we have seen before. Yarrow takes the familiar—lions, elephants, tigers, polar bears—and makes it new again by creating iconic images that deliberately connect with us at a highly emotional level. For more than two decades, this legendary wildlife photographer has been putting himself in harm's way to capture the most unbelievable close-up animal photography, amassing an incomparable photographic portfolio, spanning six continents. Driven by a passion for sharing and preserving Earth's last great wild cultures and species, Yarrow is as much a conservationist as a photographer and artist. His work has transcended wildlife photography and is now collected and shown as fine art in some of the most famed galleries around the world. Featuring 160 of his most breathtaking photographs, Wild Encounters offers a truly intimate view of some of the world's most compelling—and threatened—species and captures the splendor and very soul of what remains wild and free in our world through portraits that feel close enough to touch.

Book Lost Mountain

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  • Author : Erik Reece
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-02-06
  • ISBN : 1594482365
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Lost Mountain written by Erik Reece and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain and offers a landmark defense of a national treasure threatened with extinction.