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Introduction : Waking the Sleeping Giant -- Death, Dust, and Din : How Vehicles Harm -- The Land Fragmented : Why Roadways Matter -- Bridging the Gap -- Know How -- Working Together Works -- Signs of...

A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings begins as Helen Jukes is entering her thirties and struggling to settle into her new job and home. Then friends gift her a colony of honeybees--a gift which,...

This book is a training handbook of tools, techniques, approaches, and practical how-to skills for taking on place-based conservation and natural resource challenges and problems. It is for...

Takes readers on a photographic journey through one of the most biologically diverse countries on the planet. This third edition replaces more than 45 percent of the book's images with new...

The author documents ten years of explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez as a professor taking undergraduates on sea kayak expeditions to the Isla Espiritu Santo archipelago. He...

Dangerous Snakes of Australia is an indispensable field guide to all 150 identified species of venomous elapid snakes on the continent. Through detailed species accounts, Mike Swan introduces readers...

Tells the story of a radical educational experiment. Built on a decade of research and the creation of several eco-schools, this book offers readers theoretical understandings and practical...

A resource for educators who want to be outdoors with students and use a nature-based curriculum. Provides thirty lessons in six units of study that will help the educator make learning outdoors safe...

This photographic guide-in a large, easy-to-use format with high-definition composite images, ecological diagrams, habitat keys, and a visual glossary-will allow readers of all ages to easily...

This book provides a review of the 155 species likely encountered. An addendum includes 89 warm water fishes that occasionally occur. A number of the major species discussed have commercial and...

Mosses Of The Northern Forest: A Photographic Guide (The Northern Forest Atlas Guides)Author: Jerry JenkinsPublisher: Comstock Publishing AssociatesPublication Date: Apr 15, 2020Number of Pages: 176...

While nature mysticism has always embraced solitude, Farnsworth investigates long-term ecological projects where the experience of community transcends solitary sojourns into the depths of natural...

A collection of weekly letters about a small and decidedly ordinary back yard that reveals the simple pleasures of paying attention to the natural world through a full year--Author: Angela E...

Discusses the history and scale of feeding wild birds. Outlines debates about the practice, highlighting key research findings and pointing out the issues that require further examination. Written in...

In The Eye of the Sandpiper, Brandon Keim pairs cutting-edge science with a deep love of nature, conveying his insights in prose that is both accessible and beautiful. In an elegant, thoughtful tour...

In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the philosophy underlying the nature-study movement in American public schools during the Progressive Era. This edition presents the...

This book explores the lives of the world's largest living mammals. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Whales describes these incredible animals' evolution from terrestrial to marine mammals,...

Winter in the Wilderness is a handbook for those who want to explore cold-weather camping and those who might find themselves in need of this critical information during an unexpected winter's night...