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Sky Dance of the Woodcock

Author : Greg Hoch
Publisher : Bureau Oak Book
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609386276

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Woodcock are one of the oddest birds in North America. They are a shorebird that got lost and ended up in the scrubby parts of the forest, and look like they were put together with the leftover parts of other birds. Oddities aside, each spring they rise to great beauty with their sky dance at dusk. Greg Hoch combines natural history, land management, scientific knowledge, and personal observation to examine this little game bird. Woodcock have a complex life history and the management of their habitat is also complex. The health of this bird can be considered a key indicator of what good forests look like.

Birthright

Author : Stephen R. Kellert
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300176544

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Birthright by Stephen R. Kellert Pdf

Asserts that man's ability to think, feel, communicate, create, and find meaning is inextricably linked to his relationship with nature and that modern challenges are directly related to today's disconnect from the natural world.

A Morally Deep World

Author : Lawrence E. Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521447062

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A Morally Deep World by Lawrence E. Johnson Pdf

Advocating a major change in our attitude toward the nonhuman world, the author argues that nonhuman animals, as well as ecosystems, are morally significant beings with interests and rights.

A Year in Nature with Stan Tekiela

Author : Stan Tekiela
Publisher : Adventure Publications
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781591933434

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A Year in Nature with Stan Tekiela by Stan Tekiela Pdf

Stan Tekiela, acclaimed naturalist and wildlife photographer, informs and entertains you in these monthly observations of nature. Let him guide you through the seasons with 64 of his most engaging accounts of up-close-and-personal observations and experiences with nature. The month-by-month guide examines what you can expect to see in the natural world, filled with Stan's keen perspectives and personal guidance. Relive Stan's adventures, hear his opinions and learn a lot about nature along the way!

A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac

Author : Mark Parman
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780299249236

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A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac by Mark Parman Pdf

"There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting, and ruffed-grouse hunting."—Aldo Leopold, from A Sand County Almanac Like that earlier grouse hunter Aldo Leopold, Mark Parman takes to the woods when the aspens are smoky gold. Here, in an evocative almanac that chronicles the early season of the grouse hunt through its end in the snows of January, Parman follows his dog through the changing trees and foliage, thrills to the sudden flush of beating wings, and holds a bird in hand, thankful for the meal it will provide. Distilling twenty seasons of grouse hunting into these essays, he writes of old dogs and gun lust, cover and clear cutting, climate change, companions male and female, wildlife art, and stumps. A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac delves into the mind of a hunter, exploring the Northwoods with an eye for more than just game. Winner, Sports and Recreation, Midwest Book Awards Bronze Medalist, Sports, Foreword Magazine’s Books of the Year

A Different Shade of Green: A Biblical Approach to Environmentalism and the Dominion Mandate

Author : Gordon Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press & Book Service
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781947644571

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A Different Shade of Green: A Biblical Approach to Environmentalism and the Dominion Mandate by Gordon Wilson Pdf

We have been shockingly bad at using our Bibles and our brains when it comes to conservation and the environment. Unhinged environmentalism is not the answer, but neither are ignorance and apathy. It's time for something different. Christian responsibility for the natural world goes back to the very beginning, when God commanded us to "fill the earth and subdue it." This Dominion Mandate is an authoritative alternative to both environmental activists and to those who think "conservation" is a word progressives made up. So what does "dominion" mean for us, living in a world of constant reports about impending global meltdown; of oils spills, pollution, and strip-mining; of extinction threats both real and imagined? A Different Shade of Green contains a compelling Christian approach to biodiversity, life cycles, and the environment, offering solutions and correcting errors while teaching us how to give thanks for and rule over all of creation.

Stories from the Leopold Shack

Author : Estella B. Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780190463243

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Stories from the Leopold Shack by Estella B. Leopold Pdf

In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin. The entire Leopold clan - five children in all - worked together to put into practice Aldo's "land ethic," which involved ecological restoration and sustainability. In the process, they built more than a pleasant weekend getaway; they established a new way of relating to nature. In 1948, A Sand County Almanac was published, and it has become a beloved and foundational text of the conservation movement. Decades later, Estella B. Leopold, the youngest of the Leopold children - she was eight when they bought the land - now reflects on the "Shack," as they called the repurposed barn, and its inhabitants, and recalls with clear-eyed fondness the part it played in her and her siblings' burgeoning awareness of nature's miracles, season by season. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, she unforgettably recalls the intensity of those days: the taste of fresh honey on sourdough pancakes; the trumpeting arrival of migrating Canada geese; the awesome power of river ice driven by currents - and each description is accompanied by stunning photographs by her brother, A. Carl Leopold. As the Leopolds worked to restore degraded farmland back to its original prairie and woods, they noted and celebrated all of the flora and fauna that came to share the Shack lands. As first evoked in A Sand County Almanac, and now revisited in Stories from the Leopold Shack, the Leopold family's efforts of ecological restoration were among the earliest in the United States, and their work, collectively and individually, continues to have a profound impact on land management and conservationism. All of Aldo and Estella Leopold's children went on to become distinguished scientists and to devote themselves to a life of conservation; their work continues through the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Estella B. Leopold book offers a voyage back to the place where it all began.

Nature Writing

Author : Don Scheese
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134980772

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Nature Writing by Don Scheese Pdf

In this comprehensive study of the genre, Don Scheese traces its evolution from the pastoralism evident in the natural history observations of Aristotle and the poetry of Virgil to current American writers. He documents the emergence of the modern form of nature writing as a reaction to industrialization. Scheese's personal observations of natural settings sharpen the reader's understanding of the dynamics between author and locale. His study is further informed by ample use of illustrations and close readings core writers such as Thoreau, John Muir, and Mary Austin showing how each writer's work exemplifies the pastoral tradition and celebrate a spirit of place in the United States.

Sportsman's Library

Author : Stephen Bodio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762794034

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Sportsman's Library by Stephen Bodio Pdf

100 Essential, Engaging, Offbeat, and Occasionally Odd Fishing and Hunting Books for the Adventurous Reader

A Sand County Almanac

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199726523

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A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Pdf

Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously interested in protecting the natural world. Hailed for prose that is "full of beauty and vigor and bite" (The New York Times), it is perhaps the finest example of nature writing since Thoreau's Walden. Now this classic work is available in a completely redesigned and lavishly illustrated gift edition, featuring over one hundred beautiful full-color pictures by Michael Sewell, one of the country's leading nature photographers. Sewell, whose work has graced the pages of Audubon and Sierra magazines, walked Leopold's property in Wisconsin and shot these photographs specifically for this edition, allowing readers to see Sand County as Leopold saw it. The resulting layout is spectacular. But the heart of the book remains Leopold's carefully rendered observations of nature. Here we follow Leopold throughout the year, from January to December, as he walks about the rural Wisconsin landscape, watching a woodcock dance skyward in golden afternoon light, or spying a rough-legged hawk dropping like a feathered bomb on its prey. And perhaps most important are Leopold's trenchant comments throughout the book on our abuse of the land and on what we must do to preserve this invaluable treasure. This edition also includes two of Leopold's most eloquent essays on conservation, "The Land Ethic" and "Marshland Elegy." With this gift edition of A Sand County Almanac, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient oak.

Special Scientific Report--wildlife

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Fishes
ISBN : OSU:32435021223789

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Nature, God and Humanity

Author : Richard L. Fern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521009707

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Nature, God and Humanity by Richard L. Fern Pdf

This book offers a coherent theistic approach to environmental ethics.

Birds and Birding at Cape May

Author : Clay Sutton,Pat Sutton
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780811750776

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Birds and Birding at Cape May by Clay Sutton,Pat Sutton Pdf

First-ever birding guide to this celebrated site. Insider advice on 33 popular places and lesser-known hot spots. Describes birding opportunities any time of the year.

Iowa's Changing Wildlife

Author : James J. Dinsmore,Stephen J. Dinsmore
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609389260

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Iowa's Changing Wildlife by James J. Dinsmore,Stephen J. Dinsmore Pdf

Much has changed with Iowa’s wildlife in the years 1990 to 2020. Some species such as Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, and others like sandhill crane, river otter, and trumpeter swan are becoming increasingly abundant. Iowa’s Changing Wildlife provides an up-to-date, scientifically based summary of changes in the distribution, status, conservation needs, and future prospects of about sixty species of Iowa’s birds and mammals whose populations have increased or decreased in the past three decades. Readers will learn more about familiar species, become acquainted with the status of less familiar species, and find out how many of the species around them have fared during this era of transformation.

To Find a Pasqueflower

Author : Greg Hoch
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609388256

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To Find a Pasqueflower by Greg Hoch Pdf

"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 and help restore. This book is written in the same style and voice as Hoch's three previous books on bird species. He blends history, culture, and science into a unified narrative of the tallgrass prairie, with an emphasis on humans' participation in its development and destruction. Over the last century and a half, people have driven the tallgrass prairie toward extinction. However, for millennia before that, the tallgrass prairie was largely maintained and expanded by people, primarily through their use of fire. Without fire and people, the tallgrass prairie would be forest. Indeed, because the ecosystem is so young, there never was a time when people weren't playing a strong role in managing both the vegetation and wildlife. There is no such thing as a "presettlement" prairie, Hoch reminds us. Tomorrow's prairies, both restorations and native remnants, will depend on the care and nurturing of conservationists and laypeople. The audience for this book is anyone who is interested in prairies, prairie restoration, or the history of science and ecology in the context of the tallgrass prairie. Hoch's is the book you read on winter evenings to get some perspective on and historical/scientific context for plans for the upcoming growing season. It gives the reader background and philosophical principles to think about before they decide on their next land management actions. Between each chapter is a short vignette that gives a more personal account of Hoch's experiences with the prairie and prairie conservation efforts. He reminds us that people and the prairie have always been intertwined, and helps us reimagine the role humans play in the natural world"--