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From the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it
In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished...
In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished...
Publisher
Bat Conservation International
Pub. Date
�2005
Language
English
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The documentary series profiles men and women who have made exceptional contributions to the preservation of wildlife and their habits. Each film displays the beauty of nature and the importance of successful conservation actions.
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Albert Whitman & Company
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English
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"The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak upfor them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
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Random House Australia
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Readers can get the inside scoop on how Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter, spends her time, from appearing on Oprah in Sydney one day, to helping out at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital the next.
6) Running wild
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Fledgling documentary filmmaker Christine Shaye travels to Africa to meet conservationist John Varty, who has been following a mother leopard for the past twelve years. But capturing his story proves difficult when Varty's beloved animal is killed, leaving him and Christine to care for her two young cubs.
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HighBridge
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Rodney grew up during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of incarceration an accepted part of daily life for nearly everyone he knew. To rent his own apartment, he needed a paycheck-something the money from dealing drugs didn't provide. For that, he took a position in 1992 with a new nonprofit, the Earth Conservation Corps. Gradually, Rodney fell in love with the work to restore and conserve the polluted Anacostia River that flows...
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Library of America volume 92
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distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Books USA
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
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English
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Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
17) Species hunter
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Marc van Roosmalen is a biologist with a passion for primates. His love of monkeys has taken him on the adventures of a lifetime, to the little known forests of Brazil. Here he has found such unique diversity of life that he has become a professional species hunter, discovering, naming and reclassifying species. He has already named 20 new kinds of monkeys. He is now searching for large unknown mammals in the forest.
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Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"When Howard Sharpe spotted a group of southern sea otters floating off the coast of California, he was nearly as surprised as if he had seen a dinosaur. The otters were thought to be nearly extinct, and yet he spotted hundreds splashing in the water. Soon, Howard and other environmental activists sprang into action to make sure this once nearly extinct species didn't disappear forever. Follow along on this graphic adventure based on a true story...
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Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"The surprising story of our "naturalist president" Theodore Roosevelt and how his lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America's wildlife conservation movement. No United States president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt--prodigious hunter, tireless adventurer, and ardent conservationist. We think of him as a larger-than-life original, yet in The Naturalist, Darrin Lunde has located...
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