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An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees

Author : Melanie Choukas-Bradley
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813922515
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and Trees written by Melanie Choukas-Bradley and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Surely such a familiar landmark and its flora need no introduction. But leaf through the book (or better yet, get Brown and Choukas-Bradley to take you on a tour) and you realize that while the rest of the world has been looking at Sugarloaf through a telescope, this intrepid pair has been using a magnifying glass.... Their record of these trees and wildflowers] has become one of the most complete guides to local upland flora available, and they hope it will be used not just in other natural areas but in back yards where people want to raise native plants themselves."--Washington Post "In between a field guide and a botanical manual, Choukas-Bradley and Brown have created a must-have... to tote into the woods of Sugarloaf Mountain. The authors have included every flowering plant they observed during ten years of extensive hiking and exploration on Sugarloaf. This guide would be useful to any naturalist, serious or casual, venturing into the wilds of the Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada."--E-Streams "This book contains an easy-to-use, non-technical botanical key for flowering plants--herbaceous and woody alike.... The author describes each plant and its individual parts, all related species, and details on the plant's growth habit, its natural range and habitat, its bloom time, and where it can be found on Sugarloaf Mt."--Solidago: The Newsletter of the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society A thorough yet user-friendly companion to the authors' popular paperback Sugarloaf: The Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural Lore, this volume is an exquisitely illustrated guide to 350 eastern woodland wildflowers and trees found onsite at Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland. It includes a botanical key and an illustrated glossary of common and scientific names, and is packed with nearly 400 elaborately and artistically detailed pen-and-ink drawings to make plant identification simple and fun. Melanie Choukas-Bradley is the author of City of Trees: The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Washington, D.C. and a longtime contributor to the Washington Post. She teaches field botany for the USDA Graduate School. Tina Thieme Brown has worked as a landscape artist and environmentalist for twenty-five years. She teaches art at the U.S. Botanic Garden, is an artist on the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour, and creates art inspired by the Sugarloaf Mountain countryside in her 1790s log cabin studio. Choukas-Bradley and Brown lead Sugarloaf Mountain field trips for the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States and other organizations. Published in association with the Center for American Places

Fort George G. Meade, Utilities Upgrade Project

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Forest Ecosystems

Author : David A. Perry
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801888409
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Forest Ecosystems written by David A. Perry and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2008-07-24 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation • Ecosystem services • Climate change • Vegetation classification • Disturbance • Species interactions • Self-thinning • Genetics • Soil influences • Productivity • Biogeochemical cycling • Mineralization • Effects of herbivory • Ecosystem stability

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013

Author : Sarah Janssen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1600571751
Total Pages : 3033 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 written by Sarah Janssen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 3033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource. The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a “treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information” by The Wall Street Journal, The World Almanac® contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere—in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy! and is routinely used as a go-to, all-encompassing guide for aspiring game show contestants. The 2013 edition of The World Almanac® and Book of Facts will answer all of your trivia questions—from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.

USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges

Author : Deborah C. Hayes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1461418186
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges written by Deborah C. Hayes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USDA Forest Service Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) are scientific treasures, providing secure, protected research sites where complex and diverse ecological processes are studied over the long term. This book offers several examples of the dynamic interactions among questions of public concern or policy, EFR research, and natural resource management practices and policies. Often, trends observed – or expected -- in the early years of a research program are contradicted or confounded as the research record extends over decades. The EFRs are among the few areas in the US where such long-term research has been carried out by teams of scientists. Changes in society’s needs and values can also redirect research programs. Each chapter of this book reflects the interplay between the ecological results that emerge from a long-term research project and the social forces that influence questions asked and resources invested in ecological research. While these stories include summaries and syntheses of traditional research results, they offer a distinctly new perspective, a larger and more complete picture than that provided by a more typical 5-year study. They also provide examples of long-term research on EFRs that have provided answers for questions not even imagined at the time the study was installed.

From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba

Author : Reinaldo Funes Monzote
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807888869
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba written by Reinaldo Funes Monzote and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have had the most dramatic impact on the island's landscape: deforestation and sugar cultivation. During the first 300 years of Spanish settlement, sugar plantations arose primarily in areas where forests had been cleared by the royal navy, which maintained an interest in management and conservation for the shipbuilding industry. The sugar planters won a decisive victory in 1815, however, when they were allowed to clear extensive forests, without restriction, for cane fields and sugar production. This book is the first to consider Cuba's vital sugar industry through the lens of environmental history. Funes Monzote demonstrates how the industry that came to define Cuba--and upon which Cuba urgently depended--also devastated the ecology of the island. The original Spanish-language edition of the book, published in Mexico in 2004, was awarded the UNESCO Book Prize for Caribbean Thought, Environmental Category. For this first English edition, the author has revised the text throughout and provided new material, including a glossary and a conclusion that summarizes important developments up to the present.

Forests for People

Author : Anne M Larson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136543767
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Forests for People written by Anne M Larson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has rights to forests and forest resources? In recent years governments in the South have transferred at least 200 million hectares of forests to communities living in and around them . This book assesses the experience of what appears to be a new international trend that has substantially increased the share of the world's forests under community administration. Based on research in over 30 communities in selected countries in Asia (India, Nepal, Philippines, Laos, Indonesia), Africa (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana) and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Nicaragua), it examines the process and outcomes of granting new rights, assessing a variety of governance issues in implementation, access to forest products and markets and outcomes for people and forests . Forest tenure reforms have been highly varied, ranging from the titling of indigenous territories to the granting of small land areas for forest regeneration or the right to a share in timber revenues. While in many cases these rights have been significant, new statutory rights do not automatically result in rights in practice, and a variety of institutional weaknesses and policy distortions have limited the impacts of change. Through the comparison of selected cases, the chapters explore the nature of forest reform, the extent and meaning of rights transferred or recognized, and the role of authority and citizens' networks in forest governance. They also assess opportunities and obstacles associated with government regulations and markets for forest products and the effects across the cases on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. Published with CIFOR

Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources

Author : John C. Hendee
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478608951
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources written by John C. Hendee and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 75 years, few textbooks have served a topic as well as Introduction to Forests and Renewable Resources. Widely recognized for its comprehensive yet engaging coverage, this major revision provides an outstanding, up to date overview of management issues, conservation policies and practices related to forests and renewable resources, and an authoritative perspective on how these topics are evolving. New directions are covered, including: green certification of forest management and wood products; improved harvest practices in response to public concerns; carbon sequestration and ecological services as important forest yields; ecosystem restoration and resilience as management responds to concerns about global warming; and more. Well-illustrated with new examples, case studies and abundant photos, this eighth edition describes the importance and history of forests, evolution of policy, North American distribution of forests, and moves on to describe forest health strategies to combat insects, disease, damage from mammals, and fire. Ecological principles are explained as basis for forest management, with chapters on management of the associated resources of wildlife, watersheds and streams, range resources, outdoor recreation and wilderness. Market concerns and technology are embraced in chapters on economics, measurement and analysis, harvesting, and forest products. Concluding chapters describe management of forests and renewable resources by the federal government, by states, by private land owners, and in urban areas and communities. For forestry, natural resource, and environmental science students, involved citizens and resource users and professionals, this book is your reference and guide to forests and renewable resources.

Wood-Based Energy in the Northern Forests

Author : Michael Jacobson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461494788
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Wood-Based Energy in the Northern Forests written by Michael Jacobson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides the first comprehensive overview of wood based bioenergy in the northern hardwood forests of the Eastern United States. This includes a holistic look at the topic of wood based bioenergy, as well as focused analyses of key topics. This book is relevant to engineers, project developers, foresters, economists, sociologists, environmental scientists and natural resource managers. Most chapters also provide practical hands-on advice for the practitioner, and provide a valuable resource for anyone who is considering developing a woody bioenergy project.

A History of Green Ridge State Forest

Author : Champ Zumbrun
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614231672
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book A History of Green Ridge State Forest written by Champ Zumbrun and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join former forest manager Champ Zumbrun as he traverses hidden trails to tell the remarkable story of Green Ridge State Forest. Green Ridge State Forest is a haven of calm and natural beauty among the Appalachians of western Maryland. This land was once the frontier of the nation, and trailblazers such as Thomas Cresap and George Washington were among the first Europeans to discover its wonders: the swift Potomac, the flowering dogwood and pine in the mountain reaches and the nighttime calls of the bobcat and the barred owl. The vision and stewardship of people like forester Fred W. Besley preserved the forest for future generations of hikers, explorers and families. Join former forest manager Champ Zumbrun as he traverses hidden trails to tell the remarkable story of Green Ridge State Forest.

The Chesapeake in Focus

Author : Tom Pelton
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421424762
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Chesapeake in Focus written by Tom Pelton and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking to the future, Pelton offers a provocative vision of the hard steps that must be taken if we truly want to save the Bay.

The Last Large Intact Forests in Northwest Russia

Author : Tor Kristian Spidsø
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
ISBN 13 : 9289318481
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book The Last Large Intact Forests in Northwest Russia written by Tor Kristian Spidsø and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forests of Fennoscandia have been in human use for many purposes for centuries, and through the last decades industrialized and cultivated in a manner that can change their ecological function with respect to biodiversity at species and ecosystem levels. In Northwest Russia we can still find large, indigenous forests where human impact is low. They represent the last intact western taiga ecosystems of high value for biodiversity preservation in Russia and Fennoscandia as reservoirs and source habitats for future dispersal of taiga species. The Conference and Workshop in Steinkjer 2007 focused on these matters, but also the ecological importance of these forests for rural culture, socio-economic importance, industrial values and how protection and sustainable societies could go hand in hand. Many of the presentations given at the conference and workshop are here presented together with the Summary and Closing Statement worked out at the end of the sessions. The presentations cover many aspects from ecology, history and culture, conservation and management strategies, inventory tools for defining habitats of specific value to biodiversity, as well as implementation of environmental issues into the forestry laws and certification and educational tools for developing sustainable societies in a broad scale.

A Year Across Maryland

Author : Bryan MacKay
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421409399
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book A Year Across Maryland written by Bryan MacKay and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to see snow geese and trumpeter swans pausing in their northward migration each March, or the mating jubileeof polychaete worms during the new moon in May, A Year across Maryland offers valuable advice for the spontaneous adventurer and the serious planner alike.

Global Environmental Forest Policies

Author : Constance McDermott
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849774927
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Global Environmental Forest Policies written by Constance McDermott and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a uniquely detailed and systematic comparison of environmental forest policies and enforcement in twenty countries worldwide, covering developed, transition and developing economies. The goal is to enhance global policy learning and promote well-informed and precisely-tuned policy solutions.

National Report on Sustainable Forests -- 2011

Author : Guy Robertson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437989152
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book National Report on Sustainable Forests -- 2011 written by Guy Robertson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fort George G. Meade, Addressing Campus Development

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Fort George G. Meade, Addressing Campus Development written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America

Author : E Lucy Braun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781648373107
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America written by E Lucy Braun and published by . This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. Lucy Braun, PhD, describes in detail the forest ecosystems of eastern North America. This classic reference is well-illustrated with maps and tables. A must for those seeking a deeper understanding of the botanical evolution of this region.