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Publisher : Nature Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780969613497
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (134 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta written by and published by Nature Alberta. This book was released on 2007 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aritha Van Herk
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143176951
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Mavericks written by Aritha Van Herk and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth title in our provincial histories series, Mavericks is an idiosyncratic and episodic history of what is arguably Canada's most unconventional province. From mapmakers to ranchers, Stampede Wrestling to Stockwell Day, acclaimed writer Aritha van Herk brings the drama and combative beauty of this irascible province to stunning life. van Herk's portrait of her home province embraces all its extremes, from deadly and spectacular weather to dinosaur graveyards, and from oil gushers and geysers to barnstorming social reformers and political haymakers. Bronc-riders of boom and bust, Alberta's people are a beguiling mixture of opinionated extremists, hardy pioneers and gentle sinners. Alberta is a province that most Canadians simply don't understand, the province most Canadians love to hate. It is regarded as a land of reckless, redneck and ignorant individualists. But it is also the province where the Famous Five fought the landmark Person's Case, giving Canadian women the same status as men in the eyes of the law, a province that truly believes in free speech. Albertans tolerate in their midst people whose extreme views on any manner of subjects would make them outcasts elsewhere. And Albertans practice the creed of western neighbourliness, giving assiduously to charity and always lending a hand where help is needed. They are a tough, tender bunch, squinting into the wind of determined difference. If you're an Albertan, you'll recognize yourself and your home in this book. If you're not an Albertan, this book will be an education for you. Mavericks will open your eyes to the real Alberta, as she was and is.
Author : B. Timothy Heinmiller
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 148750053X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta written by B. Timothy Heinmiller and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta, B. Timothy Heinmiller looks at how and why these (and other) reforms were adopted after nearly a century of stasis on water policy.
Author : Robert Boschman
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 155458972X
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)
Download or read book Found in Alberta written by Robert Boschman and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Found in Alberta: Environmental Themes for the Anthropocene is a collection of essays about the natural environment in a province rich in natural resources and aggressive in development goals. This is a casebook on Alberta from which emerges a far wider set of implications for North America and for the biosphere in general. The writers come from an array of disciplinary backgrounds within the environmental humanities. The essays examine the oil/tar sands, climate change, provincial government policy, food production, industry practices, legal frameworks, wilderness spaces, hunting, Indigenous perspectives, and nuclear power. Contributions from an ecocritical perspective provide insight into environmentally themed poetry, photography, and biography. Since the actions of Alberta’s industries and government are currently at the heart of a global environmental debate, this collection is valuable to those wishing to understand the natural and commercial forces in play. The editors present an introductory argument that frames these interests inside a call for a rethinking of our assumptions about the natural world and our place within it.
Author : Leigh McAdam
Publisher : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9780228103608
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)
Download or read book 200 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta written by Leigh McAdam and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banff, with towering mountain peaks, massive glaciers, impossibly blue lakes and abundant wildlife, became Canada's first national park in 1885, and it remains one of the most popular destinations in the country. But this world-famous park is just one attraction in a province filled with natural wonders that include dense forests, sparkling lakes and mysterious badlands concealing the remains of dinosaurs. 200 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta is organized by region for easy reading and navigation. Each hot spot entry includes a detailed destination profile, color photographs and a sidebar of at-a-glance information featuring all the activities one can expect to enjoy. Here are just a few of the hot spots included in this bigger "Hot Spots" book: Whitehorse Wildland -- one of the few places in Alberta where you can drive to an alpine meadow. Columbia Icefield -- the largest icefield in the Rocky Mountains Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park -- the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador. This book provides fresh insights on popular spots and valuable information about lesser-known destinations that are equally worthy of a visit. For this expanded treatment, authors Leigh McAdam and Debbie Olsen have detailed 75 more hot spots and excursions, including snowshoeing trips, cycling trails, lake skating, mountain wildflower hikes and canyon ice walks. Everyone can enjoy nature, as this edition includes sections on family-friendly hikes, as well as trails that are wheelchair and stroller accessible. 200 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta is the perfect companion for all visitors to Alberta, from those preparing to witness the province's natural wonder for the first time to those who are looking forward to experiencing it all over again.
Author : Janis Watt
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460293983
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Ten Acres of Wildlife written by Janis Watt and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten Acres of Wildlife is truly a piece of wilderness that intrigues the right of all wildlife. Their journey can be long while some stay. They come to breed in our luscious ponds, coniferous tree stands and with this acreage I unlock the brilliance of wildlife. Some I have missed due to a quick turn when walking as most are spooked by my presence. Most are quick to hide, fly or run away. As to what my lens has caught here in New Norway, Alberta, Canada. I would like to welcome you to this private acreage, where I just had to tell someone like you
Author : Leigh McAdam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780228100164
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
Download or read book 125 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta written by Leigh McAdam and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This guidebook explores the natural splendour and diversity of Alberta by selecting 125 important places that are especially significant. Organized into four regions, each hot spot entry includes a descriptive destination profile, color photographs and a sidebar of at-a-glance information about special features and the location of the entry."--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nature Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated monthly with popular articles about nature.
Author : Lesley Patricia Curthoys
Publisher : Nature Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780969613411
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (134 download)
Download or read book For the Love of Alberta written by Lesley Patricia Curthoys and published by Nature Alberta. This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Krista Kagume
Publisher : Lone Pine Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781551058689
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (586 download)
Download or read book Alberta Nature Guide written by Krista Kagume and published by Lone Pine Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alberta Nature Guide lets you discover the wondrous diversity of nature that lies right outside your front door. Covering every inch of Alberta's incredibly varied landscape, this book teaches you to identify 411 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses and ferns: * Colour illustrations of each species * Native uses of plants * Animal behaviour * Ecology and range * Similar species cross-referenced * Colour maps showing ecoregions, parks and nature areas across Alberta.
Author : Thomas Fredrick Haddox
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780823225217
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Fears and Fascinations written by Thomas Fredrick Haddox and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the works of diverse writers as the gens de couleur libre poets of antebellum New Orleans, this book focuses on the shifting and contradictory ways Catholicism has signified within southern literature and culture. It contributes to a more nuanced understanding of American and southern literary and cultural history.
Author : Kevin Van Tighem
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771602422
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)
Download or read book Our Place written by Kevin Van Tighem and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and articles that reflect upon the ecology, conservation history, missed opportunities and emerging possibilities of a place that could have been about so much more than oil. Naturalist, hunter, conservation activist and recovering bureaucrat Kevin Van Tighem explores the landscapes and wildlife of one of Canada's most diverse and beautiful provinces and the ways in which Albertans have often failed - and sometimes succeeded - at the challenge of sustaining their home place. Previously published writings are mixed with current reflections on the streams, forests, grasslands and mountains of a Canadian province whose ambivalence about the nature of place, the responsibilities of citizens and the temptations of resource-based prosperity continues to mar the landscape and raise questions about the future. Challenging, eye-opening, instructive and soul-searching, this collection nonetheless delivers an overriding message of hope and possibilities. Alberta is our place now; we can still sustain the best of it, and bring out the best in ourselves, if we choose to know it well and care for it better.
Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Lone Pine Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9780919433915
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (339 download)
Download or read book Nature Alberta written by James Kavanagh and published by Lone Pine Pub.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best seller identifies 351 species of trees, plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Full-color illustrations confirm your findings as you discover the natural world of this big sky Canadian province.
Author : John A. Vucetich
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142144156X
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Restoring the Balance written by John A. Vucetich and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolves on a wilderness island illuminate lessons on the environment, extinction, and life. For more than a quarter century, celebrated biologist John Vucetich has studied the wolves, and the moose that sustain them, of the boreal forest of Isle Royale National Park, an island in the northwest corner of Lake Superior. During this time, he has witnessed both the near extinction of the local wolf population, driven largely by climate change, and the intensely debated relocation of other wolves to the island in an effort to stabilize and maintain Isle Royale's ecosystem health. In Restoring the Balance, Vucetich combines environmental philosophy with field notes chronicling his day-to-day experience as a scientist. Examining the fate of wolves in the wild, he shares lessons from these wolves and explains their impact on humanity's fundamental responsibilities to the natural world. Vucetich's engaging narrative and unique, clear-eyed perspective provide an accessible course in wolf biology and behavioral ecology. He tackles profound unresolved questions that will shape our future understanding of what it means to be good to life on earth: Are humans the only persons to inhabit Earth, or do we share the planet with uncounted nonhuman persons? What does a healthy relationship with the natural world look like? Should we intervene in nature's course in order to care for it? Touching on the triumph and tragedy of how wolves kill moose to the Shakespearian drama of wolves' social lives, Vucetich comments on ravens, mice, winter ticks, and even a life-changing encounter he shared with a toad. Vucetich produces exquisite insight by masterfully connecting his observations to a far-reaching history of ideas about the environment. Combining natural history and memoir with fascinating commentary on humanity's relationship with nature, Restoring the Balance evokes our connections with wolves as fellow apex predators, demonstrating how our shifting views on nature have implications for both their survival and ours. This book will be treasured by any thoughtful reader looking to deepen their relationship with nature and learn about the wolves of Isle Royale along the way.
Author : James Kavanagh
Publisher : Waterford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620052655
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Alberta Nature Set written by James Kavanagh and published by Waterford Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alberta Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for this spectacular Canadian province. Our three popular Pocket Naturalist Guides to British Columbia - Trees & Wildflowers, Birds, and Wildlife - are attractively packaged and value-priced for savings when purchased as a set. Highlighting over 300 species of animals and plants, these beautifully illustrated guides include ecoregion maps that feature prominent wildlife-viewing areas and botanical sanctuaries. Laminated for durability, Pocket Naturalist Guides are lightweight, pocket-sized sources of information and ideal for field use by natural science and outdoor recreation professionals, nature lovers, and visitors to Alberta.
Author : Donald G. Wetherell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773599894
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Wildlife, Land, and People written by Donald G. Wetherell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encounters with wild animals are among the most significant relationships between humans and the natural world. Presenting a history of human interactions with wildlife in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan between 1870 and 1960, Wildlife, Land, and People examines the confrontations that led to diverse consequences – from the near annihilation of some species to the extraordinary preservation of others – and skilfully finds the roots of these relationships in people’s needs for food, sport, security, economic development, personal fulfillment, and identity. Donald Wetherell shows how utilitarian practices, in which humans viewed animals either as friendly sources of profit or as threats to their economic and personal security, dominated until the 1960s. Alongside these views, however, other attitudes asserted that wild animals were part of the beauty, mystery, and order of the natural world. Wetherell outlines the ways in which this attitude gained strength after World War II, distinguished by a growing conviction that every species has ecological value. Through a century in which the natural landscape of the prairie region was radically transformed by human activity, conflicts developed over fur and game management, over Aboriginal use of the land, and over the preservation of endangered species like bison and elk. Yet the period also saw the creation of national parks, zoos, and natural history societies. Drawing on a wide array of historical sources and photographs as well as current approaches to environmental history, Wildlife, Land, and People enriches our understanding of the many-layered relationships between humans and nature.
Author : Steve N. G. Howell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691117969
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Rare Birds of North America written by Steve N. G. Howell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive illustrated guide to North America's vagrant birds Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, this book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions—the Old World, the New World tropics, and the world's oceans. It explains the causes of avian vagrancy and breaks down patterns of occurrence by region and season, enabling readers to see where, when, and why each species occurs in North America. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, taxonomy, age, sex, distribution, and status. Rare Birds of North America provides unparalleled insights into vagrancy and avian migration, and will enrich the birding experience of anyone interested in finding and observing rare birds. Covers 262 species of vagrant birds found in the United States and Canada Features 275 stunning color plates that depict every species Explains patterns of occurrence by region and season Provides an invaluable overview of vagrancy patterns and migration Includes detailed species accounts and cutting-edge identification tips
