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Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Prince William Sound written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text, numerous colour photographs and maps provide a portrait of all aspects of the past and present of this wilderness area located in southcentral Alaska near Anchorage.
Author : Jim Lethcoe
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ISBN 13 : 9780961314651
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (146 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of Prince William Sound, Alaska written by Jim Lethcoe and published by . This book was released on 1990-11-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Debbie S. Miller
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9781680511062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book A Wild Promise written by Debbie S. Miller and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist in Nature The 2.1 million acres (equivalent to Yellowstone National Park) of the wilderness study area are coming under increasing threat by resource development Essays of personal explorations of the region by an award-winning writer are accompanied by dramatic images from an award-winning photographer The wilderness study area is home to the largest concentration of tidewater glaciers in America and hosts a vast diversity of terrestrial and aquatic mammals, birds, and fish It's been said that "a picture is worth a thousand words," and nowhere is that more true than on the pages ofA Wild Promise: Prince William Sound. The images of photographer Hugh Rose show you what this region holds--and what will be lost without protection from future resource development. Alongside Hugh's images are eloquent essays covering the natural and cultural history, people, and fragility of this region by noted Alaskan writer Debbie Miller. Alaska's famed Prince William Sound includes more than 3,000 shore land miles of bays, coves, and deep fjords topped by the ice-capped peaks of the Chugach Mountains. More than 1 million tourists visit the region annually, and small family-owned fishing boats, ecotourism, oyster farms, and guide services provide sustainable livelihoods for year-round Alaskan residents. Many Americans first came to know of Prince William Sound through the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989--a catastrophe with lingering long-term effects, such the collapse of the once abundant herring population, a critical fish in the marine food chain. InA Wild Promise, readers travel alongside Hugh and Debbie as they hike and kayak from Columbia Glacier to College Fiord, exploring the Nellie Juan-College Fjord Wilderness Study Area, a region set aside for study in 1980, to be followed--it was hoped--by permanent protection from Congress. After almost four decades of being in limbo as a designated wilderness study area, the fate of this spectacular, wild place is now in our hands. Its protection is a gift we can offer generations to come--a promiseof wilderness, beauty, and natural diversity that we can, indeed, keep.
Author : Jim Lethcoe
Publisher : Todd Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781877900044
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Prince William Sound, Alaska written by Jim Lethcoe and published by Todd Publications. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Lethcoe
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ISBN 13 : 9781877900129
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)
Download or read book History of Prince William Sound, Alaska written by Jim Lethcoe and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9781594336539
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Book Rating : 4.3/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Alaskas Prince William Sound written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Wohlforth
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429924055
Total Pages : 899 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Fate of Nature written by Charles Wohlforth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 899 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What capacity for good lies in the hidden depths of people?" Starting with this question, award-winning author Charles Wohlforth sets forth on a wide-ranging exploration of our relationship with the world. In The Fate of Nature, he draws on science, spirituality, history, economics, and personal stories to reveal answers about the future of that relationship. There is no better place to witness the highs and lows of our treatment of the natural world than the vast wilds, rocky coasts, and shifting settlements of Alaska. Since the first encounter between Captain Cook's crew and the Alaskan Natives in 1778, there have been countless struggles between people who have had different plans for the region. Some have hoped to preserve Alaska as they found it, while others aimed to create something new in its place. Incidents such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill may seem like cause for despair. In the face of such profound tragedies, Charles Wohlforth has found heartening developments in the science of human altruism. This new understanding of what causes humans to cooperate and act conscientiously may be the first step toward taking the actions necessary to preserve an environment that has already been altered drastically in our lifetime. A clear-eyed, original work of research, reportage, and philosophical reflections, The Fate of Nature gives us a chance to change the way we think about our place in society and the world at large.
Author : John Keeble
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Out of the Channel written by John Keeble and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeble, author of the novels Yellowfish and Broken ground, presents a detailed, almost novelistic account of the disaster, its implications and ramifications, and the fiasco of Exxon's response (cleanup and coverup), which may well have done more lasting ecological damage than the original offense. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Julie A. Dumoulin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sandstone Composition of the Valdez and Orca Groups, Prince William Sound, Alaska written by Julie A. Dumoulin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Alaska's Prince William Sound written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aaron J. Poe
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816537607
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Sustaining Wildlands written by Aaron J. Poe and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Alaska in 1989 and spilled 11 million gallons of oil, it changed Prince William Sound forever. The catastrophe disrupted the region’s biological system, killing countless animals and poisoning habitats that to this day no longer support some of the local species. The effects have also profoundly altered the way people use this region. Nearly three decades later, changes in recreation use run counter to what was initially expected. Instead of avoiding Prince William Sound, tourists and visitors flock there. Economic revitalization efforts have resulted in increased wilderness access as new commercial enterprises offer nature tourism in remote bays and fjords. This increased visitation has caused concerns that the wilderness may again be threatened—not by oil but rather by the very humans seeking those wilderness experiences. In Sustaining Wildlands, scientists and managers, along with local community residents, address what has come to be a central paradox in public lands management: the need to accommodate increasing human use while reducing the environmental impact of those activities. This volume draws on diverse efforts and perspectives to dissect this paradox, offering an alternative approach where human use is central to sustaining wildlands and recovering a damaged ecosystem like Prince William Sound. Contributors: Brad A. Andres, Chris Beck, Nancy Bird, Dale J. Blahna, Harold Blehm, Sara Boario, Bridget A. Brown, Courtney Brown, Greg Brown, Milo Burcham, Kristin Carpenter, Ted Cooney, Patience Andersen Faulkner, Maryann Smith Fidel, Jessica B. Fraver, Jennifer Gessert, Randy Gimblett, Michael I. Goldstein, Samantha Greenwood, Lynn Highland, Marybeth Holleman, Shay Howlin, Tanya Iden, Robert M. Itami, Lisa Jaeger, Laura A. Kennedy, Spencer Lace, Nancy Lethcoe, Kate McLaughlin, Rosa H. Meehan, Christopher Monz, Karen A. Murphy, Lisa Oakley, Aaron J. Poe, Chandra B. Poe, Karin Preston, Jeremy Robida, Clare M. Ryan, Gerry Sanger, Bill Sherwonit, Lowell H. Suring, Paul Twardock, Sarah Warnock, and Sadie Youngstrom
Author : Riki Ott
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Not One Drop written by Riki Ott and published by Chelsea Green Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betrayed by oilmen’s promises in the 1970s, the people of Prince William Sound, Alaska, awaken on March 14, 1989, to the nation’s largest oil spill. Not One Drop is an extraordinary tale of ordinary lives ripped apart by disaster and of community healing through building relationships of trust. This story offers critical lessons for a society traumatized by political divides and facing the looming catastrophe of global climate change. Author Riki Ott, a rare combination of commercial salmon “fisherm’am” and PhD marine biologist, describes firsthand the impacts of oil companies’ broken promises when the Exxon Valdez spills most of its cargo and despoils thousands of miles of shore. Ott illustrates in stirring fashion the oil industry’s 20-year trail of pollution and deception that predated the tragic 1989 spill and delves deep into the disruption to the fishing community of Cordova over the following 19 years. In vivid detail, she describes the human trauma coupled inextricably with that of the sound’s wildlife and its long road to recovery. Ott critically examines shifts in scientific understanding of oil-spill effects on ecosystems and communities, exposes fundamental flaws in governance and the legal system, and contrasts hard won spill-prevention and spill-response measures in the sound to dangerous conditions on the Alaska pipeline. Her human story, varied background, professional training, and activist heart lead readers to the root of the problem: a clash of human rights and corporate power embedded in law and small-town life. Not One Drop is as much an example of how too many corporate owners and political leaders betray everyday citizens as it is one of the universal struggle to maintain heart, to find the courage to overcome disaster, and to forge a new path from despair to hope.
Author : Cleveland Abbe
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015811638
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Geography and Geology of Alaska: A Summary of Existing Knowledge written by Cleveland Abbe and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Marybeth Holleman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803230354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Heart of the Sound written by Marybeth Holleman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 15th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill comes one woman's reflections on that devastation and the parallel disintegration of her own marriage. A beautiful evocation of both grief and hope.
Author : Alan Taylor
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ISBN 13 : 9780967786001
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Strangest Town in Alaska written by Alan Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little town of Whittier lies only 3 miles from Alaska's most-visited tourist destination, Portage Glacier, yet it remains relatively unknown. Mountains four thousand feet tall, glaciers and lakes separate Whittier from the rest of Alaska, and until recently, the only way to reach the small port city was by rail, by sea, or by air (in very small planes only).
Author : Gloria Rand
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805033847
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Prince William written by Gloria Rand and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-03-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Prince William Sound, a little girl named Denny finds a baby seal covered with oil. How can she save its life?
Author : Jeff Wheelwright
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Degrees of Disaster written by Jeff Wheelwright and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal populations rise and fall; variability and patchiness are the rule. The factors that cause biological change are numerous and overlapping and often can't be sorted out in spite of the best efforts of scientists. But an ecosystem such as Prince William Sound readily recovers from disturbances in part because the disturbances are so routine.
