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Author : Gifford Pinchot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Fight for Conservation written by Gifford Pinchot and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. O’Connell Pearson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534429328
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Fighting for the Forest written by P. O’Connell Pearson and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps—one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal projects that helped save a generation of Americans. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men were building parks and reclaiming the nation’s forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps—FDR’s favorite program and “miracle of inter-agency cooperation”—resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acre of land, and the planting of some three billion trees—more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States. Fighting for the Forest tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corp through a close look at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (the CCC’s first project) and through the personal stories and work of young men around the nation who came of age and changed their country for the better working in Roosevelt’s Tree Army.
Author : Gifford Pinchot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Fight for Conservation written by Gifford Pinchot and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gifford Pinchot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (185 download)
Download or read book The Fight for Conservation written by Gifford Pinchot and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michelle Nijhuis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324001690
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction written by Michelle Nijhuis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Sierra Club's 2021 Rachel Carson Award One of Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Books of 2021 Named a Top Ten Best Science Book of 2021 by Booklist and Smithsonian Magazine "At once thoughtful and thought-provoking,” Beloved Beasts tells the story of the modern conservation movement through the lives and ideas of the people who built it, making “a crucial addition to the literature of our troubled time" (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction). In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to protect and conserve other forms of life. From early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale, Nijhuis’s “spirited and engaging” account documents “the changes of heart that changed history” (Dan Cryer, Boston Globe). With “urgency, passion, and wit” (Michael Berry, Christian Science Monitor), she describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund, explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros, and confronts the darker side of modern conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change wreak havoc on our world, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species including our own.
Author : W. L. Minckley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Battle Against Extinction written by W. L. Minckley and published by . This book was released on 1991-12 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1962 the Green River was poisoned and its native fishes killed so that the new Flaming Gorge Reservoir could be stocked with non-native game fishes for sportsmen. This incident was representative of water management in the West, where dams and other projects have been built to serve human needs without consideration for the effects of water diversion or depletion on the ecosystem. Indeed, it took a Supreme Court decision in 1976 to save Devils Hole pupfish from habitat destruction at the hands of developers. Nearly a third of the native fish fauna of North America lives in the arid West; this book traces their decline toward extinction as a result of human interference and the threat to their genetic diversity posed by decreases in their populations. What can be done to slow or end this tragedy? As the most comprehensive treatment ever attempted on the subject, Battle Against Extinction shows how conservation efforts have been or can be used to reverse these trends. In covering fishes in arid lands west of the Mississippi Valley, the contributors provide a species-by-species appraisal of their status and potential for recovery, bringing together in one volume nearly all of the scattered literature on western fishes to produce a monumental work in conservation biology. They also ponder ethical considerations related to the issue, ask why conservation efforts have not proceeded at a proper pace, and suggest how native fish protection relates to other aspects of biodiversity planetwide. Their insights will allow scientific and public agencies to evaluate future management of these animal populations and will offer additional guidance for those active in water rights and conservation biology. First published in 1991, Battle Against Extinction is now back in print and available as an open-access e-book thanks to the Desert Fishes Council.
Author : Judson King
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Conservation Fight written by Judson King and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1959 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conservation Fight: From Theodore Roosevelt to the Tennessee Valley Authority Authored by Judson King
Author : Gifford Pinchot
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Fight for Conservation written by Gifford Pinchot and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this influential work, author Gifford Pinchot aligns himself with President Theodore Roosevelt's conservation programs and raises urgent concerns about the devastating effects of over-mining and deforestation. With Pennsylvania's forests stripped bare across thousands of square miles, Pinchot sounds the alarm on overgrazing and its detrimental impact on soil erosion. Emphasizing the principles of conservation, he advocates for the protection of forests, responsible resource development, and the preservation of water power.
Author : Arthur Wilson Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (782 download)
Download or read book The Fight for Conservation written by Arthur Wilson Page and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judson King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (879 download)
Download or read book The Conservation Fight, from Theodore Roosevelt to the Tennessee Valley Authority written by Judson King and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Rimby
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027105624X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Mira Lloyd Dock and the Progressive Era Conservation Movement written by Susan Rimby and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of Mira Lloyd Dock, a Pennsylvania conservationist and Progressive Era reformer. Explores a broad range of Dock's work, including forestry, municipal improvement, public health, and woman suffrage"--
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Agriculture's Soil Conservation Programs Miss Full Potential in the Fight Against Soil Erosion written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judson KING
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (752 download)
Download or read book The Conservation Fight. From Theodore Roosevelt to the Tennessee Valley Authority, Etc written by Judson KING and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dorceta E. Taylor
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822373971
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The Rise of the American Conservation Movement written by Dorceta E. Taylor and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multifaceted U.S. conservation movement from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. She shows how race, class, and gender influenced every aspect of the movement, including the establishment of parks; campaigns to protect wild game, birds, and fish; forest conservation; outdoor recreation; and the movement's links to nineteenth-century ideologies. Initially led by white urban elites—whose early efforts discriminated against the lower class and were often tied up with slavery and the appropriation of Native lands—the movement benefited from contributions to policy making, knowledge about the environment, and activism by the poor and working class, people of color, women, and Native Americans. Far-ranging and nuanced, The Rise of the American Conservation Movement comprehensively documents the movement's competing motivations, conflicts, problematic practices, and achievements in new ways.
Author : P. O’Connell Pearson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534429336
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Fighting for the Forest written by P. O’Connell Pearson and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Informative, inspiring.” —Kirkus Reviews In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps—one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal projects that helped save a generation of Americans. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men was building parks and reclaiming the nation’s forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps—FDR’s favorite program and “miracle of inter-agency cooperation”—resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acre of land, and the planting of some three billion trees—more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States. Fighting for the Forest tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corp through a close look at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (the CCC’s first project) and through the personal stories and work of young men around the nation who came of age and changed their country for the better working in Roosevelt’s Tree Army.
Author : Judson King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331406761
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)
Download or read book The Conservation Fight written by Judson King and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Conservation Fight: From Theodore Roosevelt to the Tennessee Valley Authority "Here is history, authentic history, of a crucial period in American life and politics that has all the challenge and charm of drama, written by a leading actor in the drama. Here is the intimate story, by a participant, of how TVA ... came into being. "Judson King knew all the actors in the mighty TVA drama which started with the conservation movement in Teddy Roosevelt's day... His interest in popular government led him ultimately to the directorship of the National Popular Government League, established under the leadership of George Norris and Gifford Pinchot. One of the earliest interests of the League was establishment of initiative and referendum in each of the states. "Deeply concerned with popular control of America's natural resources, Judson King saw the potentialities for abundant, cheap hydroelectric power, combined with flood control, to serve citizens free from exploitation. The waste of waters of our swift rivers rushing to the sea without passing through turbines to generate low-cost electricity for our people - power unused in this age of science - was unendurable to him. Every fibre within him rebelled against such injustice to the public interest, whether it expressed itself in unsavory political practice, locally or nationally, or in some form of restrictive monopoly. "In this book, Judson King brings back to life for a new generation many episodes in the conservation movement and the fight for TVA, including the Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the nefarious practices of the private utilities which brought reforms in the 1930's... He pays his respects to the Corps of Army Engineers, too, and tells us the story of their opposition to the high dam development which became the core of cheap electric power... "More than a history of the birth pains of TVA, important as that is, this book is a history of a free people's fight to maintain control of one of their own natural resources, the waters of a great river system, to assure themselves and their posterity a better life. "Built by one generation, TVA and the conservation principles it represents must be cherished and preserved by another. Judson King has shown the way." - Benton J. Stong in the Foreword. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Edmund Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521799379
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (993 download)
Download or read book War and Nature written by Edmund Russell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2001 book shows the intersection of chemical warfare and pest control in the twentieth century.
