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Author : Ken Ross
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Pioneering Conservation in Alaska written by Ken Ross and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ken Ross
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607327147
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Pioneering Conservation in Alaska written by Ken Ross and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion volume to Environmental Conflict in Alaska, Pioneering Conservation in Alaska chronicles the central land and wildlife issues and the growth of environmental conservation in Alaska during its Russian and territorial eras. The Alaskan frontier tempted fur traders, whalers, salmon fishers, gold miners, hunters, and oilmen to take what they could without regard for long-term consequences. Wildlife species, ecosystems, and Native cultures suffered, sometimes irreparably. Damage to wildlife and lands drew the attention of environmentalists, including John Muir, who applied their influence to enact wildlife protection laws and set aside lands for conservation. Alaska served as a testing ground for emergent national resource policy in the United States, as environmental values of species and ecosystem sustainability replaced the unrestrained exploitation of Alaska's early frontier days. Efforts of conservation leaders and the territory's isolation, small human population, and late development prevented widespread destruction and gave Americans a unique opportunity to protect some of the world's most pristine wilderness. Enhanced by more than 100 photographs, Pioneering Conservation in Alaska illustrates the historical precedents for current natural resource disputes in Alaska and will fascinate readers interested in wildlife and conservation.
Author : David R. Klein
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602233926
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Making of an Ecologist written by David R. Klein and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an innovative and collaborative life history of one of Alaska’s pioneering wildlife biologists. David R. Klein has been a leader in promoting habitat studies across wildlife research in Alaska, and this is his first-hand account of how science and biological fieldwork has been carried out in Alaska in the last sixty years. This book tells the stories of how Klein did his science and the inspiration behind the research, while exposing the thinking that underlies particular scientific theories. In addition, this book shows the evolution of Alaska’s wildlife management regimes from territorial days to statehood to the era of big oil. The first portion of the book is comprised of stories from Klein’s life collected during oral history interviews, while the latter section contains essays written by Klein about philosophical topics of importance to him, such as eco-philosophy, the definition of wilderness, and the morality of hunting. Many of Klein’s graduate students have gone on to become successful wildlife managers themselves, in Alaska and around the globe. Through The Making of an Ecologist, Klein’s outlook, philosophy, and approach toward sustainability, wildlife management, and conservation can now inspire even more readers to ensure the survival of our fragile planet in an ever-changing global society.
Author : Will Troyer
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602231214
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Bear Wrangler written by Will Troyer and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1951, Will Troyer embarked on a thirty-year career with the U.S. Department of the Interior that included positions such as fish and game warden and manager of the Kodiak Island brown bear preserve. Troyer’s engaging prose affirms his passionate connection to the natural world, as he describes experiences such as being in the midst of a herd of 40,000 caribou. Bear Wrangler is an absorbing tale of one man’s experience as an authentic pioneer in the last vestiges of American wilderness.
Author : Peter A. Coates
Publisher : Lehigh University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780934223102
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (231 download)
Download or read book The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Controversy written by Peter A. Coates and published by Lehigh University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1977 oil began to flow south from the Arctic through the controversial Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). This study considers the TAPS proposal and controversy as an extension (even a culmination) of established processes, policies, and attitudes within Alaska history, American environmental history, and the history of conservation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Karen Brewster
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602231745
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Boots, Bikes, and Bombers written by Karen Brewster and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boots, Bikes, and Bombers presents an intimate oral history of Ginny Hill Wood, a pioneering Alaska conservationist and outdoorswoman. Born in Washington in 1917, Wood served as a Women’s Airforce Service Pilot in World War II, and flew a military surplus airplane to Alaska in 1946. Settling in Fairbanks, she went on to co-found Camp Denali, Alaska’s first wilderness ecotourism lodge; helped start the Alaska Conservation Society, the state’s first environmental organization; and applied her love of the outdoors to her work as a backcountry guide and an advocate for trail construction and preservation. An innovative and collaborative life history, Boots, Bikes, and Bombers, incorporates the story of friendship between the author and subject. The resulting book is a valuable contribution to the history of Alaska as well as a testament to the joys of living a life full of passion and adventure.
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Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aldo Starker Leopold
Publisher : New York : Ronald Press Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Wildlife in Alaska written by Aldo Starker Leopold and published by New York : Ronald Press Company. This book was released on 1953 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jim Stratton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (196 download)
Download or read book The Alaska Conservation Directory written by Jim Stratton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Professor Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113652424X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Northern Landscapes written by Daniel Professor Nelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laska in the early l950s was one of the world's last great, undeveloped areas. Yet sweeping changes were underway. In l958, Congress awarded the new state over l00 million acres to promote economic development. In l971, it gave Native groups more than 40 million acres to settle land claims and facilitate the building of an 800 mile oil pipeline. Spurred by the newly militant environmental movement, it also began to consider the preservation of Alaska's magnificent scenery and wildlife. Northern Landscapes is the first comprehensive examination of the campaign to preserve wild Alaska through the creation of a vast system of parks and wildlife refuges. Drawing on archival sources and interviews, Daniel Nelson traces disputes over resources alongside the politics of the Alaska statehood movement. He provides in depth coverage of the growth of Alaskan environmental organizations, their partnerships with national groups, and their participation in political campaigns into the l970s. Engagingly written, Northern Landscapes focuses on the activism that led to the passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, ANILCA, of 1980, which set aside more than l00 million acres, doubling the size of the national park and wildlife refuge systems, and tripling the size of the wilderness preservation system. Arguably the single greatest triumph of environmentalism, ANILCA also set the stage for continuing battles over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Alaska's national forests.
Author : Dean Littlepage
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594852626
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Steller's Island written by Dean Littlepage and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Introduces a naturalist and explorer who predated Lewis and Clark and John Muir * Examines the historical legacy of the man whose name graces the Steller's jay, Steller sea lion, Steller's eider, and more * Places Steller's journey in context for today, following the impact of his discoveries to the present In 1741, a Russian expedition ship captained by Vitus Bering carried the first scientist to set foot anywhere on the western half of North America. Georg Steller would introduce the world to the staggering wealth and diversity of life of the North Pacific, providing the first European accounts of the sea otter, sea lion, northern fur seal, native Alaskan Chugach people, and more. Steller's Island is a fascinating tale of the rewards and perils of exploration in this era. It is about the courage of scientific curiosity, even in uncharted waters, alien lands, and desperate circumstances, including storms, scurvy, and shipwreck. Steller traveled deep into the wild with little on his back. In the one day Bering permitted him to explore Kayak Island along the southern Alaskan coast, he catalogued more than one hundred previously unknown plants. He was the only European naturalist to see the spectacled cormorant alive and his is our one and only account of the now extinct Steller's sea cow. In accounts of the Chugach and Aleut people, Steller was the first scientist to hypothesize an Asian origin for Native Americans. The crew of the St. Peter credited him with their lives: His novel prescription of wild greens cured their scurvy, and his knowledge of sea mammals and Native hunting techniques meant food for the starving.
Author : John Schoen
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602234264
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Tongass Odyssey written by John Schoen and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tongass Odyssey is a biologist’s memoir of personal experiences over the past four decades studying brown bears, deer, and mountain goats and advocating for conservation of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The largest national forest in the nation, the Tongass encompasses the most significant expanse of intact old-growth temperate rainforest remaining on Earth. Tongass Odyssey is a cautionary tale of the harm that can result when science is eclipsed by politics that are focused on short-term economic gain. Yet even as those problems put the Tongass at risk, the forest also represents a unique opportunity for conserving large, intact landscapes with all their ecological parts, including wild salmon, bears, wolves, eagles, and other wildlife. Combining elements of personal memoir, field journal, natural history, conservation essay, and philosophical reflection, Tongass Odyssey tells an engaging story about an enchanting place.
Author : Frank Blaine Norris
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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Alaska Subsistence written by Frank Blaine Norris and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study is a chronicle of how subsistence management in Alaska has grown and evolved"--P. viii.
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated) written by John Muir and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir, illustrated and collected into one volume, offers readers an immersive journey through the wilds of Alaska, as seen through the eyes of pioneering environmentalist John Muir and his colleague, S. Hall Young. This anthology stands as a testament to the enduring beauty and complexity of Alaskas natural landscapes, capturing not only the majestic vistas and formidable wilderness but also the philosophical and spiritual reflections these environments inspired. Through a blend of narrative travel writing, personal reflection, and natural history, the collection exhibits a range of literary styles, showcasing the profound influence Alaska had on conservationist thought and the American environmental movement at large. The backgrounds of John Muir, the father of America's national parks, and S. Hall Young, a missionary and explorer, provide a rich tapestry of perspectives that contribute to the depth of this collection. Their explorations during the late 19th century coincide with a burgeoning interest in natural preservation and a reappraisal of humanitys relationship with the natural world. By intertwining their experiences and insights, THE ALASKA ACCOUNT encapsulates a fascinating period in American history where adventure met scientific inquiry, setting the stage for future environmental advocacy and policy. This anthology is recommended for readers who seek to understand the roots of environmentalism, appreciate the sublime beauty of Alaska, and explore the philosophical underpinnings of conservation efforts. THE ALASKA ACCOUNT is not just a collection of travelogues; it is an invitation to witness the transformative power of nature through the pioneering journeys of Muir and Young. For students of environmental studies, history, and literature, as well as those moved by the call of the wild, this volume presents an unparalleled compendium of insights and experiences that continue to resonate with contemporary discussions about nature and humanitys place within it.
Author : William Henry Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Pioneers of Alaska written by William Henry Chase and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formation of Pioneers of Alaska was effected with the name "Pioneers of Alaska" adopted for the organization, and "Igloos" as the name for local organizations. The constitution and by-laws reside in the Grand Igloo of the Pioneers.
Author : Margaret Melin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258092825
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (928 download)
Download or read book Modern Pioneering in Alask written by Margaret Melin and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Willard A. Troyer
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1889963720
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (899 download)
Download or read book Into Brown Bear Country written by Willard A. Troyer and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bears are North America's most complex and controversial predator, both loved and hated for their majesty and power. Will Troyer's introduction to the natural history of Alaska's brown bears is both enchanting and informative, told with the objectivity of a biologist, the resonant voice of an outdoorsman who has spent decades in bear society, and breathtaking photography. Troyer was a pioneer in the study of brown bears. Convinced that scientific research was the only antidote to widespread fear and misinformation about one of Alaska's largest predators, he gathered data with primitive equipment and endured hair-raising adventures. His career spanned dramatic changes in approaches to bear management that ranged from extermination to conservation, a history of human-bear interactions that he recounts with unusual insight and first-hand knowledge. Troyer offers a holistic description of bear biology and behavior, an account of bear-human interactions, and practical advice for viewing and photographing bears. Into Brown Bear Country offers an intimate, realistic view of the lives of Alaska's coastal bears. Entertaining and readable, it will be enjoyed by all readers of nature literature and is an essential starting point for anyone visiting bear country.
