Book Description
Alternately meditative and exhilarating, abstract and literal, Winard's photographs capture some of the country's most beautiful birds and their vanishing habitats.
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Publisher : Welcome Books
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1599620340
Alternately meditative and exhilarating, abstract and literal, Winard's photographs capture some of the country's most beautiful birds and their vanishing habitats.
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Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Birds
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Author : North American Wetlands Conservation Council
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Page : 74 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Waterfowl management
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Author : Thase Daniel
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 14,29 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Birds
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Author : John Andrew Eastman
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,66 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780811726818
Describing how 39 common water and wetland birds of eastern North America nest, mate, and rear their broods, this book takes a seasonal approach to bird study and is an appealing guide for birders of any skill level. 72 illustrations.
Author : John H. Giudice
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Page : 162 pages
File Size : 11,28 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biodiversity conservation
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Author : Ronald E. Kirby
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fire ecology
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Author : Robert M Wilson
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,55 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0295800070
Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes. The landscapes they cross vary from wetlands to farmland to concrete, inhabited not only by wildlife but also by farmers, suburban families, and major cities. In the twentieth century, farmers used the wetlands to irrigate their crops, transforming the landscape and putting migratory birds at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service responded by establishing a series of refuges that stretched from northern Washington to southern California. What emerged from these efforts was a hybrid environment, where the distinctions between irrigated farms and wildlife refuges blurred. Management of the refuges was fraught with conflicting priorities and practices. Farmers and refuge managers harassed birds with shotguns and flares to keep them off private lands, and government pilots took to the air, dropping hand grenades among flocks of geese and herding the startled birds into nearby refuges. Such actions masked the growing connections between refuges and the land around them. Seeking Refuge examines the development and management of refuges in the wintering range of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. Although this is a history of efforts to conserve migratory birds, the story Robert Wilson tells has considerable salience today. Many of the key places migratory birds use — the Klamath Basin, California’s Central Valley, the Salton Sea — are sites of recent contentious debates over water use. Migratory birds connect and depend on these landscapes, and farmers face pressure as water is reallocated from irrigation to other purposes. In a time when global warming promises to compound the stresses on water and migratory species, Seeking Refuge demonstrates the need to foster landscapes where both wildlife and people can thrive.
Author : Shane P. Mahoney
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421432803
Organ, James Peek, William Porter, John Sandlos, James A. Schaefer
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Page : 74 pages
File Size : 20,18 MB
Release : 1999
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