[PDF] The National Grasslands Story eBook

Author : Reed F. Noss
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 159726489X

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Forgotten Grasslands of the South is the study of one of the biologically richest and most endangered ecosystems in North America. In a seamless blend of science and personal observation, renowned ecologist Reed Noss explains the natural history of southern grasslands, their origin and history, and the physical determinants of grassland distribution, including ecology, soils, landform, and hydrology. In addition to offering fascinating new information about these little-studied ecosystems, Noss demonstrates how natural history is central to the practice of conservation. Although theory and experimentation have recently dominated the field of ecology, ecologists are coming to realize how these distinct approaches are not divergent but complementary, and that pursuing them together can bring greater knowledge and understanding of how the natural world works and how we can best conserve it. This long-awaited work sets a new standard for scientific literature and is essential reading for those who study and work to conserve the grasslands of the South as well as for everyone who is fascinated by the natural world.

Author : Greg M. Peters
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1643261258

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A complete look at America’s National Forests—their triumphs, challenges, controversies, and vital programs—and the dedicated people who keep them alive.

Author : Francis Moul
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 17,11 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0803205465

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A guide to the American grasslands and the Grasslands National Park of Canada, this work presents a history of the region, including the establishment of the national grasslands as an important part of the New Deal's social revolution. It also provides a summary of the debates surrounding preservation and use.

Author : Francis Moul
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803283202

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A detailed history of the eleven million windswept acres of wildflowers and grass in the twenty national grasslands in the United States is presented in a guide that includes richly illustrated maps and exquisite photographs, as well as a look at the debate over its preservation and use. Original.

Author : Richard Manning
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520943179

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"The most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command," begins Richard Manning's vivid, anecdotally driven account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. As he tells the story of this once rich, now mostly empty landscape, Manning also describes a grand vision for ecological restoration, currently being set in motion, that would establish a prairie preserve larger than Yellowstone National Park, flush with wild bison, elk, bears, and wolves. Taking us to an isolated stretch of central Montana along the upper Missouri River, Manning peels back the layers of history and discovers how key elements of the American story—conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and the idea of private property—have collided with and shaped this incomparable landscape. An account of great loss, Rewilding the West also holds out the promise of resurrection—but rather than remake the plains once again, Manning proposes that we now find the wisdom to let the prairies remake us.