Author: James R. JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A Vegetational and Historical Analysis of the Five Prairie Management Unit Areas at George Washington Carver National Monument
Author: James R. JacksonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Plant Community Monitoring Baseline Report, George Washington Carver National Monument
Author: National Park ServicePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492948759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Plant community monitoring at George Washington Carver National Monument of America (GWCA) is designed to detect and describe changes in the prairie community. This is accomplished by quantifying species composition, structure, and diversity of the prairie community. Restoration of the prairie is a focus of natural resource management at GWCA.
Restoration & Management Notes
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
My Work Is That of Conservation
Author: Mark D. HerseyPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820339652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
George Washington Carver (ca. 1864-1943) is at once one of the most familiar and misunderstood figures in American history. In My Work Is That of Conservation, Mark D. Hersey reveals the life and work of this fascinating man who is widely--and reductively--known as the African American scientist who developed a wide variety of uses for the peanut. Carver had a truly prolific career dedicated to studying the ways in which people ought to interact with the natural world, yet much of his work has been largely forgotten. Hersey rectifies this by tracing the evolution of Carver's agricultural and environmental thought starting with his childhood in Missouri and Kansas and his education at the Iowa Agricultural College. Carver's environmental vision came into focus when he moved to the Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama, where his sensibilities and training collided with the denuded agrosystems, deep poverty, and institutional racism of the Black Belt. It was there that Carver realized his most profound agricultural thinking, as his efforts to improve the lot of the area's poorest farmers forced him to adjust his conception of scientific agriculture. Hersey shows that in the hands of pioneers like Carver, Progressive Era agronomy was actually considerably "greener" than is often thought today. My Work Is That of Conservation uses Carver's life story to explore aspects of southern environmental history and to place this important scientist within the early conservation movement.
George Washington Carver
Author: Gary R. KremerPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826260896
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
George Washington Carver (1864-1943), best known for his work as a scientist and a botanist, was an anomaly in his own time—a black man praised by white America. This selection of his letters and other writings reveals both the human side of Carver and the forces that shaped his creative genius. They show us a Carver who was both manipulated and manipulative who had inner tensions and anxieties. But perhaps more than anything else, these letters allow us to see Carver's deep love for his fellow man, whether manifested in his efforts to treat polio victims in the 1930s or in his incredibly intense and emotionally charged friendships that lasted a lifetime. The editor has furnished commentary between letters to set them in context.
Carver of Tuskegee
Author: Ethel EdwardsPublisher:
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Category : African American agriculturists
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Fort Laramie Park History, 1834-1977
Author: Merrill J. MattesPublisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas
Author: Paul F. J. EaglesPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 0851995896
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This book describes the state of the art of tourism planning and management in national parks and protected areas. It also provides guidelines for best practice in tourism operations. Other objectives are to: Describe case studies and guidelines that contribute to conservation of biological diversity; consider the role of local communities within or near these areas; outline the development of tourism infrastructure and services; discuss visitor management; provide guidelines to enhance the quality of the tourism experience. The focus is global and the book will appeal to both academics and practitioners.
George Washington Carver
Author: Linda O. McMurryPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195032055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
She also sets out how these roles served both whites and blacks; reminds the reader of Carver's personal and circumstantial reasons for not demurring; and reaffirms, in particular, his impact on individuals (prominent among whom was Southern radical Howard Kester--viz. Anthony Dunbar's Against the Grain, above). An intellectually satisfying study and no less an affecting biography.
Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon
Author: Dwight A. SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 9780875952055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Handsome illustrations of more than two hundred bridges, including Columbia River Scenic Highway bridges, covered bridges, and magnificent coastal bridges.