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Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area
Author: Local Flood Reduction Project (MN,ND), Red River of the North, Grand Forks
Author: The Farm as Natural Habitat
Author: Dana L. JacksonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 9781597262699
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Farm as Natural Habitat is a vital new contribution to the debate about agriculture and its impacts on the land. Arising from the conviction that the agricultural landscape as a whole could be restored to a healthy diversity, the book challenges the notion that the dominant agricultural landscape -- bereft of its original vegetation and wildlife and despoiled by chemical runoff -- is inevitable if we are to feed ourselves. Contributors bring together insights and practices from the fields of conservation biology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental restoration to link agriculture and biodiversity, farming and nature, in celebrating a unique alternative to conventional agriculture.Rejecting the idea that "ecological sacrifice zones" are a necessary part of feeding a hungry world, the book offers compelling examples of an alternative agriculture that can produce not only healthful food, but fully functioning ecosystems and abundant populations of native species. Contributors include Collin Bode, George Boody, Brian DeVore, Arthur (Tex) Hawkins, Buddy Huffaker, Rhonda Janke, Richard Jefferson, Nick Jordan, Cheryl Miller, Heather Robertson, Carol Shennan, Judith Soule, Beth Waterhouse, and others.The Farm as Natural Habitat is both hopeful and visionary, grounded in real examples, and guided by a commitment to healthy land and thriving communities. It is the first book to offer a viable approach to addressing the challenges of protecting and restoring biodiversity on private agricultural land and is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of land or biodiversity conservation, farming and agriculture, ecological restoration, or the health of rural communities and landscapes.
Endangered Species Bulletin
Author: Endangered Species Technical Bulletin
Author: Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States
Author: Harold GardnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 144197427X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing. Historical descriptions of prairie aesthetics are outlined. As we are experiencing a worldwide mixing of plant species, prairie restoration is particularly important. Plants alien to North America do not readily support insect populations, including all animal species higher on the food chain. Prairie restoration methods are described for amateurs, academics, and land managers. Some of the techniques described are growing crops for seed production, times of seed gathering for specific species, facile seed processing for amateurs, land preparation, segregation of seed into its preference for habitat, and required seed treatment for germination. Over 200 species are described that comprise the predominant species found in tallgrass prairie nature preserves, as well as degraded prairies. Some additional plants of especial interest are also described. The appendix tabulates all likely species found on prairies regardless of their scarcity. Safe fire management of prairies is described in detail. Finally, methods of controlling aggressive alien weeds by herbicides are detailed.
Environmental Assessment
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Category : Dakota Tallgrass Prairie Wildlife Management Area (N.D. and S.D.)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Federal Register Index
Author: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002: Justification of the budget estimates
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2092
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