Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
List of Publications of the Illinois State Geological Survey
Author: Illinois State Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Childhood on the Farm
Author: Pamela Riney-KehrbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Those personal accounts resurrect the essential experience of children's work, play, education, family relations, and coming of age from their own perspectives. Steering a middle path between the myth of wholesome farm life and the reality of work that was often extremely dangerous, Riney-Kehrberg shows both the best and the worst that a rural upbringing had to offer midwestern youth a time before mechanization forever changed the rural scene and radio broke the spell of isolation. Down on the farm, truancy was not uncommon and chores were shared across genders. Yet farm children managed to indulge in inventive play---much of it homemade---to supplement store-bought toys and to get through the long spells between circuses.
Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents].
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Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Recreation Resources of Federal Lands
Author: Joint Committee on Recreational Survey of Federal LandsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Fifty Uncommon Birds of the Upper Midwest
Author: Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587298554
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
No bird is common, if we use “common” to mean ordinary. But birds that are seen more commonly than others can seem less noteworthy than species that are rarely glimpsed. In this gathering of essays and illustrations celebrating fifty of the most common birds of the Upper Midwest, illustrator Dana Gardner and writer Nancy Overcott encourage us to take a closer look at these familiar birds with renewed appreciation for their not-so-ordinary beauty and lifeways.Beginning with the garishly colored male and the more gently colored female wood duck, whose tree cavity nest serves as a launching pad for ducklings in the summer months, and ending on a bright yellow note with the American goldfinch, whose cheerful presence enlivens the midwestern landscape all year long, Overcott combines field observations drawn from her twenty-plus years of living and birding in Minnesota's Big Woods with anecdotes and data from other ornithologists to portray each species' life cycle, its vocalizations and appearance, and its habitat, food, and foraging methods as well as migration patterns and distribution. Infused with a dedication to conserving natural resources, her succinct yet personable prose forms an ideal complement to Gardner's watercolors as this renowned illustrator of avian life worldwide revisits the birds of his childhood. Together art and text ensure that the wild turkey, great blue heron, sharp-shinned hawk, barred owl, pileated woodpecker, house wren, ovenbird, field sparrow, rose-breasted grosbeak, red-winged blackbird, and forty other species of the Upper Midwest are never seen as common again.
Preview of Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Lists the contents of the full two-volume report, and gives the text of the chapter on the Mississippi River from vol. 1.
Unsilent Revolution
Author: Robert J. DonovanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521428620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
An episodic history of the revolutionary effect of television news reporting on politics, current events and the print media over the past four decades combines research and analysis with personal as well as professional experiences.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2218
Book Description
Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide
Author: Stan TekielaPublisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 1591939569
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
Learn to Identify Birds in Wisconsin! Make bird watching even more enjoyable. With Wisconsin’s best-selling bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This book features 120 species of Wisconsin birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Crisp, stunning full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes. Plus, Stan Tekiela’s naturalist notes feature fascinating tidbits and facts. This new edition includes 10 new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Birds of Wisconsin Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.