Author: Joe RiedererPublisher: Big Bluestem Press
ISBN: 0967138620
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The story of a young teen's struggle to rebuild his life while helping to rebuild a local prairie.
Restoration in the Barrens
Author: Joe RiedererPublisher: Big Bluestem Press
ISBN: 0967138620
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The story of a young teen's struggle to rebuild his life while helping to rebuild a local prairie.
Environmental Restoration
Author: John BergerPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726878X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Environmental Restoration is the product of a ground-breaking conference on ecological restoration, held in January 1988 at the University of California, Berkeley. It offers an overview from the nation's leading experts of the most current techniques of restoration, including examples of the complex and subtle biological interactions we must understand to ensure success. Chapters cover restoration of agricultural lands, barrens, coastal ecosystems, prairies, and range lands. Additional sections address temperate forests and watersheds, mined lands, soil bioengineering, urban issues including waste treatment and solid, toxic, and radioactive waste management. The book also covers restoration of aquatic systems, includes chapters on strategic planning and land acquisition, and provides examples of successful projects.
Restoration and Recovery of an Industrial Region
Author: John M. GunnPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461225205
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Sudbury, Ontario is one of the world's most polluted areas. A century of industrial activities has resulted in thousands of acidified lakes and vast areas of denuded land. This book describes, in a manner accessible to a wide audience, the damage and the efforts at environmental restoration at Sudbury which resulted in its winning a United Nations award in 1992 for land reclamation. The book has been written by a distinguished group of contributors, ranging from experts in acid rain and land reclamation to environmental engineers and toxicologists.
Huron-Manistee National Forests (N.F.), Proposed Land and Resource Management Plan
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.
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (N.F.), Fishbone Project
Author: Hoosier National Forest (N.F.), German Ridge Restoration Project
Author: Savannas, Barrens, and Rock Outcrop Plant Communities of North America
Author: Roger C. AndersonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521573221
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A coherent, readable summary of the technical information available on savannas, barrens and rock outcrop plant communities.
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests (N.F.), Proposed Land and Resource Management Plan 2003
Author: America's Natural Places [5 volumes]
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Author: Stacy S. KowtkoPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313350892
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1039
Book Description
This timely set invites readers to celebrate the most beautiful and environmentally important places in the United States. Each of the United States boasts numerous special places that are significant for their biodiversity, ecology, habitats for rare and endangered species, or other qualities that make them unique and worthy of preservation. These sites range from nature preserves to state and national parks, wildlife areas, ecosystems that provide a home to diverse flora and fauna, and even scenic vistas. The five volumes of America's Natural Places examine over 200 of the most spectacular and important of these places, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. Organized by state within regional volumes, this encyclopedia both informs the reader about the wide variety of natural areas across the country and identifies places nearby that demonstrate that preserving such treasurers is of immediate importance to every U.S. citizen.