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2) The Swamp
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity's attempt to conquer nature. This program, told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America's greatest wetland.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, this film explores one man's vision of using green burials to conserve land. Dr. Billy Campbell, the town's only physician, and his efforts have radically changed our understanding of burials in the United States. Dr. Campbell's dream is to conserve one million acres of land. Dying green focuses on the revolutionary idea of using our own death to fund land conservation and create wildlife preserves.
4) Because it is so beautiful: unraveling the mystique of the American west : a nonfiction collection
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Taking its title from an affecting speech given by renowned author Barry Lopez, Because It Is So Beautiful is a response to desperate questions surrounding the protection and preservation of America s wildlands. Lopez asserted that wilderness activists will never achieve the success they seek until they can testify before legislators that a certain river or mountain must be savednot because of its economic importance or its recreational, historical,...
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
This beautiful and inspiring book is an authoritative and timely account of our planet's natural wonders, explaining how and why our bodies and brains benefit from being in nature, as well as the importance of valuing and protecting them for future generations. In each chapter - exploring forests, rivers, mountains, deserts and coasts - Lonely Planet offers a wealth of knowledge on why they're such enriching places to explore and where in the world...
6) Eden
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Earth's rising oceans contain enormous islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all-but destroyed, and countless species edge towards extinction. Humanity's last hope to save the planet lies with The Virgin Zones, thirteen vast areas of land off-limits to people and given back to nature. Dylan leads a clandestine team of adventure racers, including his daughter Jenn, into Eden, the oldest of the Zones. Jenn carries a secret--Kat, Dylan's wife...
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Historic Virginia: A Tour of the State's Top 75 National Historic Landmarks is a carefully curated travel guide, written by a local historian, featuring the most intriguing and significant of the state's nationally recognized historic landmarks. This guide provides interesting anecdotes and color photography of famous churches, the homes of Founding Fathers, and monuments of natural splendor amid the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tour the Old Dominion State...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Katie’s divorce was, in a word, humiliating. So when her friend Bess offers a fresh start—a resident caretaking job at a nature preserve—Katie accepts. No matter that she’s not exactly a “nature person.” How hard can it be? But from day one, something feels off. Katie’s new farmhouse looks as if the last caretaker barely moved out at all. When a frantic, terrified woman arrives late at night, expecting a safe place to hide, it’s clear...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Explore
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A treasury of 40 of the most sensational natural places around the world. Author and explorer Penny Watson introduces towering forests, majestic rock formations, sun-drenched islands and remote frozen tundras -- wild areas which have remained mostly untouched by humans. Indeed, conservation and regeneration are integral to their continued existence. Wilderness spaces are our escape rooms. When we want adventure, they are a clarion call to strap on...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the charge-and inspired a future of conservation In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis, DeVoto was a firebrand of American liberty, free speech, and perhaps our greatest national treasure: public lands. But when a corrupt band of lawmakers, led...
18) Little land
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"An environmental tale of land evolving over the millennia up to present day environmental changes, as well as the role one can take in caring for it"--
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the eighteenth century, naturalist and artist William Bartram traveled in the Blue Ridge Mountains and spent time documenting both plant life and the customs of the Middle Town Cherokees. Since that time, men and women like Bartram have journeyed through Western North Carolina's wildest and most remote places and written about their experiences. The essays in this volume compare the present day to those historical journeys and explore the idea...
20) Bird bonanza
Author
Series
Nancy Drew clue books volume 18
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nancy, Bess, and George are excited to be attending Bird Bonanza Camp. They’ll spend their time learning all about different kinds of birds and taking part in fun crafts and activities. The highlight of the week is the Great Bird Count, an event where local bird watchers and ornithologists catalog every bird they see to help keep track of the health of the area’s bird population. George is especially excited because one lucky participant will...
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