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Publisher
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Pub. Date
1996-
Language
English
Description
The newsletter of the Virginia Museum of Natural History is a benefit of membership. The Virginia Museum of Natural History is the state museum of Natural History; seeking to preserve study and interpret Virginia's natural heritage. The newsletter contains news and events of the museum.
Author
Publisher
Countryman Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"The coastal wilderness of Virginia is the last unspoiled barrier island ecosystem in the eastern United States. A beaded chain of eighteen islands separates the inland shore from the Atlantic, and in this zone of protected waters lives a startling array of plants and animals. Salt Tide is about the shore, its habits and creatures, and its fragile ecology. As he writes about looking for milky ribbon worms in the mudflats or paddling through spartina...
Author
Publisher
Trinity University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"There's no such thing as the middle of nowhere. Everywhere is the middle of somewhere for some living being. That was Suzanne Stryk's mantra as she journeyed through her home state on a mission inspired by the reflective, encyclopedic sensibility of Thomas Jefferson's book Notes on the State of Virginia. While acknowledging the moral contradictions in the founding father's work and life, Stryk offers a contemporary interpretation of Virginia's ecology...
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