""When we grasp fully that the best expressions of our humanity were not invented by civilization but by cultures that preceded it, that the natural world is not only a set of constraints but of contexts within which we can more fully realize our dreams, we will be on the way to a long overdue reconciliation between opposites which are of our own ......
Established by the USDA Forest Service in 1993, the Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project for Restoring and Maintaining Sustainable Riparian Ecosystems is a large-scale research study that uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the effects of climate change and human disturbance on riparian areas. Structured as a collaborative effort ......
Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters
""...a book as rich in detail as it is devastating in its argument."" -SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ""Water Follies deserves a place alongside the late Marc Reisner's classic Cadillac Desert."" -ENVIRONMENT ""a lively account of hydrology"" -NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS ""if you want to scare yourself silly, read Water Follies, by Robert ......
John Wesley Powell was an American original. He was the last of the nation's great continental explorers and the first of a new breed of public servant: part scientist, part social reformer, part institution builder. His work and life reveal an enduringly valuable way of thinking about land, water, and society as parts of an ......
Faced with widespread and devastating loss of biodiversity in wild habitats, scientists have developed innovative strategies for studying and protecting targeted plant and animal species in ""off-site"" facilities such as botanic gardens and zoos. Such ex situ work is an increasingly important component of conservation and restoration ......
Faced with widespread and devastating loss of biodiversity in wild habitats, scientists have developed innovative strategies for studying and protecting targeted plant and animal species in ""off-site"" facilities such as botanic gardens and zoos. Such ex situ work is an increasingly important component of conservation and restoration ......
the Stealth Politics of American Climate Change Policy
No environmental issue triggers such feelings of hopelessness as global climate change. Many areas of the world, including regions of the United States, have experienced a wide range of unusually dramatic weather events recently.
Drawing on the observations of three years spent in the company of dedicated amateur mushroomers and professional mycologists, Gary Alan Fine explores the ways in which Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world, while providing an eye-opening look inside the cultures they construct around its study and appreciation.A landmark work of ......
In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's ......
