To Think Like a Mountain : Environmental Challenges in the American West /

"In the West, shortsighted human self-interest has resulted in devastating environmental losses. Fur trade beaver trapping meant streams and wetland ecosystems deteriorated. Grazing livestock depleted native bunch grasses. Migrating Idaho Salmon once reached the ocean in ten to fourteen days. N...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nokkentved, Niels Sparre 1947- (Author, Verfasser.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pullman, WA Washington State University Press [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Humanökologie
Naturschutz
Nature conservation.
Human ecology.
Ecology.
Nature conservation / West (U.S.)
Human ecology / West (U.S.)
USA > Weststaaten
West United States.
West (U.S.) / Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Selling arctic wilderness
  • Ancient art in Nine Mile Canyon
  • Abandoned mines, tainted water
  • Lurching toward wolf recovery
  • Private livestock, public lands
  • Vanishing sage grouse
  • The nature of wildfire
  • Bringing back the beaver
  • The false promise of hatcheries
  • Overcutting ancient forests
  • Saving America's outback.

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