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In this first comprehensive authorized biography of David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century, Tom Turner explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. Frequently compared to John Muir, David Brower was the first executive director of the Sierra Club, founded Friends of the Earth, and helped secure passage of the Wilderness Act, among other key achievements. Tapping his passion for wilderness and for the mountains he scaled in his youth, he was a central figure in the creation of the Point Reyes National Seashore and of the North Cascades and Redwood national parks. In addition, Brower worked tirelessly in successful efforts to keep dams from being built in Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon. Tom Turner began working with David Brower in 1968 and remained close to him until Brower's death. As an insider, Turner creates an intimate portrait of Brower the man and the decisive role he played in the development of the environmental movement. Culling material from Brower's diaries, notebooks, articles, books, and published interviews, and conducting his own interviews with many of Brower's admirers, opponents, and colleagues, Turner brings to life one of the movement's most controversial and complex figures.
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Wetlands are prominent landscapes throughout North America. The general characteristics of wetlands are controversial, thus there has not been a systematic assessment of different types of wetlands in different parts of North America, or a compendium of the threats to their conservation. Wetland Habitats of North America adopts a geographic and habitat approach, in which experts familiar with wetlands from across North America provide analyses and syntheses of their particular region of study. Addressing a broad audience of students, scientists, engineers, environmental managers, and policy makers, this book reviews recent, scientifically rigorous literature directly relevant to understanding, managing, protecting, and restoring wetland ecosystems of North America.
Wetlands --- Wetland ecology --- Wetland conservation --- Conservation of wetlands --- Wetlands conservation --- Nature conservation --- Wetlands ecology --- Ecology --- Aquatic resources --- Landforms --- Conservation --- Wetland conservation - North America. --- american ecology. --- american ecosystems. --- american environment. --- climate change. --- coastal ecosystems. --- coastal. --- ecology of lakes and ponds. --- endangered ecosystems. --- environment and policy. --- environmental conservation. --- environmental protection. --- environmental scientists. --- freshwater ecology. --- freshwater ecosystems. --- global warming. --- going green. --- habitat protection. --- marshland. --- north american landscapes. --- protecting our environment. --- scientists. --- swampland. --- tidal wetlands. --- wetland literature. --- wetland scientists. --- zoology.
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