TY - BOOK ID - 85671176 TI - Fire and fauna PY - 2019 SN - 1623498325 1623498317 9781623498320 9781623498313 PB - College Station DB - UniCat KW - Zoologists KW - Wildlife conservationists KW - Gopher tortoise KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Animal conservation KW - Animals KW - Conservation of wildlife KW - Preservation of wildlife KW - Protection of wildlife KW - Species conservation KW - Species preservation KW - Species protection KW - Wildlife preservation KW - Wildlife protection KW - Wildlife resources conservation KW - Wildlife resources preservation KW - Wildlife resources protection KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Nature conservation KW - Endangered species KW - Wildlife management KW - Gopher turtle KW - Gopherus polyphemus KW - Testudo polyphemus KW - Gopherus KW - Conservationists KW - Animal scientists KW - Biologists KW - Conservation KW - Berish, Joan E., UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85671176 AB - "Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational, and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and today. Berish recounts her eventful and sometimes absurd journey to become a wildlife researcher. Outrunning treetop flames, spending a night in jail with a threatened species, and surviving a stalled airplane engine while searching for a missing tortoise, Berish introduces readers to the adventures, triumphs, and heartbreaks that comprise a lifetime of working with animals, animals, both domestic and wild"-- ER -