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In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature. If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor,...
2) Bears
Publisher
Slingshot Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Encounter polar bears in the Arctic, black bears in Montana, and grizzlies in Alaska as you learn about the challenges facing each of these species, and why protecting them benefits both wildlife and people.
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Chelsea Green Publishing
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English
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In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of “Beaver Believers” ―...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
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342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.
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Steck-Vaughn Library
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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46 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Emmanuel, an employee of the Rwandan National Park, saves several gorillas from poachers and sets out on a tracking expedition to count gorillas for an upcoming census.
9) The maze
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.
10) Elephants
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Series
Publisher
Rourke Enterprises
Pub. Date
1988
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24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
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English
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Describes the two remaining species of elephants, the African and the Asiatic, and how these animals are struggling against both man and nature for their survival.
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2022.
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English
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"When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls 'an animal rights organization.' Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on...
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University of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"The problems caused by a conservation triumph Does the US have too many grizzly bears? The question would have been unimaginable in the early 1970s, when a little over six hundred North American brown bears remained in the lower 48 states and the federal government listed them as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. But the population has surged. There are now more than 1700, mostly living in Montana, Idaho, and the Yellowstone and Teton...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
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xiii, 272 p. map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Rick Bass first made a name for himself as a writer and seeker of rare, iconic animals, including the grizzlies and wolves of the American West. Now he’s off on a new, far-flung adventure in the Namib of southwest Africa on the trail of another fascinating, vulnerable species. The black rhino is a three-thousand-pound, squinty-eyed giant that sports three-foot-long dagger horns, lives off poisonous plants, and goes for days without water. Human...
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Publisher
Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"A non-fiction exploration of animal crossings built by animal lovers around the world to help animals cross over, under, around, and through human construction"--
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
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73 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"North Carolina's black bears were once a threatened species, but now their numbers are rising in and around Asheville. But what happens when conservation efforts for a species are so successful that there's a boom in the population? Can humans and bears live compatibly? What are the long-term effects for the bears? Author Amy Cherrix follows the scientists who, in cooperation with local citizen scientists, are trying to answer to these questions...
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