Summary: "This edition is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for Environmental Resources and Statistics. Section I: Resources, provides detailed contact information for thousands of information sources, including Associations & Organizations, Awards & Honors, Conferences, Foundations & Grants, Environmental Health, Government Agencies, National Parks & Wildlife Refuges, Publications, Research...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing, Inc.
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 363.7 ENVSummary: An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert efforts to control the most vital resource on the planet, in the latest expose from filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC GRALacey, Jane
Summary: Presents conservation questions and concepts for young readers to consider as they learn about environmental science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 333.72 LACOtfinoski, Steven
Summary: "Learn about the history of alternative energy and find out what it takes to make it in this exciting career field."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 333 OTFTallamy, Douglas W.
Summary: "An adaptation of Douglas Tallamy's book Nature's Best Hope, but written for a middle school level readership"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2023
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Summary: Discover why freshwater lakes are at risk. Amstutz shows how people are combating overfishing, and cleaning up polluted waters in order to preserve our freshwater lakes for future generations. Readers will also explore the science behind watersheds and the water cycle. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J755.54 CSSSheldrake, Merlin
Summary: "Living at the border between life and non-life, fungi use diverse cocktails of potent enzymes and acids to disassemble some of the most stubborn substances on the planet, turning rock into soil and wood into compost, allowing plants to grow. Fungi not only help create soil, they send out networks of tubes that enmesh roots and link plants together in the 'Wood Wide Web.' Fungi also drive many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: "This Class Can Save the Planet shows students they can have an incredible impact on the environment when they work together. It offers easy ideas kids can implement right away in their own schools and classrooms."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Be A Good Human Co 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TORAmrith, Sunil
Summary: In this magisterial book, historian Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of an extraordinary expansion of human freedom and its planetary costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Portuguese silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: "An urgent call to protect America's public lands, told through New York Times bestselling author David Gessner's American road trip with our greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, as his guide"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.78 GESHand, Carol
Summary: "Bringing Back Our Oceans explains why oceans are at risk and how people are combating plastics pollution, restoring marine biodiversity, and preserving our oceans for future generations. This title also explores the science behind ocean ecosystems and ocean currents. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club 1977
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Summary: "Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation is the first practical and comprehensive manual that provides step-by-step instructions for creating natural science research projects that involve collaboration between scientists and the general public. As citizen-science projects become increasingly common, there is a growing need for concrete best practices around planning and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.9 HANLaPlante, Walter
Summary: The surface of the Great Lakes covers 94,250 square miles (244,106 sq km). About 40 million people in the United States and Canada drink water from the Great Lakes, and millions of birds, fish, and other animals make their homes there. Much will be lost if the lakes arent protected. Readers are introduced to Great Lakes conservation issues, including climate change, mining, and water quality....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 LAPEnz, Tammy.
Summary: "Explains the principles of inventing and provides photo-illustrated instructions for making a variety of projects that recycle and reuse materials"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent EnzMacCarald, Clara
Summary: Bringing Back Our Deserts explains why deserts are at risk and how people are combating invasive species, restoring damaged areas, and preserving deserts for future generations. This title also explores the science behind nitrogen pollution and the life in desert soil. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J755.54 CSSNiederman, Sharon
Summary: "15 drives and detours in "The Land of Enchantment" In this brand-new first edition guide, Sharon Niederman presents the best of New Mexico through 15 scenic tours designed to make the most of every mile. Readers will journey across the state and take in New Mexico's unparalleled diversity in both natural beauty and cultural heritage. Drives will include peaceful side roads through quiet towns,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.8904 NIEWaters, Thomas F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.7 WATHivert-Carthew, Annick.
Summary: In 1933, President Roosevelt offered a bold new plan to save a generation of men and preserve natural resources. Over 102,000 men answered his call. Here are their stories. Proud to Work describes the work and the lives of the young men who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps, where they fought forest fires, built bridges, created roads, and sent most of their earnings back to their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Adventure Books 2006
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Perdew, Laura
Summary: Bringing Back Our Wetlands explains why wetlands are at risk and how people are combating wetland destruction due to development and agriculture. This title also explores the science behind how wetlands are formed, store carbon, and clean wastewater. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J755.54 CSSWestbrook, Jack R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jack R. Westbrook ORSB Pub. 2011
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 333.7316 WESZiefert, Harriet
Summary: "Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book explores the many items that are made from trees. But it doesn't stop there! Kids will also learn about the many uses of live trees--and the environmental danger to trees posed by forest fires, floods, and deforestation. Kids are encouraged to be kind, not only to one another, but to the environment as well"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.16 ZIESummary: "From the timbered shores of the Pacific Northwest to the marble halls of Washington, DC, the choices about how we use our natural heritage are filled with controversy. Whether it is the protection of endangered species or meeting the needs of a growing public, the fate of public lands is constantly challenged. Visionary foresters Gifford Pinchot and Aldo Leopold shaped the debate for a hundred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GRERegan, Michael
Summary: Bringing Back Our Tundra explains why the tundra is at risk and how people are combating tundra destruction due to oil and mining industries. This title also explores the science behind carbon sinks and tundra food webs. Features include a cause-and-effect flow chart, a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2018