Glover, James M.

Summary: Captivating biography of a giant of the U.S. conservation movement and founder of The Wilderness Society (1935).

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers 1986

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MARSHALL GLO

Van Sciver, Noah

Summary: "In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors as well as historical maps, photos, and a bibliography."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 398.21 VAN

Marrin, Albert

Summary: "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634.9 MAR

Eaton, Maxwell

Summary: "A young girl shares stories and facts about the woods near her home while catching up with her mischievous dog, Peppermint"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EAT

Peters, Greg M.

Summary: "Across 193 million acres of forests, mountains, deserts, watersheds, and grasslands, national forests provide a multitude of uses as diverse as America itself. Welcoming 170 million visitors each year to hike, bike, paddle, ski, fish, and hunt, "the people's lands" offer more than just recreation. Timber is harvested, lost habitats are recovered, and endangered wildlife is protected as part of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.75 PET

Lassieur, Allison

Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LAS

Korté, Steve

Summary: "Created by the U.S. Forest Service in 1944 in reaction to forest fires being used as attacks during World War II, Smokey Bear has been guiding Americans through fire safety and preparedness for nearly eighty years. This American black bear known for wearing a pair of blue jeans and a forest ranger hat has found himself in classrooms, on stamps, in cartoons, on lunchboxes, in comic strips, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SMO

Millard, Candice.

Summary: The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival Millard