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The river of the mother of God and other essays / by Aldo Leopold; edited by Susan L. Flader and J. Baird Callicott.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Leopold, Aldo, 1887-1948.
Contributor:
Flader, Susan.
Callicott, J. Baird.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nature conservation.
Natural history--Outdoor books.
Natural history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (395 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
River of the mother of God.
Place of Publication:
Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c1991.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
His name is inextricably linked with a single work, A Sand County Almanac, a classic of natural history literature and the conservationist's bible. This book brings together the best of Leopold's essays.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
PREFACE
ALDO LEOPOLD: A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
A Tramp in November (1904)
The Maintenance of Forests (1904)
The Busy Season (1911)
To the Forest Officers of the Carson (1913)
The Varmint Question (1915)
The Popular Wilderness Fallacy: An Idea That Is Fast Exploding (1918)
Forestry and Game Conservation (1918)
Notes on the Behavior of Pintail Ducks in a Hailstorm (1919)
Wild Lifers vs. Game Farmers: A Plea for Democracy in Sport (1919)
Piute Forestry" vs. Forest Fire Prevention (1920)
The Forestry of the Prophets (1920)
The Wilderness and Its Place in Forest Recreational Policy (1921)
Standards of Conservation (1922)
Some Fundamentals of Conservation in the Southwest (1923)
A Criticism of the Booster Spirit (1923)
Pioneers and Gullies (1924)
Grass, Brush, Timber, and Fire in Southern Arizona (1924)
The River of the Mother of God (1924)
Conserving the Covered Wagon (1925)
The Pig in the Parlor (1925)
Wilderness as a Form of Land Use (1925)
The Home Builder Conserves (1928)
Ho! Compadres Piñoneros! (1929)
Report to the American Game Conference on an American Game Policy (1930)
Game Methods: The American Way (1931)
Game and Wild Life Conservation (1932)
Grand-Opera Game (1932)
The Virgin Southwest (1933)
The Conservation Ethic (1933)
Conservation Economics (1934)
Helping Ourselves (1934)
The Arboretum and the University (1934)
Land Pathology (1935)
Coon Valley: An Adventure in Cooperative Conservation (1935)
Review of Elton, Exploring the Animal World (1935)
Wilderness (1935)
Threatened Species (1936)
Means and Ends in Wild Life Management (1936)
Conservationist in Mexico (1937)
Chukaremia (1938)
Letter to a Wildflower Digger (1938)
Engineering and Conservation (1938).
The Farmer as a Conservationist (1939)
A Biotic View of Land (1939)
New Year's Inventory Checks Missing Game (1940)
The State of the Profession (1940)
Ecology and Politics (1941)
Wilderness as a Land Laboratory (1941 )
The Last Stand (1942)
Land-Use and Democracy (1942)
The Role of Wildlife in a Liberal Education (1942)
What Is a Weed? (1943)
Conservation: In Whole or in Part? (1944)
Review of Young and Goldman, The Wolves of North America (1945)
The Outlook for Farm Wildlife (194)
Review of Farrington, The Ducks Came Back (1946)
Adventures of a Conservation Commissioner (1946)
Wherefore Wildlife Ecology? (1947)
The Ecological Conscience (1947)
PUBLICATIONS OF ALDO LEOPOLD
INDEX.
Notes:
Includes index.
"Publications of Aldo Leopold": p. 349-370.
ISBN:
9786612555404
9781282555402
1282555405
9780299127633
029912763X
9780585177823
0585177821
OCLC:
44961647

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