Restoring nature : the evolution of Channel Islands National Park / Lary M. Dilsaver and Timothy J. Babalis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dilsaver, Lary M., author.

Babalis, Timothy J., author.

Series:

America's public lands.

America's Public Lands Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources--California--Channel Islands.

Conservation of natural resources.

Restoration ecology--Government policy--United States.

Restoration ecology.

Channel Islands National Park (Calif.).

Channel Islands (Calif.)--Environmental conditions.

Channel Islands (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Off the coast of California, running from Santa Barbara to La Jolla, lies an archipelago of eight islands known as the California Channel Islands. The northern five were designated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to protect and restore the rich habitat of the islands and surrounding waters. In the years since, that mission intensified as scientists discovered the extent of damage to the delicate habitats of these small fragments of land and to the surprisingly threatened sea around them. In Restoring Nature Lary M. Dilsaver and Timothy J. Babalis examine how the National Park Service has attempted to reestablish native wildlife and vegetation to the five islands through restorative ecology and public land management. The Channel Islands staff were innovators of the inventory and monitoring program whereby the resource problems were exposed. This program became a blueprint for management throughout the U.S. park system. Dilsaver and Babalis present an innovative regional and environmental history of a little-known corner of the Pacific West, as well as a larger national narrative about how the Park Service developed its approach to restoration ecology, which became a template for broader Park Service policies that shaped the next generation of environmental conservation"-- Provided by publisher.

"Restoring Nature examines how the National Park Service has sought to reestablish native species and eradicate the exotic flora and fauna from Channel Islands National Park, and explores why the damage happened in the first place"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Channel Islands of California

A Monumental Task

Legislative Protection for the Islands and the Sea

Resource Management in the Early Years

Building the New Park

Growth of the Natural Resource Management

Managing the Resources on Santa Rosa Island

New Owners on Santa Cruz Island

Restoring Nature

Channel Islands National Park in the New Century.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496234025

1496234022

OCLC:

1350670743