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“robert e manning”

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  • A Thinking Person's Guide To America's National Parks

    Edited by Robert E. Manning, Ph.D, Rolf Diamant, Nora J. Mitchell, Ph.D., David Harmon ...
    On the centennial of the National Park Service, this richly illustrated book offers invaluable advice on exploring America’s national park system.The book delves into issues affecting an array of parks: the iconic western national parks like Yellowstone; the urban parks such as Golden Gate National Recreation Area; historic sites including the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Gettysburg ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Parks and People

    Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park

    Edited by Robert E. Manning ...
    Parks and People describes fifteen years of research at Maine’s Acadia National Park, conducted by Robert E. Manning, his colleagues, and students. The book is organized into three parts. Part I addresses indicators and standards of quality for park resources and the visitor experience. Part II describes efforts to monitor indicator variables. Part III outlines and assesses management actions ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Parks and Carrying Capacity

    Commons Without Tragedy

    by Robert E. Manning ...
    How much can we use the environment without spoiling what we find so valuable about it? Determining the carrying capacity of parks and related areas is a perennial question whose urgency grows each year as the number of visits continues to increase. Parks and Carrying Capacity represents a comprehensive assessment of the issue, as it:offers a historical and conceptual treatment of carrying ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Reconstructing Conservation

    Finding Common Ground

    Edited by Ben A. Minteer, Robert E. Manning ...
    In the 1990s, influenced by the deconstructionist movement in literary theory and trends toward revisionist history, a cadre of academics and historians led by William Cronon began raising provocative questions about ideas of wilderness and the commitments and strategies of the contemporary environmental movement. While these critiques challenged some cherished and widely held beliefs -- and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Biophilic Cities

    Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning

    by Timothy Beatley ...
    Tim Beatley has long been a leader in advocating for the "greening" of cities. But too often, he notes, urban greening efforts focus on everything except nature, emphasizing such elements as public transit, renewable energy production, and energy efficient building systems. While these are important aspects of reimagining urban living, they are not enough, says Beatley. We must remember that human ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into National Parks

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
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    Join Uncle John as he treks through every one of America’s National Parks!If you like the great outdoors, you’re going to love this book. We’re plunging into every national park, monument, site, and trail (more than 150 in all!) in true Uncle John fashion and uncovering some unique stories behind all of them. You’re sure to find hidden facets of each national park that you never imagined. Read ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rescuing the Planet

    Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth

    by Tony Hiss ...
    The award-winning author of The Experience of Place delivers an "upbeat and engaging account of the remarkable progress being made to preserve vast wild spaces for animals to roam" (The Wall Street Journal)—and an urgent call to protect 50 percent of the earth's land by 2050—thereby saving millions of its species.Beginning in the vast North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • King Sequoia

    The Tree That Inspired a Nation, Created Our National Park System, and Changed the Way We Think about Nature

    by William C. Tweed ...
    A naturist and historian for the National Parks Service offers a lively history of the giant sequoias of California and the love of nature they inspired.Former park ranger William C. Tweed takes readers on a tour of some of the world's largest and oldest trees in a narrative that travels deep into the Sierra Nevada mountains, across the American West, and all the way to New Zealand. Along the way, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design

    by Timothy Beatley ...
    What if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green roofs are increasingly appreciated for their technical services like stormwater reduction, from a biophilic viewpoint, they also facilitate experiences that contribute to better physical and mental health: natural elements in play areas can lessen ... Read more

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  • Theodore Roosevelt & Bison Restoration on the Great Plains

    by Keith Aune, Glenn Plumb ...
    This history chronicles the 19th century plan to reintroduce wild bison into Western Montana and the rise of Roosevelt's conservation movement.In the late 1800s, the rapid depletion of the American bison population prompted calls for the preservation of wildlife and wild lands in North America. Following a legendary hunt for the last wild bison in central Montana, Dr. William Hornady sought to ... Read more

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  • Our National Forests

    Stories from America's Most Important Public Lands

    by Greg M. Peters ...
    “An inspiring reminder of the incredible resource that is our public lands.” —Brendan Leonard, author of The Camping Life and Surviving the Great OutdoorsAcross 193 million acres of forests, mountains, deserts, watersheds, and grasslands, national forests provide a multitude of uses as diverse as America itself. They welcome 170 million visitors each year to hike, bike, paddle, ski, fish, and hunt ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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