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River of Renewal

Myth and History in the Klamath Basin

Oregon State University Press
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Nature on the Edge

Lessons for the Biosphere from the California Coast

Oregon State University Press
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Burn Scars

A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning

Oregon State University Press
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Moonlight Elk

One Woman's Hunt for Food and Freedom

By University of New Mexico Press
University of New Mexico Press, High Road Books
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Into the Unknown

High Adventure and Hard Lessons Exploring the World’s Great, Lost Wilderness Rivers

By University of New Mexico Press
University of New Mexico Press
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Utter, Earth

Advice on Living in a More-than-Human World

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2024
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Cherokee Earth Dwellers

Stories and Teachings of the Natural World

UBC Press

Cherokee Earth Dwellers offers a rich understanding of nature grounded in Cherokee creature names, oral traditional stories, and reflections of knowledge holders.

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Armadillos to Ziziphus

A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country

University of Texas Press

This book aims to show people, in short pieces accompanied by one image, some of the surprising, fascinating, and ecologically valuable things happening around a Hill Country ranch.

  • Copyright year: 2023
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In the Name of Wild

One Family, Five Years, Ten Countries, and a New Vision of Wildness

UBC Press, On Point Press

In the Name of Wild takes you on the five-year journey one family made across five continents to re-imagine the meaning of wildness.

  • Copyright year: 2022
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The Birds of Vancouver Island’s West Coast

UBC Press, On Point Press

A detailed account of the 360 species of birds recorded on the wild west coast of Vancouver Island and its offshore waters.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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First Nations Wildfire Evacuations

A Guide for Communities and External Agencies

By Tara K. McGee, Amy Cardinal Christianson, and First Nations Wildfire Evacuation Partnership
UBC Press, Purich Books

Based on the experiences of evacuees from seven First Nations communities, this book offers guidance to Indigenous communities and external agencies on how to successfully plan for and carry out wildfire evacuations.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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The Art of Birds

Grace and Motion in the Wild

University Press of Florida
  • Copyright year: 2021
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Naturalist

A Graphic Adaptation

By Edward O. Wilson; Illustrated by Chris Butzer; Adapted by Jim Ottaviani
Island Press

E.O. Wilson’s bestselling memoir comes to life in a beautifully illustrated graphic adaptation.

  • Copyright year: 2019
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The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout, Second Edition

UBC Press

The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout combines in-depth scientific information and outstanding photographs and original artwork to fully describe the fish species that are so important to the Pacific Rim.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Pacific Northwest Insects

Seattle Audubon
  • Copyright year: 2018
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Birds of Nunavut

UBC Press

The first complete survey of the birds of Nunavut, this fully illustrated reference work identifies and documents the distribution, ecology, behaviour, and conservation of the species that live in and migrate through the territory.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries around the World

Adaptations, Habitats, and Conservation

UBC Press

A comprehensive guide to understanding the crucial role estuaries play in the salmonid life cycle and what can be done to conserve – and recover – this important fish habitat.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education

Practical Strategies for Teachers

UBC Press, Pacific Educational Press

This book illustrates how to connect students to the natural world and encourage them to care about a more sustainable, ecologically secure planet.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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The Carnivore Way

Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2014
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State of the World 2014

Governing for Sustainability

By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2014
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State of the World 2013

Is Sustainability Still Possible?

By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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The Kingdom of Rarities

Island Press

An original and important investigation of rarity and its relationship to conservation.

  • Copyright year: 2013
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River Notes

A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

Island Press

Combining science and adventure with glorious imagery, this book follows environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis on a rafting adventure down the Colorado.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Tibet Wild

A Naturalist’s Journey on the Roof of the World

Island Press

Follows Dr. George Schaller’s expeditions to the Tibetan Plateau from 1984 until the present day, including an inside look at Schaller’s current and possibly most ambitious project: the creation of the Pamir International Peace Park at the junction of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and Tajikistan.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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The Shape of Green

Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

Island Press

The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Evolution in a Toxic World

How Life Responds to Chemical Threats

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2012
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Vital Signs 2012

The Trends that are Shaping Our Future

By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press

From obesity to ecosystem services, from grain production to nuclear power, this book offers the sometimes-shocking facts that need to guide our stewardship of the Earth’s resources.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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State of the World 2012

Creating Sustainable Prosperity

By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press

An incisive assessment of environmental successes and failures over the past twenty years—and what we should do next.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw

UBC Press

Focusing on the ideas of Bernard Shaw, Rod Preece examines modernist views of animal rights in the context of late Victorian socialism.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Chasing Molecules

Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry

Island Press

Chasing Molecules explores the development of green chemistry as an alternative to the dangerous synthetic chemicals found in countless consumer products.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Agile City

Building Well-Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change

Island Press

In a very short time, America realized that global warming poses real challenges to the nation's future. The Agile City engages the fundamental question: What to do about it?

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Trees in the Tide

The Ocean's Vanishing Rainforest

Island Press

Trees in the Tide is the first narrative account for general readers on the social, economic, and ecological importance of what?s transpiring in the often fast-disappearing mangrove regions around the world.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Geography of British Columbia, Third Edition

People and Landscapes in Transition

UBC Press

This fully revised edition of an essential text adopts a mainly thematic approach to explore the development of BC’s physical and human geography.

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

Island Press

This provocative and engaging work emerges from Calthorpe’s belief that, just as the last fifty years produced massive changes in our culture, economy and environment, the next fifty will generate changes of an even more profound nature.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Biophilic Cities

Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning

Island Press

A biophilic city, says Beatley, is a place that learns from nature and incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes. Biophilic Cities outlines the essential elements of a biophilic city, and provides examples and stories about cities that have successfully integrated biophilic elements – from the building to the regional level – around the world.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Birds of Ontario: Habitat Requirements, Limiting Factors, and Status

Volume 2–Nonpasserines: Shorebirds through Woodpeckers

By Al Sandilands; Illustrated by Ross James
UBC Press

This volume and its predecessor condense the vast amount of literature on the nonpasserines of Ontario into a compact reference manual that will be essential to biologists, environmental planners, and serious birders.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River

Nature and Power in the People’s Republic of China

Island Press

This book brings big geopolitical issues to life through the narrative of a particular region and its people.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Ecology and Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Heritage Site

Athabasca University Press

Examining the ecology of the Western Canadian mountain region, this book argues that preserving the Rocky Mountains may be an important defence against future climate change impacts on the Canadian west.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The Beaver Hills Country

A History of Land and Life

Athabasca University Press

This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Making Game

An Essay on Hunting, Familiar Things, and the Strangeness of Being Who One Is

Athabasca University Press

Making Game is a mixed-genre composition in which the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical implications of hunting wild game.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Sins of the Flesh

A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought

UBC Press

Renowned animal rights author Rod Preece examines the history of vegetarianism in its ethical dimensions, from the origins of humanity through to the present.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Awful Splendour

A Fire History of Canada

UBC Press
  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Inner Bird

Anatomy and Evolution

UBC Press
  • Copyright year: 2007
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Imagining Head-Smashed-In

Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains

Athabasca University Press

Archaeologist Jack Brink has written a major study of the mass buffalo hunts and the culture they supported before and after European contact. drawing on his 25 years excavating at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southwestern Alberta, Canada – a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Owls of the United States and Canada

A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior

UBC Press
  • Copyright year: 2007
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Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia

UBC Press

Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia fully discusses how indicator plants are recognized and demonstrates how indicator plants can be used in site diagnosis.

  • Copyright year: 1989
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Birds of the Yukon Territory

UBC Press

The result of a decade-long project, this lavishly illustrated book presents a wealth of information on bird distribution, migration and breeding chronology, habitat use, and on conservation concerns in the Yukon.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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