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Woodlands by Oliver Rackham
epub |eng | | Author:Oliver Rackham [Oliver Rackham]

CHAPTER 13 Wild and Planted Trees Tree planting is not a gift to nature…[it is] like trying to teach kids about dairy farming by letting them play with milk bottles. ...
( Category: Wildlife June 27,2019 )
In Search of Monster Fish by Mark Spitzer
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Spitzer

27. Fishin’ mission accomplished. Photo by Lee Merritt. Ultimately, I was left with two main conclusions: The first was the obvious observation that it’s a blast to go after monster ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks June 17,2019 )
The Deer Camp by Dean Kuipers
epub |eng | | Author:Dean Kuipers

Animal stories had to save us. It was all we had. That, and hillbilly “hold my beer” stories about the neighbors. When we all lived in the big new house ...
( Category: Environmentalists & Naturalists May 30,2019 )
Water Wars by Vandana Shiva
epub |eng | 2016-05-27 | Author:Vandana Shiva

CHAPTER FOUR The World Bank, the WTO, and Corporate Control Over Water Giant water projects, in most cases, benefit the powerful and dispossess the weak. Even when such projects are ...
( Category: Environmental May 27,2019 )
Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-04-03 | Author:Guy Shrubsole [Guy Shrubsole]

8 A PROPERTY-OWNING DEMOCRACY? A packed conference hall in Blackpool, 17 October 1981. A woman ascends the stage, the squared shoulders of her midnight-blue jacket a dark silhouette in the ...
( Category: Urban & Land Use Planning May 26,2019 )
North by Northwestern by Sig Hansen
epub |eng | | Author:Sig Hansen

Norman at age six, and Edgar at age thirty-seven, with fine specimens of Alaskan king crab. (Left: Courtesy of the Hansen Family) (Right: Courtesy of EVOL) Brown crab is also ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture May 25,2019 )
Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary by JJ Pursell
epub, pdf |eng | 2019-05-07 | Author:JJ Pursell

Rose-Petal Earache Infusion 2 teaspoons dried rose petals 8 ounces of water Heat the water to boiling and steep the petals for 20 minutes. Trickle the warm infusion into the ...
( Category: Natural Resources May 7,2019 )
Southeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Angelica to Wild Plums by Bennett Chris
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-05-05 | Author:Bennett, Chris [Bennett, Chris]

Both ripe and slightly unripe berries adorn this juneberry tree. Where and When to Gather Juneberries grow in full to partial sunlight in lakesides, woodlands, and parks. Because of their ...
( Category: Natural Resources April 2,2019 )
AP Environmental Science by Linda Williams
epub |eng | 2011-04-16 | Author:Linda Williams

Agriculture Types of Agriculture The three main grain crops eaten by humans are wheat, rice, and maize (called corn in the United States). Combined, 1,900 million metric tons are grown ...
( Category: Advanced Placement April 16,2018 )
5 Steps to a 5 by Linda D. Williams
epub |eng | 2017-04-08 | Author:Linda D. Williams

Types of Pesticides Historically, humans have controlled pests with smoke, salt, sand, and insect-repelling plants. The ancient Sumerians used sulfur to control insects and mites 5,000 years ago. Greeks and ...
( Category: Advanced Placement April 8,2018 )
Secrets of the Woods (Yesterday's Classics) by Long William J
epub |eng | 2010-11-11 | Author:Long, William J [Long, William J]

OF all the wild birds that still haunt our remaining solitudes, the ruffed grouse—the pa'tridge of our younger days—is perhaps the wildest, the most alert, the most suggestive of the ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry June 8,2017 )
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2017-03-07 | Author:Michael Finkel

To Knight, it all felt impossible. His engagement with the written word might have been the closest he could come to genuine human encounters. The stretch of days between thieving ...
( Category: New England April 5,2017 )
The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
epub, mobi |eng | 2017-03-06 | Author:Michael Finkel

17 It wasn’t reading or listening to the radio that actually occupied the majority of Knight’s free time. Mostly what he did was nothing. He sat on his bucket or ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry April 5,2017 )
Modern Lumberjacking by Len McDougall
epub |eng | 2016-03-21 | Author:Len McDougall

The author's two favorite axes: (top) a Corona tools Michigan-style felling axe, and a Fiskars Super Splitting Axe II. This felling axe from Corona Tools has a Michigan-style head, and ...
( Category: Power Tools March 22,2017 )
Nature's Temples by Joan Maloof
epub |eng | 2016-11-22 | Author:Joan Maloof

Hobblebush (Viburnum alnifolium), another woody plant species found in old growth Wild sarsaparilla (Auralia nudicaulis), a plant often found in old growth There is more to share about herbaceous plants ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry November 23,2016 )

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