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Flames in Our Forest by Stephen F. Arno & Stephen Allison-Bunnell
epub |eng | 2013-03-21 | Author:Stephen F. Arno & Stephen Allison-Bunnell [Arno, Stephen F.]

Fire-Initiated Age Classes of Trees When a fire heavily thins or kills a forest, a flush of new tree regeneration is likely to follow. You can identify such a cohort ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 11,2018 )
The Dolphin in the Mirror: Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives by Diana Reiss
epub, pdf | | 2012-02-08 | Author:Diana Reiss [Reiss, Diana]

6. Through the Looking Glass THE DANCER IN ME was quite captivated as I watched Presley perform a bizarre sequence of horizontal swirls. He was lying below the water's surface ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants by Bradford Angier
epub |eng | 2013-03-13 | Author:Bradford Angier

PRICKLY PEAR Opuntia FAMILY: Cactus (Cactaceae) COMMON NAMES: Eastern Prickly Pear, Western Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Plains Cactus, Opuntia, Devil’s Tongue, Tuna, Beavertail, Nopal, Slipper Thorn, Indian Fig. CHARACTERISTICS: ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
The End of Abundance: economic solutions to water scarcity by David Zetland
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Zetland [Zetland, David]

Insurance as competition I started thinking about measuring and encouraging good management in December 2008, after the levees around a holding pond collapsed and spilled more than a billion liters ...
( Category: Engineering August 11,2018 )
The Joy of Keeping Goats by Laura Childs
epub |eng | 2017-05-25 | Author:Laura Childs

A lack of water, sullied water, or dirty water buckets can result in health problems. Some are fatal. Water buckets must be kept clean. Watering bowls or buckets need to ...
( Category: Engineering August 11,2018 )
Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet by Catherine Friend
epub |eng | 2011-04-26 | Author:Catherine Friend [Friend, Catherine]

Turquoise Treasure I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am gen- uinely sorry for the poor browns. —WINSTON CHURCHILL Sherry from Colorado ...
( Category: Regional U.S August 11,2018 )
Earth, The Sequel by Miriam Horn
epub |eng | 2008-08-10 | Author:Miriam Horn

THE INNOVATIONS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS fall into three broad categories. Each technology carries its own mix of advantages and potential environmental impacts. And most illustrate, once again, the ...
( Category: Engineering August 11,2018 )
Dead Zone by Philip Lymbery
epub |eng | 2017-08-10 | Author:Philip Lymbery

12 Penguin NO MORE FISH IN THE SEA Robben Island, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela was held captive for eighteen years, had a long and sombre history, as a prison, ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 11,2018 )
The Ogallala Road A Memoir of Love and Reckoning by Julene Bair
epub |eng | 2014-03-06 | Author:Julene Bair [Bair, Julene]

7 IT TOOK ME A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I FINALLY GOT MY OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE NIGHT TO OUR FARM. An electrician came out to raise the wire between ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
Storey's Illustrated Guide to 96 Horse Breeds of North America by Judith Dutson
epub, pdf |eng | 2005-08-10 | Author:Judith Dutson

At the same time, horse racing became extremely popular in many locations in Europe and again the emphasis shifted, particularly among the wealthy, to breed for speed rather than for ...
( Category: Pets & Animal Care August 11,2018 )
The Daily Coyote by Shreve Stockton
epub |eng | 2008-08-10 | Author:Shreve Stockton

Seven October By October 1, the roads, the gas station, and the mountain were teeming with pickup trucks with four-wheelers in the back and a flame orange cap on the ...
( Category: Pets & Animal Care August 11,2018 )
Blue Gold by Maude Barlow
epub |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Maude Barlow

GRAND CANALS In recent years, there has been a revival of more traditional methods of transporting bulk water — namely, canal schemes. Given new engineering and construction technologies, canals are ...
( Category: Economics August 11,2018 )
The Wet Collection by Joni Tevis
epub |eng | 2012-05-08 | Author:Joni Tevis

II. Beyond the Wilderness I stood in a clearing, she said, much later. Light all around, but darkness above me. Looked up and saw something falling from the sky, fast, ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence August 11,2018 )
The Eternal Frontier by Tim Flannery
epub |eng | | Author:Tim Flannery

SEVENTEEN THE MAKING OF THE BUFFALO With the end of the Clovis culture about 12,900 years ago, America's first human frontier closed. The first pan-North American culture had vanished and ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
Secrets of Wildflowers by Jack Sanders
epub |eng | | Author:Jack Sanders

Eat Me! Farmers used to say that an acre of clover would produce as much food for horses and cattle as four acres of grass. Red clover was once a ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 11,2018 )

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