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Power Trip by Webber Michael E.;
epub |eng | 2019-07-04 | Author:Webber, Michael E.; [Неизв.]

THE TRANSISTOR, THE MICROPROCESSOR, AND THE INFORMATION AGE Sharper and better tools from coal transformed society. Oil and gas gave us plastic and other materials that changed society once again. ...
( Category: History of Technology October 8,2020 )
Tending the Wild by Anderson M. Kat
epub |eng | 2012-01-22 | Author:Anderson, M. Kat

BROADCASTING SEEDS AND GRAINS When Indian women gathered seeds and grains with a seed beater and gathering basket, some seeds would fly too far or bounce out of the basket. ...
( Category: Native American Studies August 6,2020 )
Leviathan by Eric Jay Dolin
epub |eng | 2007-08-14 | Author:Eric Jay Dolin

Chapter Fourteen “AN ENORMOUS, FILTHY HUMBUG” A PICTURE FOR PHILANTHROPISTS, THIS NINETEENTH-CENTURY PRINT SHOWS THE HORRIFIC AND INCREDIBLY PAINFUL PUNISHMENT OF BEING WHIPPED WITH THE CAT-O’-NINE-TAILS, WHICH LEFT THE RECIPIENT ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture August 6,2020 )
Holistic Management by Allan Savory & Jody Butterfield
epub |eng | 2013-02-11 | Author:Allan Savory & Jody Butterfield [Savory, Allan]

Conclusion As I mentioned, most individuals have only limited power to control the source of energy they use, although citizens can speak out for better governance, policies, planning, and regulation. ...
( Category: Conservation August 6,2020 )
The Once and Future Forest by Leslie Sauer
epub |eng | 2013-05-28 | Author:Leslie Sauer

• Fencing and repellents These alternatives are relatively costly and only applicable to specialized site situations. In general, repellents work best when changed frequently and where densities are relatively low. ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry August 5,2020 )
Fire Management in the American West by Mark Hudson
epub |eng | 2011-08-14 | Author:Mark Hudson

CHAPTER FIVE OUT OF THE FRYING PAN Catastrophic Fire as a “Crisis of Crisis Management” The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in ...
( Category: Environmental Policy August 3,2020 )
Anticipating Future Environments by Shana Lee Hirsch
epub |eng | 2020-08-15 | Author:Shana Lee Hirsch

EXPERIMENTATION AND EMERGENCE There are people like Woodruff throughout the Columbia River Basin: people who are experimenting with innovative ways to restore the ecosystem processes that were (sometimes completely) lost ...
( Category: Environmental Policy August 1,2020 )
Reclaimed Wood by Klaas Armster & Klaas Armster
epub |eng | 2019-10-01 | Author:Klaas Armster & Klaas Armster

Docks and pilings, resurfaced Pinus echinata, Pseudotsuga menziesii Scrap, Waste, and Oddities Reclaimed millwork generates significant amounts of rejected wood—its waste factor, aside from sawdust: so-called “aged skins,” naily edges, ...
( Category: Natural Resources July 26,2020 )
Your Water Footprint by Stephen Leahy
epub |eng | 2015-07-26 | Author:Stephen Leahy

The global average water footprint of whole cow’s milk is about 940 liters (248 gallons) for every kilogram (2 pounds). Butter derived from whole milk accounts for about 28% of ...
( Category: Natural Resources July 24,2020 )
The Journeys of Trees by Zach St. George
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Zach St. George

What could go wrong? This is perhaps a question better asked in the negative: What couldn’t go wrong? Recall the two carnivorous snails Charles Elton mentioned in The Ecology of ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry July 22,2020 )
Trees by Alexander C. Martin
epub |eng | 2001-07-14 | Author:Alexander C. Martin [Zim, Herbert S.; Martin, Alexander C.]

ALDERS are close relatives of the Birches, with similar flowers, fruits, and seeds. Their bark is marked with horizontal lenticels as in Birches. Alders, however, are mostly shrubs. Of about ...
( Category: Forests & Forestry July 21,2020 )
Aquaculture Businesses by Engle Carole;
epub |eng | 2019-07-15 | Author:Engle, Carole;

7.5 Financial position and the balance sheet In addition to careful monitoring of cash flow, the business must keep track of its financial position. It is especially easy for a ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture July 8,2020 )
Individual-based Methods in Forest Ecology and Management by Arne Pommerening & Pavel Grabarnik
epub |eng | | Author:Arne Pommerening & Pavel Grabarnik

Baddeley A, Rubak E, Turner R (2016) Spatial point patterns. methodology and applications with R. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 810 p Bagchi R, Illian JB (2015) A method for analysing ...
( Category: Alternative & Renewable July 5,2020 )
Pacific Northwest's Whaling Coast by Dale Vinnedge
epub |eng | 2014-07-14 | Author:Dale Vinnedge

A Vancouver Island whaling station is seen here. There are two whales on the ramp, and two more in the water. One of the whales has had about half of ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture July 5,2020 )
Water in Plain Sight by Judith D. Schwartz
epub |eng | 2016-07-25 | Author:Judith D. Schwartz [Schwartz, Judith D.]

Six Dew and the Desert What Goes Up Must Come Down Up there is another ocean— —“Clouds,” in Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson All water is a ...
( Category: Hydrology July 5,2020 )

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