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42) The last stand
Publisher
Buffalo 8
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"THE LAST STAND for Trees is about saving the world's last remaining ancient forests. Using the flash-point of British Columbia's "Battle for the Trees" at FAIRY CREEK- the documentary examines the importance of keeping intact forest ecosystems: here in North America, in the Amazon, and around the world. Experts like Wade Davis and Leila Salazar-Lopez speak about the impact trees/plants have on our atmosphere, including Carbon sequestration and providing...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate the magic of believing! Uni and the little girl are having a wonderful walk in the woods when they discover something is wrong. There is a trail of candy wrappers littering the forest floor. The wrappers don't belong here! Who made such a mess? It's time to clean up the forest"--Page [4] of cover.
46) Jungle
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
p2009, c1994
Language
English
Description
Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub. Co
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
The oldest trees of the Headwaters Forest pre-date Jesus Christ. For generations they have provided refuge, inspiration, and livelihood for creatures large and small. Harvested sustainably for decades by Pacific Lumber, a family-owned business, it seemed that the legacy of old growth forest could be maintained indefinitely. This situation changed when Pacific Lumber was acquired in 1985 in a hostile takeover by Maxxam Company of Houston. The welfare...
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Discover the plants and animals of the rainforest, and how we can protect them, in this beautifully illustrated children's book. Sweep aside the liana vines, hop over the giant roots of the kapok tree, and follow the sound of the howler monkey as you venture into the tropical rainforest. Find out about some of the amazing animals that live there, learn about the enormous variety of life-giving plants, and discover why the Amazon rainforest is known...
Author
Publisher
Univeristy Of Washington Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska. A longtime resident of the area, award-winning photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister takes us on a deeply personal journey from the headwaters of the Great Bear Rainforest's unexplored river valleys down to where the ocean meets the rainforest and finally to the hidden depths of the offshore world....
Author
Series
Bigfoot boy volume 3
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Rufus, Penny and their squirrel friend, Sidney, are eager to recapture the magic totem they lost to the ravens in the previous book. But how? With Rufus no longer in possession of his powers, the trio seems destined to fail. Their luck turns, however, when they learn the local legend of Thunderbird. It seems the mighty bird had created the magic totem decades earlier to be used to ward off developers who wanted to destroy the precious Pacific Northwest...
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books, and Imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book that tells the important story of Chico Mendes, who led the fight to protect the Amazon rainforest and demand fair treatment for the people whose livelihoods depended on it. Chico Mendes lived in the depths of the Amazon rainforest where trees grew tall and strong and wildlife roamed freely. From the age of 8, Chico worked with his father collecting sap from trees that could be sold to make rubber. Rubber tappers were very poor and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men were building parks and reclaiming the nation's forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps--FDR's favorite program and "miracle of inter-agency cooperation"--resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state...
Publisher
Earth Images Foundation
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion, straddling the border between California and Oregon, is a wonderland of biodiversity and one of the world's most important temperate forest regions. Filmed in more than a dozen wilderness areas and national monuments, this documentary showcases the Klamath-Siskiyou's natural splendor and illustrates why the area is recognized as a globally significant bioregion. In spite of the impact of more than a century of resource...
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