Grassland Restoration and Management (Conservation Handbooks)
by David Blakesley and Peter Buckley
Following the destruction of 95% of meadows during the twentieth century, there is an urgent need to understand what little unspoiled habitat remains in order to plan the management and restoration of existing sites, as well as re-creating future grassland habitats. This book is a much-needed guide to grassland restoration and management. Providing a thorough overview of recent research on grassland restoration and its implications for practical grassland restoration and management, it introduc...
Current Research in Archaeology of South American Pampas (The Latin American Studies Book)
This volume includes a selection of papers derived from the IX Conference of the Pampas region of Argentina, held virtually in 2021 in Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and organized by the National University of Mar del Plata. Located in the southern cone of South America, the Pampas are vast plain grasslands that range across central Argentina and are one of the largest prairies of the world. The early traces of humans date back to ca. 12,200 14C years BP. From the Late Pleistocene up to...
Over the past two decades, Ranchlands (with properties in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming) has grown from a family cattle ranching business to one of the great working ranches of the West. Its grassroots model honors and embraces ranching and cowboy traditions while working tirelessly to sustain and conserve the land for future generations. Illustrated with galleries of stunning images from a variety of photographers who have worked or spent time on Ranchlands properties over the year...
Poultry Chicken Rooster Hens Chickens Chick Chicks Bird Birds
by Wild Pages Press
The approach taken by this reader-friendly text is the application to practice scientific principles. All aspects of production and utilization are dealt with, including trends in extensification, forage legume use and nature conservation. The title is aimed at grassland farmers, extension officers, agricultural and land use students and scientists.
Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 2009 Status Report
by D E Bowles and J Tyler Cribbs
You Lookin' at Me? Zebra Wide Ruled 8x10 Notebook Journal
by It's about Time
Heads Up! Funny Giraffe Baby Wide Ruled 8x10 Journal Notebook
by It's about Time
An Evaluation of Biological Inventory Data Collected at Pea Ridge National Military Park
by Michael H Williams
Established in south-central New Mexico at the end of World War II, White Sands Missile Range is the largest overland military reserve in the Western Hemisphere. It was the site of the first nuclear explosion, the birthplace of the American space program, and the primary site for testing U.S. missile capabilities.In this environmental history of White Sands Missile Range, Ryan H. Edgington traces the uneasy relationships between the military, the federal government, local ranchers, environmental...
Botanical Composition of Grassland Land Cover Types in Northern Ireland
by Alan Cooper and Thomas McCann
Prairie fires have always been a spectacular and dangerous part of the Great Plains. Nineteenth-century settlers sometimes lost their lives to uncontrolled blazes, and today ranchers such as those in the Flint Hills of Kansas manage the grasslands through controlled burning. Even small fires, overlooked by history, changed lives-destroyed someone's property, threatened someone's safety, or simply made someone's breath catch because of their astounding beauty. Julie Courtwright, who was born and...