Listed [electronic resource] : dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman.
2011
QH76 .R64 2011eb
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Listed [electronic resource] : dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman.
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9780674061279 electronic book
0674047516 hardcover
9780674047518 hardcover
0674047516 hardcover
9780674047518 hardcover
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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English
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1 online resource ([vii], 360 p.)
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QH76 .R64 2011eb
Summary
A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the people working to save them.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue : Boiling Spring
In the name of the darter
The Class of '67
Notes from the vortex
The Endangered Species Act
A handy handle
Natural capital
Magical thinking
Grand experiments
The panther's new genes
Safe harbor
Crying wolves
Skating over thin ice
Raising whales
Questing
The Hundred Acre Wood
In which we upset the ethnobotanists
Water wars
The most beautiful sound
The platinum blonde and the farm girl
Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.
In the name of the darter
The Class of '67
Notes from the vortex
The Endangered Species Act
A handy handle
Natural capital
Magical thinking
Grand experiments
The panther's new genes
Safe harbor
Crying wolves
Skating over thin ice
Raising whales
Questing
The Hundred Acre Wood
In which we upset the ethnobotanists
Water wars
The most beautiful sound
The platinum blonde and the farm girl
Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.