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Smithsonian book of national wildlife refuges /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Wildlife refuges > United States.
National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S.)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A national treasure
  • 2. From abundance to scarcity
  • 3. Preservation, conservation, and the call to arms
  • 4. The birth of the refuge system
  • 5. Theodore Roosevelt : a force of and for nature
  • 6. Growth by fits and starts
  • 7. Legal protection for the birds
  • 8. Ducks and the dust bowl
  • 9. The glory years
  • 10. Conflict, controversy, and compromise
  • 11. New roles and responsibilities
  • 12. Searching for direction
  • 13. Growing and losing ground
  • 14. Turning the refuge system around
  • 15. Profiles in beauty
  • Bosque del Apache
  • Charles M. Russell
  • Chincoteague
  • Don Edwards San Francisco Bay
  • J.N. "Ding" Darling
  • Neal Smith
  • Okefenokee
  • Petit Manan
  • 16. Conclusion.