Fire and fauna : tales of a life untamed /

Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and...

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Main Author: Berish, Joan E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Integrative natural history series.
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Summary:Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and today. Berish recounts her eventful and sometimes absurd journey to become a wildlife researcher. Outrunning treetop flames, spending a night in jail with a threatened species and surviving a stalled airplane engine while searching for a missing tortoise, Berish introduces readers to the adventures, triumphs and heartbreaks that comprise a lifetime of working with animals, animals, both domestic and wild.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:x, 235 pages, [24] pages of color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781623498313
1623498317