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Our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. Goldfarb shares the powerful story about one of the world's most influential species. He explains how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the...

Discusses the physical characteristics, habits, natural habitat, and protection of many endangered species in North America, including Florida panthers, Puerto-Rican parrots, and a variety of wildflowers.

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behaviorof the two species of wolves found in North America and discusses efforts to save them from extinction by reintroducing them towilderness areas.

As climate change encroaches, animals and plants around the globe are having their habitats pulled out from under them. At the same time, human development has made islands out of even our largest nature reserves, stranding the biodiversity other lives within them. The Spine of the Continent introduces readers to the most ambitious wildlife conservation effort ever undertaken: to create linked protected areas extending from the Yukon to Mexico, the...

Traces the history of wildlife conservation and environmental politics in America to 1992, and describes various extinct or endangered species.

"An informative book for middle-grade readers about sanctuaries across North America that rescue wild animals and provide them with safe places to live"--OCLC.