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1 online resource (xx, 300 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Environmental history and the American South
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Environmental history and the American South.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-288) and index. |
| Summary |
<DIV> The Red Hills region of south Georgia and north Florida contains one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in North America, with longleaf pine trees that are up to four hundred years old and an understory of unparalleled plant life. At first glance, the longleaf woodlands at plantations like Greenwood, outside Thomasville, Georgia, seem undisturbed by market economics and human activity, but Albert G. Way contends that this environment was socially produced and that its story adds nuance to the broader narrative of American conservation. The Red Hills woodlands were thought of primarily as a healthful refuge for northern industrialists in the early twentieth century. When notable wildlife biologist Herbert Stoddard arrived in 1924, he began to recognize the area's ecological value. Stoddard was with the federal government, but he drew on local knowledge to craft his land management practices, to the point where a distinctly southern, agrarian form of ecological conservation emerged. This set of practices was in many respects progressive, particularly in its approach to fire management and species diversity, and much of it remains in effect today. Using Stoddard as a window into this unique conservation landscape, Conserving Southern Longleaf positions the Red Hills as a valuable center for research into and understanding of wildlife biology, fire ecology, and the environmental appreciation of a region once dubbed simply the "pine barrens." </DIV> |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Stoddard, Herbert L.
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Stoddard, Herbert L. |
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Stoddard, Herbert L. |
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Longleaf pine -- Conservation -- Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
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Longleaf pine. |
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Forest management -- Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
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Forest management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Way, Albert G. Conserving southern longleaf. Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011 9780820334660 (DLC) 2011010450 (OCoLC)717292193 |
| ISBN |
9780820341293 (electronic book) |
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0820341290 (electronic book) |
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128326787X |
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9781283267878 |
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9780820334660 |
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0820334669 |
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9780820340173 |
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0820340170 |
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