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The big burn
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Timothy Egan |
Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in fav… |
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Song for the ancient forest
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Nancy Luenn |
Raven warns against the destruction of the ancient forests, but no one listens except for a small child. |
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The tree
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Neal Layton |
A little fable about how cutting down one tree can negatively affect the different forms of life that use the tree for their needs and protection. |
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The People's Forests (American Land & Life)
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Robert Marshall |
"Devoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Througho… |
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Shrinking forests
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Jenny E. Tesar |
Explores the crucial role of the forest ecosystem and how its invaluable resources are endangered by pollution, development, and lack of careful conservation. |
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From tree to tree house
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Lumber and Building Material Dealers Foundation |
Emily and Chip take a ride on a magic flume to learn where lumber comes from and about many of its uses. They discover the importance of using trees responsibly. After they build a tree house with th… |
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The Lorax
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Dr. Seuss |
Long before "going green" was mainstream, Dr. Seuss's Lorax spoke for the trees and warned of the dangers of disrespecting the environment. In this cautionary rhyming tale (printed on recycled paper)… |
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Deforestation
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Caleb Owens |
Briefly describes how the world's forests are being destroyed, some of the causes and consequences of this destruction and some ways of preventing it. |
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The Burning Season
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Andrew Revkin |
"A well-written and sympathetic biography of the late Chico Mendes, leader of the Acre rubber tappers who was assassinated in Dec. 1988. Uses biographical format successfully to probe the wider econo… |
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The forgotten forest
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Laurence Anholt |
The vast forests of a country are all cut down to make room for development, until finally only one small wooded area remains like an island in the endless noisy sea of the city. |
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Timberjack and the Chief
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Eleanor Epperson,John Epperson |
While living on the Olympic Peninsula during the 1920's, Jack Gates and Chief, an old Indian, confront Jack's father, a logging camp superintendent, who does not want to follow forest conservation pr… |
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The secret wars of Judi Bari
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Kate Coleman |
Kate Coleman traces Judi Bari’s rise from college activist to would-be Mother Jones of the Redwoods. Drawing on extensive interviews with Bari’s friends and comrades as well as critics, Coleman descr… |
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