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The Nature of Vermont: Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment

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This expanded edition of an established work offers a generously illustrated natural history set within the context of the state’s geologic and human pasts. A broad ecological overview written in engaging narrative for lay readers in addition to naturalists, conservationists, and biologists, the book is enhanced with more than 140 photographs, drawings, maps, and diagrams. Also a practical guidebook, it directs people to where they are able to see what is being discussed, gives current references, and offers an entire directory of conservation organizations within the state.

In the brand new edition, State Naturalist Charles W. Johnson describes many environmental, technological, and cultural changes: more moose and turkey vultures, fewer wood turtles and butternuts; refinement in our desirous about natural communities and endangered species; effects of development, pollution, acid rain, global warming, and invasive non-native species such as zebra mussels and Eurasian water milfoil; urban/rural clashes mirrored in such issues as the Northern Forests and clear-cutting; a sharpening focal point on biodiversity, sustainability, and ecosystem management; the upward push of conservation biology as a field of study. On the same time, Johnson includes Abenaki stories – Vermont’s Native American legacy of respect for and identity with nature – that serve as reminders of how our fortunes are inextricably tied to these of nature.

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