The Nature Center Book

Author : Brent Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780292720978
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Create and Nurture a Nature Center in Your Community written by Brent Evans and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every community needs a nature center just like it needs a school, church, and library. Nature centers teach environmental values. This book is a practical and usable guide to establishing and operating a nature center from authors who did it themselves and who studied dozens of other nature centers across the country. It is full of useful information, and a must read for anyone interested in nature centers."--John Flicker, President, National Audubon Society"The authors' love of nature and their labor of love in establishing the Cibolo Nature Center come through loud and clear. . . . They offer a wealth of wisdom based on their own experiences in a clear, readable style. They also present significant information on where help is available."--Michael Riska, Executive Director, Delaware Nature SocietyPreserving wild land as a community nature center can be a powerful antidote to the stresses of modern living. This practical handbook is designed to inspire, inform, and enable readers to create a local nature center, or help an existing nature center grow and prosper. It will be an essential resource for nature center pioneers, as well as volunteers, board members, donors, government officials, or new members who want to educate themselves about the operation and potential of a nature center in their community.Brent Evans and Carolyn Chipman-Evans give step-by-step instructions for creating and maintaining a nature center. They cover topics such as starting from scratch; gathering support; organizing the organization; building community; handling costs, budgets, and funding; managing land without managing to ruin it; and planning. Photographs, line drawings, and boxes with helpful tips amplify the entire book.

Author : Scott Russell Sanders
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253034779
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crawdad Creek written by Scott Russell Sanders and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's always something happening at Crawdad Creek. That's what Lizzie and Michael call the stream that runs behind their house. Come pan for gold, hunt for fossils, find an arrowhead in the mud or a crayfish under a stone. Watch whirligig beetles and water striders skate across the water, teasing the fish below, and count the turtles sunning themselves on moss-covered logs. Follow tracks along the bank, then sit in quiet amazement as deer, raccoons, and other animals visit the creek. There's a wild and beautiful world here waiting to be discovered. Take the time to look!

Author : Angela Cannon-Crothers
Publisher : Cayuga Lake Books
ISBN 13 : 9781681113234
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Seasons in the Finger Lakes written by Angela Cannon-Crothers and published by Cayuga Lake Books. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jacob Rodenburg
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1771423617
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Nature Connection written by Jacob Rodenburg and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unplug from technology and "plug in" to nature through the wonder of your senses. The Book of Nature Connection is packed with fun activities for using all our senses to engage with nature in a deep and nourishing way. From "extenda-ears" and acorn whistles to bird calls, camouflage games, and scent scavenger hunts, enjoy over 70 diverse, engaging, sensory activities for all ages that promote mindfulness and nature connection. With activities grouped by the main senses – hearing, sight, smell, touch, and taste – plus sensory walks and group games, The Book of Nature Connection is both a powerful learning tool kit and the cure for sensory anesthesia brought on by screen time and lives lived indoors. Whisper in birds, be dazzled by nature's kaleidoscope of colors, taste the freshness of each season, learn to savor the scented world of evergreens, hug a tree and feel the bark against your cheek. Spending time in nature with all senses tuned and primed helps us feel like we belong to the natural world – and in belonging, we come to feel more connected, nourished, and alive. Ideal for educators, camp and youth leaders, caregivers and parents, and anyone looking to reconnect and become a nature sommelier! AWARDS GOLD | 2023 Nautilus Book Awards | Special Honors: Educational Guidebooks SILVER | 2023 IPPY Awards: Nature SILVER | 35th IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards: Nature & Environment

Author : Andrew Morkes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982921050
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature in Chicagoland written by Andrew Morkes and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides more information on Nature Centers; Hiking Trails; Day & Weekend Road Trips; Kids Activities; Camping Spots; Birdwatching Hotspots; Bicycling Trails; Kayaking/Canoeing/Boating; Picnicking Spots; Fishing; Spring Wildflower Viewing; Fall Colors Viewing; Running/Exercise; Winter Activities Such as Snowshoeing, Ice Skating, Cross-Country Skiing, Sledding, and Ice Fishing; Local History; Self-Enrichment Classes and Other Opportunities; Geocaching; and other activities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Also includes articles that provide advice on camping with kids, enjoying a successful snowshoeing adventure, and much more, as well as personal essays about gardening, enjoying nature with one's children, savoring the fall colors, and protecting the environment. Other resources include contact information for forest preserve districts, state departments of natural resources, and environmental and other nature-focused organizations.

Author : Lauren Pacini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692750353
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preserving the Shaker Parklands written by Lauren Pacini and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael A. Homoya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947141469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wake Up, Woods written by Michael A. Homoya and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in the year, our North American forests come to life as native wildflowers start to push up through patches of snow. With longer days and sunlight streaming down through bare branches of towering trees, life on the forest floor awakens from its winter sleep. Plants such as green dragon, squirrel corn, and bloodroot interact with their pollinators and seed dispersers and rush to create new life before the trees above leaf out and block the sun's rays. Wake Up, Woods showcases the splendor of our warming forests and offers clues to nature's annual springtime floral show as we walk in our parks and wilderness areas, or even in shade gardens around our homes. Readers of Wake Up, Woods will see that Gillian Harris, Michael Homoya and Shane Gibson, through illustrations and text, present a captivating look into our forests' biodiversity, showing how species depend on plants for food and help assure plant reproduction. This book celebrates some of nature's most fascinating moments that happen in forests where we live and play.

Author : Brent Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879931152
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature Center Book written by Brent Evans and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc Chabot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578606491
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natalie Van Vleck written by Marc Chabot and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalie Van Vleck: True to Her Art, Life & Land. Natalie Van Vleck (1901-1981) was an American woman artist and early Modernist painter. Her styles encompassed cubism and regionalism, and she created one of the earliest abstract prints by an American woman. The book includes an essay that combines her biography with her art accomplishments and was written by Marc Chabot, curator of the Van Vleck Collections at Flanders. Wishing to preserve her Woodbury, CT land, farm, home and studio forever, Natalie established Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust in 1963. This 70-page, soft-cover book is richly illustrated with 60 color plates of Natalie's artwork and many personal photographs. The first edition was published in conjunction with an exhibit of her art at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT from December 2018 through February 2019.

Author : Richard Crossley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400839238
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crossley ID Guide written by Richard Crossley and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolution in birding and field guides This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide will vastly improve your ability to identify birds. Unlike other guides, which provide isolated individual photographs or illustrations, this is the first book to feature large, lifelike scenes for each species. These scenes—640 in all—are composed from more than 10,000 of the author's images showing birds in a wide range of views--near and far, from different angles, in various plumages and behaviors, including flight, and in the habitat in which they live. These beautiful compositions show how a bird's appearance changes with distance, and give equal emphasis to characteristics experts use to identify birds: size, structure and shape, behavior, probability, and color. This is the first book to convey all of these features visually--in a single image--and to reinforce them with accurate, concise text. Each scene provides a wealth of detailed visual information that invites and rewards careful study, but the most important identification features can be grasped instantly by anyone. By making identification easier, more accurate, and more fun than ever before, The Crossley ID Guide will completely redefine how its users look at birds. Essential for all birders, it also promises to make new birders of many people who have despaired of using traditional guides. Revolutionary. This book changes field guide design to make you a better birder A picture says a thousand words. The most comprehensive guide: 640 stunning scenes created from 10,000 of the author's photographs Reality birding. Lifelike in-focus scenes show birds in their habitats, from near and far, and in all plumages and behaviors Teaching and reference. The first book to accurately portray all the key identification characteristics: size, shape, behavior, probability, and color Practice makes perfect. An interactive learning experience to sharpen and test field identification skills Bird like the experts. The first book to simplify birding and help you understand how to bird like the best An interactive website—www.crossleybirds.com—includes expanded captions for the plates and species updates