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New and forthcoming environmental books (March 2024)

March 9, 2024 by John Yunker

Here are some of the latest books to land on our desks. Please take a moment to scroll down and check them out! Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, History, Nonfiction, Oceans, Plants, Rewilding, Sustainability

Book Review: Vesper Flights

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 by JoeAnn Hart

by Helen Macdonald Vesper flights is the name of the sunset behavior of swifts, who rise high into the air, out of sight, in order to reorient themselves to the …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Sustainability, What we're reading

New and forthcoming environmental books (December 2023)

December 9, 2023December 8, 2023 by John Yunker

We can’t review every book we receive. But that doesn’t stop us from highlighting them. Here is a selection of new titles worth checking out… Horse Show By Jess Bowers …

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Categories Anthropocene, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Fiction, Nonfiction, Oceans, Poetry

Book Review: Picturing a Better World: The Climate Action Handbook

December 28, 2023November 19, 2023 by John Yunker

Willard Scott (for the young ones out there: America’s weather person) once said: “Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever seems to do anything about it.” You could say …

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Categories Anthropocene, Climate Change, Conservation, Education, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution, Sasquatch Books, Sustainability, Veganism, What we're reading

Book Review: To get to the other side: Crossings

December 28, 2023October 15, 2023 by John Yunker

In Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet author Ben Goldfarb shines a light on the millions of animals who perish on our roads. There are …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Rewilding, W. W. Norton & Company, Wolves

Bycatch

October 2, 2023 by John Yunker

In fishing, there is what you catch, and then there is bycatch. Catch is what is intended; bycatch is what is unintended.  A necessary evil. That is, until one understands …

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Categories Animal Rights, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, Hunting, Oceans, Sustainability, Veganism

Book Review: Three Bears, not Eight

December 28, 2023August 21, 2023 by Bill Streever

A Review of Gloria Dickie’s Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future In my life I have had the privilege of seeing more grizzlies, more blacks, and more polar bears …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, W. W. Norton & Company, What we're reading

Book Review: The wildflowers and mushrooms of North America

December 28, 2023June 29, 2023 by John Yunker

The wildflowers are in bloom here in Oregon. And while I love coming across them on hikes I’m mostly clueless about what exactly each flower is. I consult the iNaturalist …

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Categories Book Reviews, Ecology, Gardening, Plants, PNW, What we're reading

Book Review: The Gatekeeper of America’s Seasons: Edwin Way Teale’s four iconic environmental books

December 28, 2023June 24, 2023 by Ron Halvorson

Author Edwin Way Teale, a somewhat forgotten naturalist extraordinaire, was a pleasing lyrical writer who followed the seasons across America in cross-country car trips with his wife Nellie four times …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, History, Nonfiction, Plants, PNW, Trees

Book Review: Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals by Christopher Preston

April 26, 2023April 18, 2023 by Christopher Lancette

Tenacious Beasts by Christopher Preston explores a wide range of animal recovery efforts — and challenges humans to think differently about how we view wild animals. Book review by Christopher Lancette.

Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Wolves

New and upcoming environmental books

April 16, 2023 by John Yunker

It’s time for an update on all the fascinating new books we’re heard about but don’t (yet) have time to read. Hopefully one or more of these titles will pique …

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Categories Climate Change, Ecology, History, Oceans, Sustainability, What we're reading
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