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Signs of life : field notes from the frontlines of extinction / by Cox, Sarah,1963-author(CARDINAL)716893;
Includes bibliographical references."What's to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada's wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants kill rare trees, and housing developments threaten a tiny frog? Environmental journalist Sarah Cox has witnessed what happens when we drive species to the brink of extinction. In Signs of Life, she tags along with the Canadian military, Indigenous guardians, biologists, conservationists, and ordinary people who are racing to save hundreds of species before it's too late. Travelling across the country, Cox visits the Toronto Zoo, home of Canada's only wildlife biobank, where scientists conserve living cells from endangered species in the event of future loss; tours Canada's military bases, home to some of Canada's last preserved ecosystems; and travels to Indigenous communities where land stewards are striving to restore the delicate ecological balance that has sustained people for millennia. Through the eyes and work of individuals who are bringing species back from the precipice, Cox delivers both an urgent message and a fresh perspective on how we can protect biodiversity and begin to turn things around." --
Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Endangered species; Wildlife recovery; Faune;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Population, Sanford, North Carolina / by North Carolina.Division of Community Planning.(CARDINAL)154670;
Subjects: City planning;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Preserving your family photographs : how to organize, present, and restore your precious family images / by Taylor, Maureen Alice.(CARDINAL)209885;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-242) and index.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Photographs; Photograph collections; Photographs in genealogy; Photography of families; Digital preservation;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Engaging Appalachia : a guidebook for building capacity and sustainability / by Fletcher, Rebecca Adkins,editor.(CARDINAL)350289; Long, Rebecca-Eli,editor.; Schumann, William R.,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Collaborating toward sustainability / Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Rebecca-Eli Long, and William Schumann -- 1. Saving Appalachian gardens and stories: growing community and sustainability through seeds and art / Chris Dockery, Karrie Ann Fadroski, and Rosann Kent -- 2. Bringing back the forest: university outreach, community engagement, and partnerships for the reforestation of coal mines in Appalachia / Patrick N. Angel. Christopher D. Barton, Geoffrey W. Bell, Theresa L. Burris, and Sarah L. Hall -- 3. Wealth and poverty in the Little Cities of Black Diamonds: navigating community-university partnership in Southeast Ohio / Robert Frank, Diana Marvel, Rachel Terman, and John Winnenberg -- 4. Collaborating for conservation: monitoring the hemlock woolly adelgid in the Allegheny National Forest / Jonathan Heck, Sarah Johnson, Bethany Kier, and Denise A. Piechnik -- 5. Documenting the past to sustain the future: Appalachian Teaching Project in Unicoi County, Tennessee / Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Johnny Lynch, and Ron R. Roach -- 6. Roots with wings: Oral history project in Floyd County, Virginia / Mary Dickerson, Barry Hollandsworth, Kathleen Ingoldsby, Angela Myers, Catherine Pauley, and Melinda Bollar Wagner -- 7. Breaking the chains of addiction through university, nonprofit and community partnerships: the story of Pollen8 / Louis Gaunch and Cheryl Laws -- 8. Students leading the way to social change: engaging students in applied sociological research in Eastern Kentucky / Dylan C. Burns, J. Jared Friesen, James N. Maples, Stephanie M. McSpirit, Shaunna L. Scott -- 9. Town and gown collaborations in Southwest Virginia post-coal communities: Clinch River Valley Initiative and Radford University economic diversification efforts / Theresa L. Burriss, Kasey Campbell, and Caroline Leggett -- 10. GIS mapping of legacy oil and gas wells / Matthew M. Kropf and Devin Weis -- 11. Appalachia abroad : reflections on long-term engagement in rural Wales / Geraint Roberts, William Schumann, and Bruce E. Stewart -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Community-based research in Appalachia / Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Rebecca-Eli Long, and William Schumann."Inclusive campus-community collaborations provide critical opportunities to build community capacity-defined as a community's ability to jointly respond to challenges and opportunities-and sustainability. Through case studies from across all three subregions of Appalachia from Georgia to Pennsylvania, Engaging Appalachia: A Guidebook for Building Capacity and Sustainability offers diverse perspectives and guidance for promoting social change through campus-community relationships from faculty, community members, and student contributors. This volume explores strategies for creating more inclusive and sustainable partnerships through the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In representing diverse areas, environments, and issues, three relatable themes emerge within a practice viewpoint that is scalable to communities beyond Appalachia: fostering student leadership, asset-building, and needs fulfillment within community engagement. Engaging Appalachia presents collaborative approaches to regional community engagement and offers important lessons in place-based methods for achieving sustainable and just development. Written with practicality in mind, this guidebook embraces hard-earned experiences from decades of work in Appalachia and sets forth new models for building community resilience in a changing world"--
Subjects: Community development; Sustainable development; Social change;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A voice for the spirit bears : how one boy inspired millions to save a rare animal / by Oliver, Carmen,author.(CARDINAL)621299; Dockrill, Katy,illustrator.(CARDINAL)797018;
The summer Simon turns thirteen, he becomes fascinated with a rare type of black bear called spirit bears. He learns that some have a pure white coat and that they exist in small numbers in the Great Bear Rainforest - not too far from his own home. But the spirit bears' habitat is under threat from deforestation, and Simon knows he must help protect these incredible animals. In school, however, Simon struggles to find his own voice. At lunchtime, he eats in the bathroom to avoid bullies. Even so, Simon becomes a voice for the spirit bears - standing up for these animals who cannot speak for themselves. Simon's remarkable journey leads him to meet Dr. Jane Goodall and eventually hike the Great Bear Rainforest, where he encounters one of the elusive white spirit bears. This inspiring true story is based on the early life of Simon Jackson, who as a teenager founded the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition to save the spirit bears. The organization, which had started out as a small community of friends and classmates, eventually grew to include 60 million members in 85 countries.780LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Picture books.; Jackson, Simon, 1982-; Child environmentalists; Kermode bear; Rain forest ecology; Wildlife conservation; Youth; Youth.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Lead regulation handbook / by Shea, Edward E.,1932-(CARDINAL)284491;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Lead : general background -- Modern uses of lead and lead compounds -- Lead mining and production ; alloys and compounds -- Health effects of lead and lead compounds -- The Clean Air Act -- The Clean Water Act -- The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) -- The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know-Act -- The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act -- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act -- Occupational Safety and Health Act -- The Federal Hazardous Substances Act -- The Consumer Product Safety Act -- The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act -- The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act -- The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act 42 U.S.C. 4801, and the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. 4851 -- The Toxic Substances Control Act -- The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 -- State environmental and health laws -- Evaluation, inspection and abatement of paint, dust and soil -- Standards organizations -- Lead-based paint litigation.
Subjects: Lead;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We have a dream : meet 30 young indigenous people and people of color protecting the planet / by Craig, Mya-Rose,author.; Khadija, Sabrena,illustrator.;
"Black, indigenous, and people ofcColor (BIPOC) communities are disproportionately affected by climate change. And yet they are under-represented within the environmental movement. But not anymore. Written by the extraordinary environmental and race activist Mya-Rose Craig - aka Birdgirl - this book profiles thirty young BIPOC environmental activists from communities on the frontline of global climate change. Each speaks to the diverse set of issues they are fighting for, from water conservation, to deforestation, to indigenous rights, and shares their dream... A dream for climate justice. A dream for a healthy planet. A dream for a fairer world, for all. This is the first book from Craig, who shared a stage with Greta Thunberg in 2019's climate strikes. US-based activists profiled include: Marshallese ocean activist Litokne Kabua; Zanagee Artis, founder @ThisIsZeroHour (40k followers); indigenous rights activists Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr. and Caitlyn Baikie; climate justice activist Rebeca Sabnam and clean water activist Autumn Peltier (120k followers)"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Black people; Environmental protection; Environmentalists; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The shape of my eyes : a memoir of race, faith, and finding myself / by Gibbons, Dave,1962-author.(CARDINAL)894288;
A surprising diagnosis of PTSD led Dave Gibbons to look to his past for clues to explain the unexpected result. Born to an American soldier and a Korean mother in the wake of the Korean War, Dave has spent his life struggling to blend his Korean roots and his very American upbringing. The family joins a conservative church that embraces a strict, rule-based faith, and they try to navigate life as one of the few mixed-raced families in their community. But when tragedy strikes, tearing the family apart, Dave is forced to face long-buried secrets that he can no longer ignore. As he explores his family's difficult past, he confronts his own pain and the persistent feelings of not quite fitting in either in America or his mother's home country. And when a DNA test ultimately reveals a truth that shatters everything he understood about his history, he begins the journey to reconcile his American upbringing with his deep Korean roots, and he is forced to confront the traumas he unknowingly carried. The Shape of My Eyes beautifully weaves historic reference points of the oppression and discrimination against Asian Americans with Dave's own personal story. Dave's wrestling with belonging in his family, in America, and in the church creates a raw, thought-provoking memoir about race, religion and finding home.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Gibbons, Dave, 1962-; Clergy; Korean Americans; Multiracial people; Christian biography;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hornyheads, madtoms, and darters : narratives on Central Appalachian fishes / by Welsh, Stuart A.,author.(CARDINAL)878881;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A collection of essays on nature, naturalists, and the natural history of fishes in central Appalachia. A nature lover's paradise, central Appalachia supports a diversity of life in an extensive network of waterways and is home to a dazzling array of fish species. This book focuses not only on the fishes of central Appalachia but also on the fascinating things these fishes do in their natural habitats. An ecological dance unfolds from a species and population perspective, although the influence of the community and the ecosystem also figures in the text. Stuart A. Welsh's essays link central Appalachian fishes with the complexities of competition and predation, species conservation, parasitic infections, climate change, public attitudes, reproductive and foraging ecology, unique morphology, habitat use, and nonnative species. The book addresses a selection of the families of central Appalachian fishes, including lampreys, gars, freshwater eels, pikes, minnows, suckers, catfishes, trouts, trout-perches, sculpins, sunfishes, and perches. These essays often refer to the works of naturalists who contributed to our knowledge of nature during previous centuries and who recorded their discoveries when science writing was less concise than it is today. Although many of these works are nearly forgotten, these early naturalists built a strong knowledge base that supports much of our current science and thus merits reexamination. Most people are not scientists, but many have an interest in nature and are, in their own way, naturalists. This book is for those people willing to peer beneath the water's surface"--
Subjects: Fishes; Natural history; Ecology;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Behaviour and ecology of riparian mammals / by Dunstone, N.(Nigel)(CARDINAL)320926; Gorman, M. L.(Martyn L.)(CARDINAL)320925; Zoological Society of London.(CARDINAL)320924;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Based on papers from a conference held in London in 1995.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Aquatic mammals; Aquatic mammals; Riparian animals; Riparian animals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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