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Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual - Softcover

Nash, Steve

 
9780807847596: Blue Ridge 2020: An Owner's Manual
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807847593 ISBN 13: 9780807847596
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

The mountain chain known as the Blue Ridge traces a 550-mile arc through Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia. Along the way, it encompasses Shenandoah National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, seven national forests, numerous federal wilderness areas and state parks, and parts of the Appalachian Trail. It is the largest concentration of public lands east of the Mississippi and home to an astonishing diversity of plant and animal life. But as the most extensive natural area in the increasingly populous Southeast, the Blue Ridge ecosystem faces unique challenges in the next decades.
Drawing on scientific research in a variety of disciplines, journalist Steve Nash provides a clear and evenhanded introduction to some of the most hotly disputed environmental issues facing the Blue Ridge, including the invasion of exotic plants and insects, the explosive growth of suburban-style communities in natural areas, worsening air and water pollution, and the erratic management of national forests. Informative and highly readable, Blue Ridge 2020 takes a hard look at what is at risk in these mountains and what we--as the "owners" of the public lands--must do if we intend to preserve their future.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steve Nash is associate professor of journalism at the University of Richmond.

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Aimed at the millions of Americans who treasure the public lands of the Blue Ridge mountains, this book presents a clear account of the environmental issues that threaten these natural areas and outlines the steps citizens must take to ensure their future.

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Aimed at the millions of Americans who treasure the public lands of the Blue Ridge mountains, this book presents a clear account of the environmental issues that threaten these natural areas and outlines the steps citizens must take to ensure their future.

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0807847593
ISBN 13 
9780807847596
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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