Grand Canyon For Sale: Public Lands versus Private Interests in the Era of Climate Change
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520291476 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I hope this excellent book will awaken all Americans to an unprecedented threat to our parks, national monuments, wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and ocean sanctuaries."—Bruce Babbitt, former United States Secretary of the Interior "This is an outstanding book that every American ought to read. Nash manages to weave his way through an immensely concerning subject with irony, humor, and just enough hope so as to inspire readers to continue the fight against ongoing threats to public lands." —James L. Stephen Nash uses the example of the Grand Canyon to detail the multiple threats that face our nation's parks, and follows with a positive strategy that can counter those threats. Corporations and politicians are turning federal lands—like the Grand Canyon—into cash cows while looting nature’s estate for personal gain, fanning the flames of climate change, and railing against big gove
The book also exposes and shows how to combat the political activity that threatens these places in the U.S. Taking the Grand Canyon as his key example, and using on-the-ground reporting as well as scientific research, Stephen Nash shows how accelerating climate change will dislocate wildlife populations and vegetation across hundreds of thousands of square miles of the national landscape. today.. To safeguard wildlife and their habitats, it is essential to consolidate protected areas and prioritize natural systems over mining, grazing, drilling, and logging. Grand Canyon For Sale is a carefully research