America's Natural Places - The Midwest

Informationen zum Autor Stacy Kowtko is a tenured history professor at Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA. Her published works include Greenwood's Nature and the Environment in Pre-Columbian Everyday Life . Klappentext From Iowa's Decorah Ice Cave to the Kitty Todd Nature Preserve in Ohio, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Midwestern United States. America's Natural Places: The Midwest examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. Organized by state within the volume, this work informs readers about the wide variety of natural areas across the Midwest and identifies places near them that demonstrate the importance of preserving such regions. Zusammenfassung From Iowa's Decorah Ice Cave to the Kitty Todd Nature Preserve in Ohio! this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Midwestern United States.

Product details

• Authors: Stacy Kowtko, Jason Ney, Jason/ Nichols Ney, Terri Nichols
• Assisted by: Stacy Kowtko (Editor), Stacy S. Kowtko (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2009
• EAN: 9780313353161
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35316-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: America's Natural Places; America's Natural Places
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Die Natur: Sachbuch, USA Mittlerer Westen