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04763aam a2200565 i 4500 001 0A1A4306C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230317010022 008 210907s2022 txuac b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021043930 020 $a 1648430260 020 $a 9781648430268 035 $a (OCoLC)1256628481 040 $a TXA/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d CDX $d YDX $d YUS $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QH76 $b .B428 2022 084 $a NAT024000 $a NAT024000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bean, Michael J., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a Melville's mistake : $b essays in defense of the natural world / $c Michael J. Bean. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a College Station : $b Texas A&M University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xvi, 212 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Gideon Lincecum nature and environment series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Carl Safina -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. What Melville Got Wrong about Whales -- In the Beginning: Two Fish Tales -- A Brief History of Federal Wildlife Conservation Efforts -- Biodiversity and Why It Matters -- Rachel Carson, the Recognition of Pervasive Threats to Biodiversity, and the Birth of the Modern Environmental Movement -- Wildlife Refuges: A Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt -- Three Threats to Biodiversity in the Modern Age: Climate Change, Plastics, and Commerce -- In Praise of Spineless Creatures -- An Endangered Act? -- The Endangered Species Act's Most Unexpected Ally -- The Inconvenient Truth of Unintended Consequences -- Looking to Aldo Leopold for Solutions -- Turning Rare Species into Assets -- Epilogue. 520 $a "In 1977, Michael J. Bean introduced the concept of "wildlife law" as a distinct new component of environmental law. Known fittingly thereafter as the "dean of wildlife law" Bean has since written scores of articles shaping the policies that impact the natural world. Survival and Recovery: Essays in Defense of the Natural World is built around a collection of those writings, both previously published and unpublished, with a principal focus on the Endangered Species Act-the legislative cornerstone of conservation and recovery efforts for imperiled wild plants and animals in the United States. The background to that pioneering law, many of the conflicts and controversies associated with it-some widely familiar and others not-and the challenge of fashioning effective approaches to rare species conservation are all addressed here. So too are related topics, including administration of National Wildlife Refuges, plastic pollution, and climate change. The collection also highlights individuals who have made significant contributions to wildlife conservation. This collection not only chronicles the evolving history of wildlife law - and of Bean's views about it - but also helps those new to the field to understand the issues and their resolutions. As Carl Safina notes in the foreword, "Michael Bean is a student of what has worked and what has not, someone willing to explore new approaches to solving conservation challenges. That stance has something fundamental to teach anyone aspiring to be a great and influential practitioner, or professor, or both.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $t Endangered Species Act of 1973. 630 07 $a Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01359869 650 0 $a Biodiversity conservation $x Government policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Wildlife conservation $x Law and legislation $z United States. 650 0 $a Green movement. 650 6 $a Biodiversite $x Politique gouvernementale $x Politique gouvernementale $z Etats-Unis. 650 6 $a Ecologisme. 650 7 $a NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a NATURE / Essays. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Biodiversity conservation $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01429872 650 7 $a Green movement. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947621 650 7 $a Wildlife conservation $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01175269 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 2 $a Essay 655 7 $a essays. $2 aat 655 7 $a Essays. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919922 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Essais. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bean, Michael J., 1949- $t Melville's mistake $d College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022] $z 9781648430275 $w (DLC) 2021043931 830 0 $a Gideon Lincecum nature and environment series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021012231.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0A1A4306C48911EDAC2163E35EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search