conservation of natural resources

Presents twelve essays on conservation issues and challenges, federal lands, the oceans, and lakes, rivers, and streams, answering such questions as why it matters if plants and animals go extinct, why volunteers look for frogs every spring, why the coral reefs are important to people and the environment, and why people need healthy rivers.

Rich kid Mike Russell's campaign to make friends in the fourth grade brings him in conflict with his father, a real estate developer, when the class decides to oppose the development of forest land near the school.

Surveys the crucial choices Americans face regarding the use of farmlands, rangelands, forests, seacoasts, deserts, and varied wild places.

Pricess Nausica? and the God Warrior head to the Crypt of Shuwa to make sure that some dangerous weapons remain in the crypt. However, everyone seems to be out to stop her, including the crypt's guardian.

Explains what habitats are and why they are important, and looks at what is being done to protect different types of habitats around the world, including forests, farmland, coastal areas, rivers, and others.

An anthology of poems by a variety of writers on the topic of conservation, organized in sequence from the newly created Earth to the brink of destruction and beyond.

The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.