Ebook Restoring the Pacific Northwest The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series Dean Apostol Marcia Sinclair Eric Higgs 9781559630788 Books

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Product details Series The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series Paperback 508 pages Publisher Island Press; None edition (November 5, 2006) Language English ISBN-10 1559630787

Restoring the Pacific Northwest The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series Dean Apostol Marcia Sinclair Eric Higgs 9781559630788 Books Reviews

• Useful for my botany class
• The book covered the broad subject area of ecological restoration in the
  Northwest very adequately for the time written. Many restoration projects have been completed since this book was written, but they can be pursued based on there literature. The ecological concerns discussed in the many chapters are as relevant today as when written. Frank Reckendorf
• Restoring the Pacific Northwest The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia (The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration Series)
  
  This is a book where the reader should not simply pass over the Foreword. Eric Higgs provides a profoundly poetic vision yet very practical opening discussion that sets the scene for all that follows. The many authors demonstrate a wisdom and competence that do justice to Higgs' vision. In short, it is a remarkable and very valuable book.
  
  The opening chapters provide a concise and incisive account of the region and of the authors' perspective on ecological restoration. Then part two has a series of nine chapters, each dealing with one of the major ecosystems of the region and providing detailed case studies of restoration projects within each. In part three, six chapters each deal with special environmental issues that are shared across ecosystem boundaries, including urbanization, waterways, large-scale landscapes and watersheds, wildlife, invasive vegetation and the traditional knowledge of indigenous people.
  
  The result is one of the most practical texts of which I am aware. It deals in depth with restoration in a diversity of temperate climate ecosystems. The simple fact that the whole book is based upon a single relatively large geographical region means that the chapters are related to each other to an extent which rarely occurs in a volume of papers written by various authors. They bring to life the interaction of any one system with others and the integrative character of the over-arching special issues.