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- You have accessRestricted accessKitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back Ann Vileisis. 2007. Washington DC: Island Press. Cloth, $26.95. ISBN: 978-1-59726-144-9. 352 pages.Joy B. Zedler.Ecological Restoration, December 2008, 26 (4) 380-381; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.4.380Joy B. Zedler.Dr. Zedler is Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Aldo Leopold Chair in Restoration Ecology
- You have accessRestricted accessNature’s New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement Neil M. Maher. 2008. New York: Oxford University Press. Cloth, $35.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-530601-9. 328 pages.Jeanne Nienaber ClarkeEcological Restoration, December 2008, 26 (4) 375-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.4.375Jeanne Nienaber ClarkeJeanne Nienaber Clarke, Professor Emerita of Political Science, the University of Arizona. Professor Clarke’s most recent book, coauthored with Hanna J. Cortner, is The State and Nature: Voices Heard, Voices Unheard in America’s Environmental Dialogue. 2002. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall.
- You have accessRestricted accessOld Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland Viki A. Cramer and Richard J. Hobbs, editors. 2007. Washington DC: Island Press. Cloth, $80.00. ISBN: 978-1-59726-074-9. Paper, $40.00. ISBN: 978-1-59726-075-6. 352 pages.Randall D. JacksonEcological Restoration, December 2008, 26 (4) 376-378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.4.376Randall D. JacksonRandall D. Jackson is Assistant Professor of Grassland Ecology in the Agronomy Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies plant community and ecosystem dynamics of managed grasslands, which include grazed pastures and biofuel cropping systems as well as remnant and restored prairie
- You have accessRestricted accessRivertown: Rethinking Urban Rivers Paul Stanton Kibel, editor. 2007. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Cloth, $55.00. ISBN: 978-0-262-11307-6. Paper, $22.00. ISBN: 978-0-262-61219-7. 232 pages.Anne Taufen WessellsEcological Restoration, September 2008, 26 (3) 271-273; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.3.271Anne Taufen WessellsAnne Taufen Wessells, Tacoma WA,. She recently earned a PhD in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine, and will join the Urban Studies faculty at the University of Washington, Tacoma, in September
- You have accessRestricted accessMetroGreen: Connecting Open Space in North American Cities Donna Erickson. 2006. Washington DC: Island Press. Cloth, $70. ISBN: 1-55963-843-5. 350 pages. Paper, $35. ISBN: 1-55963-891-5. 352 pages.Kara A. Whittaker [PhD]Ecological Restoration, September 2008, 26 (3) 273-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.3.273Kara A. WhittakerKara A. Whittaker, PhD, Staff Scientist & Policy Analyst at the Washington Forest Law Center, 615 Second Ave, Suite 360, Seattle, WA 98104, 206/223-4088 x5,. Dr. Whittaker studied the dispersal, survival, and habitat use of native forest songbirds in the Seattle metropolitan area while studying at the University of Washington, College of Forest Resources. She also participated in an interdisciplinary program in Urban Ecology at the UW on a team which investigated the use of Best Available Science in the environmental policy processPhD
- You have accessRestricted accessCities as Sustainable Ecosystems: Principles and Practices Peter Newman and Isabella Jennings. 2008. Washington DC: Island Press. Paper, $35.00. ISBN: 978-1-59726-188-3. 296 pages.Christopher BooneEcological Restoration, September 2008, 26 (3) 274-276; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.3.274Christopher BooneChristopher Boone is an associate professor in the School of Sustainability and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. He is an urban geographer with research expertise in urban sustainability, environmental justice, and public health
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Conservation Professional’s Guide to Working with People Scott A. Bonar. 2007. Washington DC: Island Press. Cloth, $50. IS BN: 1-59726-147-5. Paper, $25. IS BN: 1-59726-148-3. 224 pages.Heather K. CatuzoEcological Restoration, September 2008, 26 (3) 276-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.3.276Heather K. CatuzoHeather K. Catuzo, Permit Technician II, Clallam County Public Works, and student at Western Washington University, Huxley College for the Environment, Port Angeles WA,
- You have accessRestricted accessNo Way Home: The Decline of the World’s Great Animal Migrations David S. Wilcove. 2007. Washington DC: Island Press. Cloth, $24.95 ISBN: 1-55963-985-7. 256 pages.Joy B. ZedlerEcological Restoration, September 2008, 26 (3) 278; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.3.278Joy B. ZedlerJoy B. Zedler. Dr. Zedler is Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Aldo Leopold Chair in Restoration Ecology
- You have accessRestricted accessHabitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis David B. Lindenmayer and Joern Fischer. 2006. Washington, DC: Island Press. Cloth $80.00, ISBN: 1-59726-020-7. Paper, $39.95. ISBN:1-59726-021-5. 352 pages.John A. BissonetteEcological Restoration, June 2008, 26 (2) 162-164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.2.162John A. BissonetteU.S. Geological Survey Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildland Resources, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290, 435/797-2511,. Dr. Bissonette is Leader of the Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Professor in the Department of Wildland Resources. He has taught a Landscape Ecology Course at USU since 1989 and has coauthored and/or edited five books and numerous papers. His current work involves landscape approaches to road ecology. He cannot abide heavy metal music, preferring a broad mix of folk music. When not working, he rides his horses in the mountains of Utah and his Harley on the back roads of the West
- You have accessRestricted accessVoices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge into Sustainable Upland Farming Malcolm Cairns, editor. 2007. Washington, DC: Resources for the Future Press. Cloth, $100.00. ISBN: 978-1-891853-91-3. Paper, $50.00. ISBN 978-1-891853-92-0. 800 pages.Dennis MartinezEcological Restoration, June 2008, 26 (2) 164-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.2.164Dennis Martinez, 530/623-5056, 530/222-7576) is cochair of the Indigenous Peoples’ Restoration Network (), a working group of SERI. He has 38 years experience in temperate and dry tropical forest ecosystems, and is committed in his fieldwork, speaking engagements, workshops, and publications to the survival of indigenous cultures and ecosystems