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Extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists such as Sigurd Olson. In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Olson's birth in Chicago, Illinois, his childhood in Wisconsin, and his later life in Minnesota. Readers will discover Olson's early years as a wilderness guide in the international boundary area of the United States and Canada known as Quetico-Superior and his work to keep development out of the area, leading to the establishment of the Superior Roadless Areas which would later become the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Olson's work on the National Parks Association and Wilderness Society are examined, as is his influence in drafting the Wilderness Act. Olson's work in creating the Alaska Arctic Wildlife Refuge, California's Point Reyes National Seashore, and Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park are also included. Olson later spent his days experiencing and writing about nature. In turn, he has inspired generations of green pioneers.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed The Arctic, Sequoia National Park, the Hudson River valley, Yosemite Valley, the Everglades. These special places provide habitats to plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. They are also home to rich mineral resources, vast timber reserves, and valuable oil and gas fields. These extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists. In each engaging Conservationists biography, readers will meet men and women who have worked to preserve Earth's fragile ecosystems. Readers will follow their lives from childhood to education to careers and beyond. They will learn what compelled these green pioneers to act, how they overcame challenges, and what impacts their efforts continue to have. Each title features hard-to-find photos and an engaging narrative that will help readers identify with role models in the conservation movement. In an era of massive oil spills, disappearing green space, melting polar ice, and global climate change, these books will inspire future conservationists to engage in preserving our planet.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Reviewed The Arctic, Sequoia National Park, the Hudson River valley, Yosemite Valley, the Everglades. These special places provide habitats to plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. They are also home to rich mineral resources, vast timber reserves, and valuable oil and gas fields. These extraordinary environments endure through the efforts of conservationists. In each engaging Conservationists biography, readers will meet men and women who have worked to preserve Earth's fragile ecosystems. Readers will follow their lives from childhood to education to careers and beyond. They will learn what compelled these green pioneers to act, how they overcame challenges, and what impacts their efforts continue to have. Each title features hard-to-find photos and an engaging narrative that will help readers identify with role models in the conservation movement. In an era of massive oil spills, disappearing green space, melting polar ice, and global climate change, these books will inspire future conservationists to engage in preserving our planet.
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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