TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roman,Joe
TI  - Listed: dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act 
SN  - 9780674047518
AV  - QH76 .R64 2011
U1  - 333.95/22160973 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Endangered Species Act of 1973
KW  - Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States)
KW  - fast
KW  - Endangered species
KW  - Nature conservation
KW  - Government policy
KW  - History
KW  - Wildlife conservation
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Environmental law
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue : Boiling Spring -- In the name of the darter -- The Class of '67 -- Notes from the vortex -- The Endangered Species Act -- A handy handle -- Natural capital -- Magical thinking -- Grand experiments -- The panther's new genes -- Safe harbor -- Crying wolves -- Skating over thin ice -- Raising whales -- Questing -- The Hundred Acre Wood -- In which we upset the ethnobotanists -- Water wars -- The most beautiful sound -- The platinum blonde and the farm girl -- Epilogue : Extinction's in the house
N2  - A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the people working to save them
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