archer wapiti
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I tried searching this site for such a list, but haven't found one.
I've been asked to contribute to a list of suggested readings for a college course in conservation biology. As part of the course, the students are
"...required to read, evaluate, & report on a book by a conservation/wildlife/wilderness advocate. I want to provide a list of possible titles to help them select such a book. I have a good start, but would appreciate hearing from any of you that have read a book that you enjoyed & could be interpreted (broadly) as a conservation advocacy book.
...I'm especially looking for books that are authored by folks who may not be academics or scientists but who aren't afraid of gushing on about their love of nature. Send me anything you can think of."
I'm not trying to co-opt his class and turn it into a hunting is conservation advocacy class, but the list so far includes no titles related to hunting and its pivotal role in North American conservation and that seems like a shortcoming. Sand County Almanac isn't even on there, which is shocking to me. I'm hardly well-read in the subject but have included a couple titles below. I thought this would be a good opportunity to build a list not only for this class, but anybody on here wanting to read more on the subject. If there's already such a list published somewhere, please let me know.
Thanks!
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter - Theodore Roosevelt
Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold
I've been asked to contribute to a list of suggested readings for a college course in conservation biology. As part of the course, the students are
"...required to read, evaluate, & report on a book by a conservation/wildlife/wilderness advocate. I want to provide a list of possible titles to help them select such a book. I have a good start, but would appreciate hearing from any of you that have read a book that you enjoyed & could be interpreted (broadly) as a conservation advocacy book.
...I'm especially looking for books that are authored by folks who may not be academics or scientists but who aren't afraid of gushing on about their love of nature. Send me anything you can think of."
I'm not trying to co-opt his class and turn it into a hunting is conservation advocacy class, but the list so far includes no titles related to hunting and its pivotal role in North American conservation and that seems like a shortcoming. Sand County Almanac isn't even on there, which is shocking to me. I'm hardly well-read in the subject but have included a couple titles below. I thought this would be a good opportunity to build a list not only for this class, but anybody on here wanting to read more on the subject. If there's already such a list published somewhere, please let me know.
Thanks!
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter - Theodore Roosevelt
Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold
