Manatee Insanity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Manatee Insanity write by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2010-05-09. Manatee Insanity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida's most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of license plates, attract hordes of tourists, and expose the uneasy relationships between science and the law and between freedom and responsibility like no other animal. As passions have flared and resentments have grown, the battle over manatee protection has evolved into a war, and no reporter has followed the story more closely than Craig Pittman, the first environmental writer to explore the complex history, culture, and science of the controversies and concerns surrounding this remarkable creature. With an abiding interest in the uncertain fate of this unique species, Manatee Insanity provides the first in-depth history of the attempts to provide legal protection for the manatee. Pittman follows Florida’s gentle giants through time and space, detailing interactions with a variety of human actors, from Jacques-Yves Cousteau to Jeb Bush to Jimmy Buffett, from a popular children's book author to a federal lawman who dressed in a gorilla suit for the ultimate undercover assignment.
The Florida Manatee
The Florida Manatee - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Florida Manatee write by Roger L. Reep. This book was released on 2021-04-14. The Florida Manatee available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From two scientists who have been at the forefront of manatee research for over three decades, The Florida Manatee offers an engaging, accessible introduction to manatee biology, including communication, diet, long-distance migration, and much more. This second edition is updated with new scientific research, as well as discussions of recent conservation efforts—largely driven by manatee injuries and deaths resulting from boat collisions—that have contributed to the robust growth of manatee numbers in Florida. It also includes the latest predictions for manatee populations and health in the future, both in Florida and worldwide. This is the perfect book for anyone seeking the most comprehensive, current information on this fascinating marine mammal.
Oh, Florida!
Oh, Florida! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Oh, Florida! write by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2016-07-05. Oh, Florida! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.
Paving Paradise
Paving Paradise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paving Paradise write by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2010-05-25. Paving Paradise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Florida possesses more wetlands than any other state except Alaska, yet since 1990 more than 84,000 acres have been lost to development despite presidential pledges to protect them. How and why the state's wetlands are continuing to disappear is the subject of Paving Paradise. Journalists Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite spent nearly four years investigating the political expedience, corruption, and negligence on the part of federal and state agencies that led to a failure to enforce regulations on developers. They traveled throughout the state, interviewed hundreds of people, dug through thousands of documents, and analyzed satellite imagery to identify former wetlands that were now houses, stores, and parking lots. Exposing the unseen environmental consequences of rampant sprawl, Pittman and Waite explain how wetland protection creates the illusion of environmental protection while doing little to stem the tide of destruction.
Cat Tale
Cat Tale - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cat Tale write by Craig Pittman. This book was released on 2020-01-21. Cat Tale available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020 “Witty and passionate.” —Lauren Groff “Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain.”—Gilbert King “The definitive book on one of America’s least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida’s panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told.” —Dane Huckelbridge The captivating tale of the Florida panther, its survival and rescue from extinction With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there's more than a little weirdness, too. An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.
