Title: Millipedes and moon tigers : science and policy in an age of extinction /
Authors: Nash, Steve, 1947-
Publisher: University of Virginia Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Environmental policy United States; Science and state United States.; Scientists United States Political activity.; Environmental protection United States; Nature Effect of human beings on United States; Landscapes Social aspects United States.; Natural areas United States.; Historic sites Conservation and restoration United States; Scientists Political activity United States.; Landscapes Social aspects United States.; United States Environmental conditions.; United States History, Local.
Abstract: "Millipedes and Moon Tigers explores those uneasy places where scientific research meets public policy-making - and the resulting human effect on our natural and historical landscapes. Steve Nash's eye gravitates toward those specific, contemporary stories whose relevance does not diminish with a turn of the calendar's page, for they represent larger, looming issues." --Book Jacket.
Contents: Bearings -- Long road back -- Small books, old stories -- Last stand -- Memory blanks : notes on a new Civil War campaign -- Rough Mountain, & Associates -- Wolves of Isle Royale -- The songbird connection -- Mallows, marking time -- Desperately seeking charisma -- Agroterror -- Invasion of the buggy snackers (and other horrors) -- Swimming under the radar -- Clones in the Cathedral -- Conservation genetics I -- Conservation genetics II.