Natural Missouri
Subtitle: Working With The Land
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: July 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780826215826
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Science/Mathematics; Natural history; Science; Nature; Missouri; Special Interest - Ecotourism; United States - Midwest - Missouri; Natural areas; Environmental Science
First sentence: Tallgrass prairie once extended from northwestern Indiana to eastern Nebraska and Kansas and covered a third of Missouri.
Description: "In Natural Missouri: Working with the Land, Napier Shelton offers a tour of notable natural sites in Missouri through the eyes of the people who work with them. Over a period of three years, he roamed all over the state, visiting such different places as Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Pomme de Terre Lake, Mark Twain National Forest, the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Roaring River State Park, Prairie State Park, Ted Shanks Conservation Area, and Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.

Along the way he interviewed professional resource managers and naturalists, biologists, interpreters, conservation agents, engineers, farmers, hunters, fishermen, writers, and many others in an effort to gain a perspective that only people who work with the land - for business or for pleasure - can have." "Shelton describes a range of land-management philosophies and techniques, from largely hands-off, as in state parks, to largely hands-on, as in farming. He also addresses the questions that surround some of the more controversial practices, such as the use of fire for land management and the introduction of nonnative species."--Jacket.