would be a great guide if you wanted to restore and area of land to it's natural state, It's a practical guidebook that lays out
a stepbystep process for developing, implementing, monitoring, and refining ontheground restoration projects that is applicable to a wide range of landscapes and ecosystems in basic layman's terms.
Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land is the first practical guidebook to give restorationists and wouldbe restorationists with little or no scientific training or background the “how to” information and knowledge they need to plan and implement ecological restoration activities.
The book sets forth a stepbystep process for developing, implementing, monitoring, and refining ontheground restoration projects that is applicable to a wide range of landscapes and ecosystems.
The first part of the book introduces the process of ecological restoration in simple, easily understood language through specific examples drawn from the authors experience restoring their own lands in southern and central Wisconsin.
It offers systematic, stepbystep strategies along with inspiration and benchmark experiences, The books second half shows how that same “thinking” and “doing” can be applied to North Americas major ecosystems and landscapes in any condition or scale,
No other ecological restoration book leads by example and firsthand experience likethis one, The authors encourage readers to champion restoration of ecosystems close to where they live, . . at home, on farms and ranches, in parks and preserves, It provides an essential bridge for people from all walks of life and all levels of experiencefrom land trust member property stewards to agency personnel responsible for restoring lands in their careand represents a unique and important contribution to the literature on restoration.
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