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Treehab
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Treehab
Tales from My Natural, Wild Life
Bob Smith
Fall 2016

Crossing the Driftless
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Crossing the Driftless
Lynne Diebel
Spring 2015

The Social Origins of Human Rights
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The Social Origins of Human Rights
Protesting Political Violence in Colombia’s Oil Capital, 1919–2010
Luis van Isschot
Spring 2015

Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses
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Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses
Emmet J. Judziewicz, Robert W. Freckman, Lynn G. Clark, and Merel R. Black
Fall 2014

Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams
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Exploring Wisconsin Trout Streams
The Angler’s Guide, Second Edition
Steve Born, Jeff Mayers, Andy Morton, and Bill Sonzogni, With a Foreword by Gary A. Borger
Spring 2014

Living a Land Ethic
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Living a Land Ethic
A History of Cooperative Conservation on the Leopold Memorial Reserve
Stephen A. Laubach
Spring 2014

Sand County Songs
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Sand County Songs
Inspired by Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac
Tim Southwick Johnson
Fall 2013

Field Guide to Wisconsin Streams
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Field Guide to Wisconsin Streams
Plants, Fishes, Invertebrates, Amphibians, and Reptiles
Michael A. Miller, Katie Songer, and Ron Dolen
Fall 2013

Romantic Geography
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Romantic Geography
In Search of the Sublime Landscape
Yi-Fu Tuan
Fall 2013

Travel Wild Wisconsin
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Travel Wild Wisconsin
A Seasonal Guide to Wildlife Encounters in Natural Places
Candice Gaukel Andrews
Spring 2013

Troutsmith
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Troutsmith
An Angler’s Tales and Travels
Kevin Searock
Spring 2013

Tamarack River Ghost
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Tamarack River Ghost
A Novel
Jerry Apps
Fall 2012

Sidetracked in the Midwest
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Sidetracked in the Midwest
A Green Guide for Travelers
Mary Bergin
Fall 2012

Sunlit Riffles and Shadowed Runs
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Sunlit Riffles and Shadowed Runs
Stories of Fly Fishing in America
Kent Cowgill
Fall 2012

Birdscaping in the Midwest
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Birdscaping in the Midwest
A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds
Mariette Nowak
Fall 2012

Cluck
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Cluck
From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks
Susan Troller, Additional stories by Jane Hamilton, Michael Perry, and Ben Logan
Fall 2012

Pioneers of Ecological Restoration
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Pioneers of Ecological Restoration
The People and Legacy of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum
Franklin E. Court
Spring 2012

The Baileys Harbor Bird and Booyah Club
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The Baileys Harbor Bird and Booyah Club
Dave Crehore
Spring 2012

Phantoms of the Prairie
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Phantoms of the Prairie
The Return of Cougars to the Midwest
John W. Laundré
Spring 2012

Beyond Earth Day
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Beyond Earth Day
Fulfilling the Promise
Gaylord Nelson, With Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak
Spring 2012

The Waters of Star Lake
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The Waters of Star Lake
A Novel
Sara Rath
Spring 2012

Flammable Cities
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Flammable Cities
Urban Conflagration and the Making of the Modern World
Edited by Greg Bankoff, Uwe Lübken, and Jordan Sand
Fall 2011

Green Travel Guide to Northern Wisconsin
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Green Travel Guide to Northern Wisconsin
Environmentally and Socially Responsible Travel
Pat Dillon and Lynne Diebel
Fall 2011

Life and Death on the Prairie
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Life and Death on the Prairie
Photographs and text by Stephen Longmire
Fall 2011

Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
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Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
David M. Mickelson, Louis J. Maher Jr., and Susan L. Simpson
Fall 2011

Back to the Land
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Back to the Land
The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America
Dona Brown
Spring 2011

Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream
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Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream
Establishing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Harold C. Jordahl Jr., with Annie L. Booth
Spring 2011

Aldo Leopold
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Aldo Leopold
His Life and Work
Curt Meine
Fall 2010

A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac
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A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac
The Other Kind of Hunting
Mark Parman
Fall 2010

The Big Bang Symphony
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The Big Bang Symphony
A Novel of Antarctica
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Spring 2010

Green Travel Guide to Southern Wisconsin
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Green Travel Guide to Southern Wisconsin
Environmentally and Socially Responsible Travel
Pat Dillon and Lynne Diebel
Spring 2010

Sawdusted
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Sawdusted
Notes from a Post-Boom Mill
Raymond Goodwin
Spring 2010

North Woods River
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North Woods River
The St. Croix River in Upper Midwest History
Eileen M. McMahon and Theodore J. Karamanski
Fall 2009

Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region
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Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region
A Comprehensive Field Guide
Merel R. Black and Emmet J. Judziewicz
Spring 2009

Listen to the Land
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Listen to the Land
Conservation Conversations
Dennis Boyer
Spring 2009

Sweet and Sour Pie
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Sweet and Sour Pie
A Wisconsin Boyhood
Dave Crehore
Spring 2009

Wisconsin’s Foundations
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Wisconsin’s Foundations
A Review of the State’s Geology and Its Influence on Geography and Human Activity
Gwen Schultz
Spring 2009

The Mekong Delta
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The Mekong Delta
Ecology, Economy, and Revolution, 1860–1960
Pierre Brocheux
Fall 2008

Voices from the Heart of the Land
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Voices from the Heart of the Land
Rural Stories That Inspire Community
Richard L. Cates Jr.
Fall 2008

Climber’s Guide to Devil’s Lake
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Climber’s Guide to Devil’s Lake
Sven Olof Swartling and Pete Mayer
Fall 2008

Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges
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Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges
An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae)
Andrew L. Hipp
Spring 2008

Along Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail
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Along Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail
Photographs by Bart Smith, Edited by Eric Sherman and Andrew Hanson III
Spring 2008

Renewing the Countryside—Wisconsin
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Renewing the Countryside—Wisconsin
Stories of Sustainable Living, Working and Playing
Edited by Jerry Hembd and Jody Padgham, With a Foreword by Governor Jim Doyle
Fall 2007

Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum
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Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum
Including Horsetails, Ferns, Rushes, Sedges, Grasses, Shrubs, Vines, Weeds, and Wildflowers
Theodore S. Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, and Claudia S. Lipke
Spring 2007

This Tender Place
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This Tender Place
The Story of a Wetland Year
Laurie Lawlor
Spring 2007

The Ice Cave
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The Ice Cave
A Woman’s Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Fall 2006

Door County’s Emerald Treasure
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Door County’s Emerald Treasure
A History of Peninsula State Park
William H. Tishler
Fall 2006

Live Arrival Guaranteed
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Live Arrival Guaranteed
A Sandhill Memoir
Hazel St. Germain Grange
Spring 2006

Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages
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Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages
An Abridged Audiobook
Sara Rath, As read by Jim Fleming on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Chapter a Day
Spring 2006

Museums, Zoos and Botanical Gardens of Wisconsin
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Museums, Zoos and Botanical Gardens of Wisconsin
A Comprehensive Guidebook to Cultural, Artistic, Historic and Natural History Collections in the Badger State
Anton Rajer, Foreword by Senator Russ Feingold
Spring 2006

Wisconsin’s Champion Trees
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Wisconsin’s Champion Trees
A Tree Hunter’s Guide
R. Bruce Allison, Photographs by B-Wolfgang Hoffmann
Fall 2005

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, Volume I
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, Volume I
A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Norman C. Fassett’s A Manual of Aquatic Plants, Volume I: Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms: Dicotyledons
Garrett E. Crow and C. Barre Hellquist
Fall 2005

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, Volume II
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, Volume II
A Revised and Enlarged Edition of Norman C. Fassett’s A Manual of Aquatic Plants, Volume II: Angiosperms: Monocotyledons
Garrett E. Crow and C. Barre Hellquist
Fall 2005

Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest
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Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest
An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control
Elizabeth J. Czarapata
Spring 2005

Nachituti’s Gift
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Nachituti’s Gift
Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa
David M. Gordon
Fall 2005

A Thousand Pieces of Paradise
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A Thousand Pieces of Paradise
Landscape and Property in the Kickapoo Valley
Lynne Heasley
Fall 2005

In the Land of Orpheus
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In the Land of Orpheus
Rural Livelihoods and Nature Conservation in Postsocialist Bulgaria
Barbara A. Cellarius
Fall 2004

First the Seed
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First the Seed
The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology
Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.
Fall 2004

Immortal River
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Immortal River
The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times
Calvin R. Fremling
Fall 2004

The Man from Clear Lake
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The Man from Clear Lake
Earth Day Founder Senator Gaylord Nelson
Bill Christofferson
Spring 2004

Net Results
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Net Results
Great Fishing Spots in Southern Wisconsin
Bob Riepenhoff
Spring 2004

Lake Michigan in Motion
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Lake Michigan in Motion
Responses of an Inland Sea to Weather, Earth-Spin, and Human Activities
Clifford H. Mortimer
Fall 2003

Mr. Bluebird
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Mr. Bluebird
Gerry Gomez Pearlberg
Fall 2003

The Mind of the Trout
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The Mind of the Trout
A Cognitive Ecology for Biologists and Anglers
Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Spring 2003

Son of the Wilderness
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Son of the Wilderness
The Life of John Muir
Linnie Marsh Wolfe
Spring 2003

Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch
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Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch
The Lives of Naturalists Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom
Helen McGavran Corneli
Fall 2002

Wisconsin’s Weather and Climate
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Wisconsin’s Weather and Climate
Joseph M. Moran and Edward J. Hopkins
Fall 2002

Beyond Earth Day
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Beyond Earth Day
Fulfilling the Promise
Gaylord Nelson , With Susan Campbell and Paul Wozniak
Fall 2002

Wisconsin’s Natural Communities
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Wisconsin’s Natural Communities
How to Recognize Them, Where to Find Them
Randy Hoffman
Spring 2002

Keepers of the Wolves
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Keepers of the Wolves
The Early Years of Wolf Recovery in Wisconsin
Richard P. Thiel
Fall 2001

Catching Big Fish on Light Fly Tackle
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Catching Big Fish on Light Fly Tackle
Tom Wendelburg, with Jeff Mayers
Spring 2001

Fishing the Great Lakes
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Fishing the Great Lakes
An Environmental History, 1783–1933
Margaret Beattie Bogue
Fall 2000

Small Creatures and Ordinary Places
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Small Creatures and Ordinary Places
Essays on Nature
Allen M. Young, Illustrated by Judith Huf
Fall 2000

The Essential Aldo Leopold
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The Essential Aldo Leopold
Quotations and Commentaries
Edited by Curt Meine and Richard L. Knight
Fall 1999

Nature and Culture in the Andes
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Nature and Culture in the Andes
Daniel W. Gade
Spring 1999

The Young John Muir
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The Young John Muir
An Environmental Biography
Steven J. Holmes
Spring 1999

When Government Was Good
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When Government Was Good
Memories of a Life in Politics
Henry S. Reuss, With a Foreword by John Kenneth Galbraith
Spring 1999

Hunting the Edges
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Hunting the Edges
Richard L. Yatzeck
Spring 1999

Birds of Wisconsin
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Birds of Wisconsin
Revised Edition
Owen J. Gromme, With an Introduction by Samuel D. Robbins Jr.
Fall 1998

Nature’s Geography
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Nature’s Geography
New Lessons for Conservation in Developing Countries
Edited by Karl S. Zimmerer and Kenneth R. Young
Fall 1998

The Wisconsin River
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The Wisconsin River
An Odyssey through Time and Space
Richard D. Durbin
Spring 1998

Prairie Time
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Prairie Time
The Leopold Reserve Revisited
John Ross and Beth Ross
Spring 1998

Walking with Muir across Yosemite
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Walking with Muir across Yosemite
Thomas R. Vale and Geraldine R. Vale
Fall 1997

Natural Eloquence
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Natural Eloquence
Women Reinscribe Science
Edited by Barbara T. Gates and Ann B. Shteir
Spring 1997

Reading the River
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Reading the River
A Voyage Down the Yukon
John Hildebrand, With a new Preface
Spring 1997

Wisconsin Land and Life
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Wisconsin Land and Life
A Portrait of the State
Edited by Robert C. Ostergren and Thomas R. Vale
Spring 1997

Green Culture
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Green Culture
Environmental Rhetoric in Contemporary America
Edited by Carl G. Herndl and Stuart C. Brown
Spring 1996

Seeing New Worlds
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Seeing New Worlds
Henry David Thoreau and Nineteenth-Century Natural Science
Laura Dassow Walls
Fall 1995

People of the Plow
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People of the Plow
An Agricultural History of Ethiopia, 1800–1990
James C. McCann
Spring 1995

Thinking Like a Mountain
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Thinking Like a Mountain
Aldo Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude toward Deer, Wolves, and Forests
Susan L. Flader, With a new preface
Fall 1994

Desert Frontier
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Desert Frontier
Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel, 1600–1850
James L. A. Webb Jr.
Fall 1994

Nature’s Kindred Spirits
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Nature’s Kindred Spirits
Aldo Leopold, Joseph Wood Krutch, Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Gary Snyder
James I. McClintock
Spring 1994

James Oliver Curwood
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James Oliver Curwood
God’s Country and the Man
Judith A. Eldridge
1993

Trout Stream Therapy
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Trout Stream Therapy
Robert L. Hunt
Fall 1993

The River of the Mother of God
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The River of the Mother of God
and Other Essays by Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold, Edited by Susan L. Flader and J. Baird Callicott
Spring 1991

The Rights of Nature
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The Rights of Nature
A History of Environmental Ethics
Roderick Frazier Nash
Spring 1989

Companion to A Sand County Almanac
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Companion to A Sand County Almanac
Interpretive and Critical Essays
Edited by J. Baird Callicott
Fall 1987

Bird Conservation 2
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Bird Conservation 2
Edited by Stanley A. Temple
Spring 1987

Bird Conservation 3
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Bird Conservation 3
Edited by Jerome A. Jackson
Spring 1987

Game Management
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Game Management
Aldo Leopold, With a new Foreword by Laurence R. Jahn
Fall 1986

The American Conservation Movement
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The American Conservation Movement
John Muir and His Legacy
Stephen Fox
Spring 1986

The Pathless Way
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The Pathless Way
John Muir and American Wilderness
Michael P. Cohen
Spring 1984

John Muir Summering in the Sierra
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John Muir Summering in the Sierra
Robert E. Engberg
Spring 1984

The Fight to Save the Redwoods
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The Fight to Save the Redwoods
A History of the Environmental Reform, 1917-1978
Susan R. Schrepfer
Spring 1983

The Leguminosae
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The Leguminosae
A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation
O. N. Allen and Ethel K. Allen
Spring 1981

Our National Parks
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Our National Parks
John Muir, With a Foreword by Richard F. Fleck
Spring 1981

The Prairie Garden
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The Prairie Garden
Seventy Native Plants You Can Grow in Town or Country
J. Robert Smith with Beatrice S. Smith
Fall 1980

Spring Flora of Wisconsin
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Spring Flora of Wisconsin
A Manual of Plants Growing without Cultivation and Flowering before June 15
Norman C. Fassett, Revised and Enlarged by Olive S. Thomson
Fall 1975

The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
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The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
John Muir, With a Foreword by Vernon Carstensen
Fall 1965

Mammals of Wisconsin
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Mammals of Wisconsin
Hartley H. T. Jackson , Foreword by A. W. Schorger
1961

The Vegetation of Wisconsin
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The Vegetation of Wisconsin
An Ordination of Plant Communities
John T. Curtis
1959

A Manual of Aquatic Plants
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A Manual of Aquatic Plants
Norman C. Fassett
1957

Grasses of Wisconsin
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Grasses of Wisconsin
The Taxonomy, Ecology, and Distribution of the Gramineae Growing in the State without Cultivation
Norman C. Fassett, With an essay by John T. Curtis
1951