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For introductory-level, undergraduate courses in natural resource conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, and environmental conservation.

This comprehensive text provides the ecological principles, policies, and practices to manage a sustainable future. It emphasizes practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to these problems that make sense from social, economic, and environmental perspectives.

Focus on sustainable development.

• Puts students in touch with one of the most significant shifts in thinking and action in the environmental and resource management arenas. Provides a variety of lasting solutions that make sense from social, economic, and environmental viewpoints.

Critical thinking and ethics stressed throughout.

• Teaches students to question and analyze issues from a variety of perspectives and to distinguish good information from bad.

"Case Study", "A Closer Look" and "Ethics in Resource Conservation" boxes

• Delve into the heart of controversial issues and provide a closer look at careers in natural resource conservation.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing

• Presents an overview of these resource management tools with examples for application.

Updated material throughout

• Incorporates the latest statistics and includes new or expanded coverage of topics including risk and risk assessment, the importance of backyard wildlife habitat, the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, environmental disrupters, marine sanctuaries, and West Nile Virus.

Expanded coverage of social and policy issues

• Includes coverage of environmental justice, free trade and the impacts of globalization.

More international examples

• Provides a broader scope of coverage and includes environmental and resource issues from around the globe.

  1. Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Past, Present and Future

  2. Economics, Ethics, and Critical Thinking: Tools for Creating a Sustainable Future

  3. Lessons from Ecology

  4. The Human Population Challenge

  5. World Hunger: Solving the Problem Sustainably

  6. The Nature of Soils

  7. Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture

  8. Integrated Pest Management

  9. Aquatic Environments

10. Managing Water Resources Sustainability

11. Water Pollution

12. Fisheries Conservation

13. Rangeland Management

14. Forest Management

15. Plant and Animal Extinction

16. Wildlife Management

17. Sustainable Waste Management

18. Air Pollution

19. Air Pollution: Global Problems

20. Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society

21. Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options

Environmental Conservation (Geography)
Introduction to Environmental Science/Studies (Environmental Science)
Natural Resources and Conservation (Environmental Science)

Dan Chiras earned his Ph.D. in reproductive physiology in 1976 from the University of Kansas Medical School. After graduating, Dr. Chiras pursued interests in environmental science and has become a leading authority on environmental issues and sustainability. He is currently a Mellon Visiting Professor at Colorado College where he teaches courses on energy and the environment, renewable energy, ecological design, sustainable development, and sustainable systems design. He has published 20 books and nearly 250 articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, and encyclopedias. In the past eight years he has focused much of his attention on environmentally friendly building and has published several books on the subject including The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes; The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling; The New Ecological Home; and Superbia! 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods. Dr. Chiras also lectures widely on a variety of topics, including ways to build a sustainable society, green building, and renewable energy. In addition to his scientific and environmental pursuits, Dr. Chiras is a river runner, cross-country skier, bicyclist, organic gardener, and musician. He and his two sons live in a state-of-the-art environmental passive solar/solar electric home in Evergreen, Colorado, overlooking the snowcapped Rocky Mountains.

John Reganold received his Ph.D. in soil science from the University of California at Davis in 1980. He has worked as a soil scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service and as an environmental engineer for Utah International Inc., a worldwide mining company. As a professor of soil science at Washington State University since 1983, he teaches courses in introductory soils, land use, and organic farming and conducts research in land use and sustainable agriculture. He also advises undergraduate and graduate students in soil science and environmental science. His excellence in teaching and research has been recognized by several awards from Washington State University. Dr. Reganold has published more than 80 papers in scientific journals, magazines, and proceedings, such as Science, Nature, Scientific American, and New Scientist. His studies have received national and international attention from newspapers, magazines, radio, and television. He has given more than 100 invited presentations on his research to international, national, and regional groups of scientists, students, growers, and consumers from around the world. In addition to his research, he enjoys spending time outdoors, swimming, cycling, and backpacking.

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• Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future, 9/E
  Chiras, Reganold & Owen | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 656 pages
  
• Goode's Atlas, 21/E
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• Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future, 9/E
  Chiras, Reganold & Owen | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 656 pages
  
• Environmental Issues: An Introduction to Sustainability, 3/E
  McConnell & Abel | ©2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 336 pages
  

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• Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future, 9/E
  Chiras, Reganold & Owen | ©2005 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 656 pages
  
• Quantitive Reasoning & the Environment, 1/E
  Langkamp & Hull | ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 368 pages
  
• Goode's Atlas, 21/E
  Rand McNally | ©2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper