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Bringing Back the Whooping Crane
Rachel Stuckey
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The only remaining wild population of whooping cranes breeds in Canada and winters in the United States. The story of their recovery is a tale of cross-border cooperation and the work of a team of international biologists. Readers will be able to chart their course and determine the elements of this successful recovery plan.
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Bringing Back the Whooping Crane
Paula Smith
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The only remaining wild population of whooping cranes breeds in Canada and winters in the United States. The story of their recovery is a tale of cross-border cooperation and the work of a team of international biologists. Readers will be able to chart their course and determine the elements of this successful recovery plan.
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Bringing Back the Humpback Whale
Kelly Spence
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Humpback whales are a true ecological success story. Readers will be enthralled by the story of these masters of the deep, listed as endangered in 1970. Protected by an international ban on hunting all whales in 1982, the humpack recovered so well it was no longer listed as endangered in most of the world by 2016.
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Bringing Back the Gray Wolf
Cynthia O'Brien
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Long considered by humans as a threat to livestock, wolves are hunted as pests. In particular, the gray wolf has been hunted almost to extinction in parts of North America. But these keystone predators help keep an ecosystem in balance. This book details reintroduction programs that have helped populations recoveryet they still occupy only 10 percent of their historic range.
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Bringing Back the American Alligator
Cynthia O'Brien
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The American alligator, which escaped extinction 65 million years ago, was nearly wiped out in the marshes and swamps of Louisiana and Florida in the last century. Today, they are thriving. This exciting book tells the story of how government protection, habitat preservation, and a campaign to reduce the demand for alligator products helped bring back these fierce-looking predators.
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Bringing Back the Giant Panda
Ruth Daly
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The survival of the giant panda depends on the survival of its only food: bamboo. Habitat loss from the destruction of bamboo forests in south central China where they live made the giant panda a vulnerable species. This book tells how habitat conservation and the creation of borrowing-and-breeding programs with zoos around the world kept the beloved bear from extinction.
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Bringing Back the Grizzly Bear
Ruth Daly
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Listed as a threatened species in 1975, the grizzly bears near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming have made a remarkable recovery. Intriguing text and vibrant images will draw readers into the story of the bear's decline due to human interaction and habitat loss, and the strategies put in place that helped it return.
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Bringing Back the Gray Wolf
Cynthia O'Brien
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Long considered by humans as a threat to livestock, wolves are hunted as pests. In particular, the gray wolf has been hunted almost to extinction in parts of North America. But these keystone predators help keep an ecosystem in balance. This book details reintroduction programs that have helped populations recoveryet they still occupy only 10 percent of their historic range.
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Bringing Back the Giant Panda
Ruth Daly
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The survival of the giant panda depends on the survival of its only food: bamboo. Habitat loss from the destruction of bamboo forests in south central China where they live made the giant panda a vulnerable species. This book tells how habitat conservation and the creation of borrowing-and-breeding programs with zoos around the world kept the beloved bear from extinction.
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Bringing Back the American Alligator
Cynthia O'Brien
Hardcover (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)The American alligator, which escaped extinction 65 million years ago, was nearly wiped out in the marshes and swamps of Louisiana and Florida in the last century. Today, they are thriving. This exciting book tells the story of how government protection, habitat preservation, and a campaign to reduce the demand for alligator products helped bring back these fierce-looking predators.
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Bringing Back the Grizzly Bear
Ruth Daly
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Listed as a threatened species in 1975, the grizzly bears near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming have made a remarkable recovery. Intriguing text and vibrant images will draw readers into the story of the bear's decline due to human interaction and habitat loss, and the strategies put in place that helped it return.
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Bringing Back the Humpback Whale
Kelly Spence
Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 24, 2018)Humpback whales are a true ecological success story. Readers will be enthralled by the story of these masters of the deep, listed as endangered in 1970. Protected by an international ban on hunting all whales in 1982, the humpack recovered so well it was no longer listed as endangered in most of the world by 2016.
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