Tobin, Mitch.

Endangered : biodiversity on the brink / Mitch Tobin. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2010. - 467 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-457) and index.

Saving -- A fierce green fire -- Scopes versus squirrels -- Take me to the river -- A movement -- Political science -- Cub -- Ghost of the desert -- Blame game -- Friends of the frogs -- Warming up -- Kangaroo court -- No bats, no tequila? -- The rancher's revenge -- El tigre -- Living with el lobo -- Battling the blob -- Damn the dam? -- Effluence -- Get the lead out -- Epilogue : triage -- 12-step plan for recovery.

Using a species list from the American Southwest, author Mitch Tobin examines the Endangered Species Act on what it has accomplished, where it has failed, and how it could be better.--[book jacket]

9781555917210 (hardcover) 1555917216 (hardcover)

2010001296

GBB073247 bnb

015578513 Uk


Biodiversity conservation.
Biodiversity conservation--Southwest, New.
Endangered species.
Endangered species--Southwest, New.
Wildlife recovery.
Wildlife recovery--Southwest, New.
Biodiversity.
Biodiversity--Southwest, New.

QH 75 / .T63 2010