TY - BOOK AU - Tobin,Mitch TI - Endangered: biodiversity on the brink SN - 9781555917210 (hardcover) AV - QH 75 .T63 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Golden, Colo. PB - Fulcrum Pub. KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Southwest, New KW - Endangered species KW - Wildlife recovery KW - Biodiversity N1 - 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 N2 - 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] ER -