James Fargo Balliett

Gebundenes Buch

Wetlands

Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives

Beschreibung

Wetlands encompass a diversity of habitats that rely on the presence of water to survive

Autor

James Balliett graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, studying environmental issues and writing. His senior thesis was about a winter he spent on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Two years later, he was awarded his masters of science degree in environmental studies from Antioch New England Graduate School. 　 His experiences include a project for the US Forest Service in southeast Alaska, work for the harbormaster in Chatham, Massachusetts, and as a natural resource officer in Barnstable, Massachusetts where he helped manage a piping plover colony. While living in Burlington, Vermont, Balliett was a reporter for the Burlington Free Press and worked at the Chamber of Commerce where he directed their government affairs office. While living in Colorado's front range, he served as an advocacy manager for Housing Colorado. He currently resides on Cape Cod and writes for the Cape Codder Newspaper, covering a range of community, environmental, and business news. His five environmental science books (mountains, forests, wetlands, freshwater, and oceans) make up a set on Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9780765682260
• ISBN-10: 0765682265
• Artikelnr.: 30981107