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Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues, Donald D. Adams and Walter P. Page (eds.), (New York: Plenum Press, 1985), 521 pp.

Acid Deposition: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues is a comprehensive, if not exhaustive, examination of acid deposition and its effects on endangered species and habitat preservation, and water resources. This work constitutes an expanded version of the proceedings of the Conference on Acid Deposition: Environmental and Economic Impact, held in Plattsburgh, New York in 1983.

Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide, Daniel J. Decker, Marianne E. Krasney, Gary R. Goff, Charles R. Smith, David W. Gross, (eds), (Colorado: Westview Press, 1991), 380 pp.

Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide is an examination of: the basic considerations, the conceptual foundations, and the tools and techniques for conservation of biological resources. This work also presents case studies in support of the theories advanced and suggests implications for management, education and policy which will promote the conservation of biological resources.

Wilderness Preservation and the Sagebrush Rebellions, William L. Graf, (Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1990) 329 pp.

Wilderness Preservation and the Sagebrush Rebellions explores the history of conflicts between wilderness preservation and commodity users over the use of federal lands in the West. This history touches on a number of environmental issues, including wildlife and habitat preservation, development and growth pressures, and water rights.

Rocky Times in Rocky Mountain National Park: An Unnatural History, Karl Hess, Jr. (Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1993), 156 pp.

Rocky Times in Rocky Mountain National Park: An Unnatural History is an examination of the effects of managing this National Park for the promotion of the elk herd which attracts visitors to the Park. The author asserts that an unnatural state, for both the park and the elk herd, exists under the present management direction.

Wetlands Protection: The Role of Economics, Paul F. Scodari, (Washington D.C.: Environmental Law Institute, 1990), 89 pp.

Wetlands Protection: The Role of Economics is an examination of the science of wetland valuation, its implementation and use in natural resource damage assessment.

Energy Development in the Southwest: Problems of Water, Fish and Wildlife in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Walter O. Spofford, Jr., Alfred L. Parker, and Allen V. Kneese, (eds), (Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1980), 541 pp.

Energy Development in the Southwest: Problems of Water, Fish and Wildlife in the Upper Colorado River Basin is a comprehensive examination of the effects on the species and habitat of the Colorado River Basin of the development of energy sources, both hydroelectric power development and surface coal mining. The text is supported by numerous tables, graphs, maps and charts.

Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions, Paul C. Stern, Oran R. Young and Daniel Druckman, (eds), (Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1992, 292 pp.

Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions is an examination of the human sources, consequences and responses to the hydrological, climatological and biological global scale change.

Economics for the Wilds, Timothy M. Swanson and Edward B. Barbier, (eds), (Washington DC: Island Press, 1992), 226 pp.

Economics for the Wilds attempts to reconcile economic development with conservation of natural resources. That is, the editors assert that if properly constructed, economics can account for the value, and assure the conservation of, natural resources.

Wildlife Policies in the U S National Parks, Frederic H. Wagner, Ronald Foresta, R. Bruce Gill, Dale R. McCullough, Michael R. Pelton, William F. Porter, Hal Salwasser, (Washington DC: Island Press, 1995), 228 pp.

Wildlife Policies in the U S National Parks is "... the result of a five-year review of management policies for biological resources in the System, with special attention to the wildlife." This work addresses the natural resources values, goals and policies of the system.

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