One Night in the Everglades
Author | : Laurel Larsen |
Publisher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2012-06-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780981770062 |
ISBN-13 | : 0981770061 |
Rating | : 4/5 (061 Downloads) |
Download or read book One Night in the Everglades written by Laurel Larsen and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow two scientists as they spend a night in the Everglades collecting water samples, photographing wildlife, and sloshing through marshes in an attempt to understand this mysterious ecosystem. Part of a long-term effort to return the Everglades to a natural state after a century of development, the scientists try to figure out what the “river of grass” was like prior to human settlement. Along the way, they deal with razor-sharp sawgrass and alligators and turtles and are even surprised by the sudden presence of what is known in the Everglades as a “frog gigger”—one who hunts and collects frogs for food! Published in cooperation with the Long Term Ecological Research Network, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.