Skin and Bones The Management of People and Natural Resources in Shellcracker Haven, Florida

Name: Skin and Bones The Management of People and Natural Resources in Shellcracker Haven, Florida
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ISBN: 9780155084766

ISBN-10: 0155084763

ISBN-13: 9780155084766

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jane Gibson

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Skin and Bones relates the history of Shellcracker Haven, a community pseudonym, to the development of fresh water fish and wildlife management in the state of Florida. It examines the clash of worldviews between community residents who are personally invested and locally sensitive to the ecosystem that has fed their families for several generations, and biologist resource managers who rely on detached science-based models and political sensitivity when making policy decisions. Skin and Bones challenges readers to think about the natural world as more than fragile species and ecosystems to be defended against human destruction or as discrete natural resources to be commercially exploited.…

Book details

List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/8/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Introduction



Meet Shellcracker Haven



Farmin', Fishin', and Tappin' the Tup'mtime



Fishermen to Pirates


Fish Bailiffs to Biologists



Gators, Gator Hunters and the GFC



Can We Conserve Wild Species and Communities?