Good Dirt: Confessions of a Conservationist.C0OO71 I'd best admit up front that I've been a fan of Dave Morine's for some years. His witty tweaking of environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. The philosophical foundations for environmentalism in the United States were established by Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. In 1864, George Perkins Marsh published Man & Nature, in which he anticipated many concepts of modern ecology. from an insider's perspective is a good antidote for a movement that leans toward doom and gloom. Let me put it more strongly: On occasion, Dave Morine can make me guffaw out loud. Not to be missed, for example, is the tale of skinnydipping with an heiress heiress n. feminine heir, often used to denote a woman who has received a large amount upon the death of a rich relative, as in the "department store heiress." from the Yale School of Forestry. This collection includes one essay that originally appeared in the March/ April 1990 issue of AMERICAN FORESTS and others that were first published in Sports Illustrated and Down East magazines. For 15 years, Dave was in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy. In addition to fundraising hints ("the Conservancy likes to take potential donors to see preserves during a full moon") and tales of fundraising foulups (I suspect him of cleaning up the poodle poodle, popular breed of dog probably originating in Germany but generally associated with France, where it has been raised for centuries. There are three varieties, differing in size only. The standard poodle, classified in the nonsporting-dog group (see nonsporting dog), stands over 15 in. (38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 55 lb (18.1–24.9 kg). The miniature, also listed in the nonsporting-dog group, stands from 10 to 15 in. (25. story), Dave provides a fascinating peek at the inner workings of a major conservation organization that calls itself a family and has survived-and thrived-despite big changes. In a thoroughly modest voice, he also tells the story of a career that involved helping save some three million acres of wetlands and forests. |
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