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003			OCoLC
005			20240726105200.0
008			200129s2019 txuaf o 001 0aeng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9781623498320 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-us-fl
050	0	4	_aQL31 _b.F574 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBerish, Joan E., _e1
245	1	0	_aFire and fauna : _btales of a life untamed / _cJoan E. Berish.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aCollege Station : _bTexas A&M University Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 235 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aIntegrative natural history series
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aPart 1. Evolution of a "wild biologist": Child of the fields and forests -- _tA horse, a horse: my kingdom (lunch money) for a horse -- _tWould dog bite (mail) woman? -- _tGoing nuclear at the Veterans Administration -- _tCanines and felines and...Willie Nelson? -- _tWhirlybirds and conflagrations: My summer as a helitack firefighter -- _tPart 2. Metamorphosis: from snake lady to gopher queen: Indigo daze: The snake lady goes down to Georgia -- _tAncient dunes, black holes, and burrowing turtles -- _tA new life partner and many more moons of gopher wrangling -- _tRattlers and softshells and bears, oh my! -- _tCanines in conservation and in my heart -- _tPart 3. Modifications to my home range, both temporary and permanent: Misadventures on desert trails and high seas -- _tMy return to the land of enchantment.
520	0		_a"Wildlife biologist and gopher tortoise expert Joan E. Berish has spent her life studying and appreciating animals. From Fire to Fauna is a unique, educational, and often humorous memoir reflecting the life of a woman in the field of wildlife conservation and her associated escapades early in life and today. Berish recounts her eventful and sometimes absurd journey to become a wildlife researcher. Outrunning treetop flames, spending a night in jail with a threatened species, and surviving a stalled airplane engine while searching for a missing tortoise, Berish introduces readers to the adventures, triumphs, and heartbreaks that comprise a lifetime of working with animals, animals, both domestic and wild"-- _cProvided by publisher.
500			_aSeries information from dust jacket.
530			_a2 _ub
600	1	0	_aBerish, Joan E., _d1950-
650		0	_aZoologists _zFlorida _vBiography.
650		0	_aWildlife conservationists _zFlorida _vBiography.
650		0	_aGopher tortoise _xConservation _zFlorida.
650		0	_aWildlife conservation _zFlorida.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2361130&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQL. _m2019 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell