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A Hunger for High Country: One Womans Journey to the Wild in Yellowstone Country
Susan Marsh
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Description for A Hunger for High Country: One Womans Journey to the Wild in Yellowstone Country
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; WND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Before the 1970s few women were employed by the United States Forest Service. During the 1960s and 70s new environmental and fair employment laws meant that the Forest Service began to hire talented women in professional careers. For the first time women began working as wildlife biologists, geologists, soil scientists, and fisheries biologists for the U.S. Forest Service. A Hunger for High Country is the story of one of these women.
Set in the national forests surrounding Yellowstone National Park, A Hunger for High Country is part memoir and part profile of a time and place. Susan Marsh finds ... Read more
Before the 1970s few women were employed by the United States Forest Service. During the 1960s and 70s new environmental and fair employment laws meant that the Forest Service began to hire talented women in professional careers. For the first time women began working as wildlife biologists, geologists, soil scientists, and fisheries biologists for the U.S. Forest Service. A Hunger for High Country is the story of one of these women.
Set in the national forests surrounding Yellowstone National Park, A Hunger for High Country is part memoir and part profile of a time and place. Susan Marsh finds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717567
SKU
V9780870717567
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99-15
About Susan Marsh
Susan Marsh is a naturalist and award-winning writer in Jackson, Wyoming, USA with over thirty years’ experience as a wild land steward for the U.S. Forest Service. She holds degrees in geology and landscape architecture. Her life has been devoted to conservation of public land and a deeper understanding of the relationship between people and wild country. Her essays have ... Read more
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