Stream Conservation Handbook by Migel Michael Editor (4 results)

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974 ). 1974 1st edition. 4to (181 x 259mm). Ppxii,242. B/w photographs, b/w line illustrations by Dave Whitlock, bibliography, introduction by Nathaniel P. Reed, line illustrations by Dave Whitlock. Cloth-backed light blue boards, grey cloth spine titled in dark blue. Ex-library working copy in dust-wrapper with usual faults. A very good American primer on preservation and restoration of rivers. "Those who have watched the degredation of a treasured stream with frustration and sadness will learn from this little handbook that they need not stand idly by while what is loved is lost. If only a tiny fraction of the nation's thirty-nine million fishermen buy this book and follow its suggestions, much will be accomplished." Nelson Bryant, New York Times. Chapters include: Fishermen - another endangered species, J. Michael Migel; The living stream, Art Flick; The stream killers, Ben East; Streamside surveillance, Don Ecker; Stream improvement, Maurcie B. Otis; Fish stocking and reproduction - trout and warmwater species, Dave Whitlock; Group action and available support, R.P. van Gytenbeek; Legal action to save a treasure, Stanley Bryer; An overview, reflections and prospects, Alvin R. Grove, Jr. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Whitlock, Dave (illustrator). First Edition. 242 pages. Index. "The first practical primer for fishermen - how to protect, preserve, and restore our rivers." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings.

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974 ). 1974 1st edition. 4to (181 x 259mm). Ppxii,242. B/w photographs, b/w line illustrations by Dave Whitlock, bibliography, introduction by Nathaniel P. Reed, line illustrations by Dave Whitlock. Cloth-backed light blue boards, grey cloth spine titled in dark blue. Top edge slightly soiled, small ink mark to lower edge else very good in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. A very good American primer on preservation and restoration of rivers. "Those who have watched the degredation of a treasured stream with frustration and sadness will learn from this little handbook that they need not stand idly by while what is loved is lost. If only a tiny fraction of the nation's thirty-nine million fishermen buy this book and follow its suggestions, much will be accomplished." Nelson Bryant, New York Times. Chapters include: Fishermen - another endangered species, J. Michael Migel; The living stream, Art Flick; The stream killers, Ben East; Streamside surveillance, Don Ecker; Stream improvement, Maurcie B. Otis; Fish stocking and reproduction - trout and warmwater species, Dave Whitlock; Group action and available support, R.P. van Gytenbeek; Legal action to save a treasure, Stanley Bryer; An overview, reflections and prospects, Alvin R. Grove, Jr. .

Crown, New York, 1974. Illustrated with drawings and b&w photographs. 7" x 10.25". Blue paper covered boards, grey cloth spine, endpapers darkened. 242 pp."The first practical primer for fishermen - how to protect, preserve and restore our rivers.presents vital and basic information on stream biology, pollution, stream improvement, stocking.", with contributions by Migel, Whitlock, Van Gytenbeek, Grove and others. Very good in very good wrapper.