{"product_id":"saving-arcadia-a-story-of-conservation-and-community-in-the-great-lakes-paperback","title":"Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Shumaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eDrew Smith Photography LLC\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful and intimate land conservation adventure story set in the Great Lakes heartland. The story spans more than forty years, following the fate of a magnificent sand dune on Lake Michigan and the people who care about it. Author and narrator Heather Shumaker shares the remarkable untold stories behind protecting land and creating new nature preserves. Written in a compelling narrative style, the book is intended in part as a case study for landscape-level conservation and documents the challenges of integrating economic livelihoods into conservation and what it really means to preserve land over time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a small band of determined townspeople and how far they went to save beloved land and endangered species from the grip of a powerful corporation. \u003ci\u003eSaving Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative with roots as deep as the trees the community is trying to save, something set in motion before the author was even born. And yet, Shumaker gives a human face to the changing nature of land conservation in the twenty-first century. Throughout this chronicle we meet people like Elaine, a nineteen-year-old farm wife; Dori, a lakeside innkeeper; and Glen, the director of the local land trust. Together with hundreds of others they cross cultural barriers and learn to help one another in an effort to win back the six-thousand-acre landscape taken over by Consumers Power that is now facing grave devastation. The result is a triumph of community that includes working farms, local businesses, summer visitors, year-round residents, and a network of land stewards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA work of creative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eSaving Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e is the adventurous tale of everyday people fighting to reclaim the land that has been in their family for generations. It explores ideas about nature and community, and anyone from scholars of ecology and conservation biology to readers of naturalist writing can gain from Arcadia's story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather Shumaker has worked in land conservation for two decades and was coastal program director for protecting Arcadia Dunes. She has a master of science degree in land resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a national speaker and author of \u003ci\u003eIt's OK Not to Share\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt's OK to Go Up the Slide\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in northern Michigan with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468643582205,"sku":"9780814342046","price":36.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/MzBYZVJnbEFNcU45K242WlF2T2E3Zz09.webp?v=1777290733","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/saving-arcadia-a-story-of-conservation-and-community-in-the-great-lakes-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}