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Big, Wild, and Connected

Big, Wild, and Connected

9781610917070

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In 2011, adventurer and conservationist John Davis walked, cycled, skied, canoed, and kayaked on an epic 10-month, 7,600-mile journey that took him from the keys of Florida to a remote seashore in northeastern Quebec. Davis was motivated by a dream: to see a continent-long corridor conserved for wildlife in the eastern United States, especially for the large carnivores so critical to the health of the land.
In Big, Wild, and Connected, we travel the Eastern Wildway with Davis, viscerally experiencing the challenges large carnivores, with their need for vast territories, face in an ongoing search for food, water, shelter, and mates. On his self-propelled journey, Davis explores the wetlands, forests, and peaks that are the last strongholds for wildlife in the East. This includes strategically important segments of disturbed landscapes, from longleaf pine savanna in the Florida Panhandle to road-latticed woods of Pennsylvania. Despite the challenges, Davis argues that creation of an Eastern Wildway is within our reach and would serve as a powerful symbol of our natural and cultural heritage.
Big, Wild, and Connected reveals Eastern landscapes through wild eyes, a reminder that, for the creatures with which we share the land, movement is as essential to life as air, water, and food. Davis' journey shows that a big, wild, and connected network of untamed places is the surest way to ensure wildlife survival through the coming centuries.

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Table of Content

<div>Acknowledgments and Dedication<br/>Introduction to the Print Edition<br/><br/>PART I: From the Florida Peninsula to the Coastal Plain<br/>Introduction. Why I Chose the Wildway: Background to a Long Trek<br/>Chapter 1. Where the Panther Still Prowls: Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida<br/>Chapter 2. No Preservation without Representation: Longleaf Pine Savanna and Southeast Coastal Plain Waterways<br/>Chapter 3. Red Wolf Realm: Southeast Coastal Plain and Piedmont<br/>Chapter 4. Our Biggest Parks Not Big Enough: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Southern Appalachians<br/><br/>PART II: From the Central Appalachians to the Catskill Mountains<br/>Introduction. Still Moving After All These Miles: Into the Central Appalachian Mountains and Foothills<br/>Chapter 5. Securing an Appalachian Arc: Wildlands Philanthropy on the Edge of Appalachia<br/>Chapter 6. A Forest Hungry for Cougars: West Virginia Highlands and Larger Central Appalachians<br/>Chapter 7. Roadblocks To Recovery: Transportation and Energy Development Fragmenting Penn's Woods<br/>Chapter 8. Wild Playgrounds: New York's Shawangunks and Catskills<br/><br/>PART III: From the Adirondack Mountains to the Gaspé Peninsula<br/>Introduction. Why Protect Wildways: Lessons Confirmed by TrekEast on Importance of Wildlife Corridors<br/>Chapter 9. Our Wildest Lands Are Not Wild Enough: Adirondack Park and Surrounds<br/>Chapter 10. For Whom the Forest Works: Northern Appalachians and Maine Woods<br/>Chapter 11. Where Salmon Still Spawn: Near-Boreal New Brunswick and Quebec<br/>Chapter 12. Can We Get There From Here? Is an Eastern Wildway Still Possible?<br/><br/>About the Author</div>
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