Description
About the Author
Charles Fergus has published 16 books on nature and wildlife, including The Wingless Crow and Thornapples: The Naturalist's Year (collections of nature essays), Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Wildlife of Virginia and Maryland, Trees of Pennsylvania and the Northeast, Trees of New England, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, and two books in Stackpole's Wild Guides series: Bears and Turtles. A communications consultant for the Wildlife Management Institute, he helps produce publications, displays, and Best Habitat Management Practices guidebooks, and handles three websites about wildlife that need young forest habitat. Fergus has shared a nature column, "Crossings," in Pennsylvania Game News magazine for the past 15 years; before that, he wrote the popular "Thornapples" column for the same magazine. In addition to his books, he has written about nature and wildlife for publications including Country Journal, Highlights for Children, Audubon, and the New York Times. He lives in East Burke, Vermont.
Reviews
Make a Home for Wildlife weaves personal stories and natural history in a way that will inspire every landowner to explore and understand their property with an eye toward creating and improving habitat-both to help wildlife and to increase their own enjoyment and satisfaction in being the steward of a small part of nature. The book is well-researched and delightful-truly a must-read. -- Steven Williams Ph.D, President of the Wildlife Management Institute and former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
I really enjoyed the book and particularly love the way it lets landowners tell the stories of what they have done. Make a Home for Wildlife brings together an amazing amount of information. All the technical details are there, but what the reader truly comes away with is the potential that we all have to make a difference, as well as the great satisfaction and the many rewards that come with making a home for wildlife. -- Margaret Brittingham Ph.D, Professor of wildlife resources and extension wildlife specialist at Penn State University and co-author of Terrestrial Vertebrates of Pennsylvania: A Complete Guide to Species of Conservation Concern
Book Information
ISBN 9780811737722
Author Charles Fergus
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Stackpole Books
Publisher Stackpole Books
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 203mm * 11mm