Saving Puget Sound: A Conservation Strategy for the 21st Century

By John Lombard

John Lombard was named Conservationist of the Year by Northwest Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration.

The North Pacific International Chapter of the American Fisheries Society awarded Lombard the Haig-Brown Award for environmental writing.

No other developed area in the world matches the Puget Sound region's combination of beauty, wealth, natural resiliency, and history of environmental concern. Saving Puget Sound develops a practical proposal to conserve the Puget Sound region's most important ecosystems in the face of long-term population growth, drawing lessons that are relevant across the Northwest and in other parts of the country. It provides both a vision for conservation and a detailed review of the political and legal issues that must be at the core of any practical strategy to achieve it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295986743
• ISBN13: 9780295986746
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Serious Passion for saving the Sound

This is a must read for any concerned citizen or environmental activist living in Puget Sound. Lombard's innovative action plans really should be taken seriously by area officials!

An outstanding survey.

SAVING PUGET SOUND: A CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY at first glance might seem specific only to Washington collections - but its conservation issues and lessons hold wider insights for any natural spot in the country, and so SAVING PUGET SOUND is a top pick for any library - especially at the college level - specializing in conservation issues and applied strategies. Chapters analyze the Endangered Species Act, apply it to local endangered species, and reveal land use and management issues which go far beyond the usual constraints and topics. Quotes from source studies, footnoted references, and reviews of conservation processes and legal challenges alike make for an outstanding survey. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch