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A Guide to Creating Vernal Ponds

The USDA Forest Service, Izaak Walton League of America and Ducks Unlimited, Inc. are pleased to announce the publication of "A Guide to Creating Vernal Ponds." This easy to understand book contains techniques that the educator, private landowner and public land steward may use to establish ephemeral wetlands. Vernal ponds provide critical habitat to amphibian, reptile, waterfowl, shorebird and bat species throughout North America.

Please visit: http://www.southernregion.fs.fed.us/boone/ to view on online version of the book, or to download an order form for a paper copy.

Alternatively, the Guide and Order Form are available from the "Herp Center"
web site at: http://herpcenter.ipfw.edu/outreach/VernalPonds/index.htm

 


 

A Special Offer!

To Those Who Value Our Freshwater Resources
(Ecologists, Conservation Biologists, Resource Managers, Monitors, Watershed Stewards, Naturalists, Environmental Educators, Interpreters, Students, Landscape Architects, Environmental Consultants, Regional Planners, and Others)

McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company is pleased to announce the October 2004 release of the book Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation by Elizabeth A. Colburn. This book is the most comprehensive and substantive synthesis available on the natural history, ecology and conservation of these seasonally-wet pools that occur throughout much of North America. The pools of the formerly glaciated regions of eastern North America are emphasized, but the information on pool history, content, and ecology--and conservation issues relevant to vernal pools--is applicable to pools in any geographic region.

To celebrate the publication of this first book-length synthesis of the natural history, ecology, and conservation of vernal pools, we are offering the book at a discount through December 31, 2004.

Order Now and Save 30% off list price!
Available in Softcover or Hardcover (Softcover $20.97 / Hardcover $27.97)

Buy More Titles and Save 30%, too!
When you buy at least one copy of Vernal Pools, you also may buy any of our other books at a discount of 30% when they are ordered at the same time as a copy of Vernal Pools.

Terms of the Special Offer

1. This offer extends through December 31, 2004
2. Discounted rates for Vernal Pools are as follows: Softcover:ISBN 0-939923-91-2 $20.97 / Hardcover: ISBN 0-939923-92-0 $27.97
3. A discount of 30% may also be applied to the cost of any of our other titles IF purchased AT THE SAME TIME as one or more copies of Vernal Pools. Please click on the Titles bar (www.mwpubco.com/photo.htm) of the site menu to review a list of our other titles.
4. To qualify for these terms, orders must be placed directly with the publisher--via telephone, fax, surface mail, or e-mail. Click on the Buying Our Books bar (www.mwpubco.com/ordering.htm) of the site menu for contact information.
5. Shipping charges (US dollars) for prepaid orders are: US destinations (surface mail or UPS) $5.50 1st book, .75 ea. additional / Foreign destinations (air) $5.50 minimum and up, depending upon destination and total weight (please request a quote from the publisher for foreign shipments).
6. Institutions, organizations, and agencies may be invoiced; payment terms are net 30. We accept payment by check AMEX, VISA, or MasterCard.
Any questions? Please give us a call at 1-800-233-8787 or email us at mwpubco@mwpubco.com.

For more information, go to: www.mwpubco.com/VernalPools-SpecialOffer.htm


 

An Introduction to Mid-Atlantic Seasonal Pools