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Field's Pond Reading Group |
Join Joyce Rumery to discuss books and topics that deal
with environmental issues.
For more information, contact Joyce Rumery by phone:
581-1655, or email:
rumery@maine.edu
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February 14, 2013 at 6:30 PM
The Granite Landscape: A Natural
History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to
Yosemite
by Tom Wessels
 Why
would a man who is neigher a geologist nor a rock
climber write about granite domes? Because he has
an inordinate fondness for lichen: "I am
particulary enamored of the moss and fuiticose lichen
communities on granite outcrops," writes Wessels,
"Looking down at them from a few feet above, I am
reminded of flying over mixed forests of conifers and
hardwoods Liliputian woodlands surrounded by
crustos-lichen covered fields." Wessels tracks the
unique lichen and shrub ecology of barren granite
mountains that exists in Acadia and Yosemite National
Parks, as well as the White Mountains, Adirondacks, Wind
Rivers, Beartooths, and Enchantments. This is a
natural history in the best tradition, describing how
geology, geomorphology, plant community interactions,
environmental forces, and human history are all
interrelated. ~Library Journal
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March 14, 2013 at 6:30 PM
The Secret Knowledge of Water:
Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
by Craig Childs
 Child's
quest fo find, map, observe and get wet in the waters of
America's deserts has personal roots. Born in the
Sonoran Desert of West Texas, this naturalist, and river
guide grew up learning to revere water. Trekking
alone or with a companion, in search of random
waterholes, rare creeks, waterfalls, springs,
shrimp-filled pools and sudden, furious floods, Childs
mingles personal observations with a cosmic perspective
to make readers feel an integral part of earth's
hydrologic processes. He descends into a slot
canyon full of 800-year-old handprints left by the
Anasazi people, spots desert fish found nowhere else and
believed to be holdovers from the Ice Age, and survies
an Arizon chubasco, a violent convective thunderstorm
that rips roofs off buildings and creates myriad
waterfalls.
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April 11, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Mycophilia: Revelations from the
Weird World of Mushrooms
by Eugenia Bone
 An
incredibly versatile cooking ingredient containing an
abundance of vitamins, minerals, and possible
cancer-fighting properties, muchrooms are among the most
expensive and sought-after foods on the planet.
Yet when it comes to fungi, culinary uses are only the
tip of the iceberg. Throughout history fungus has
been prized for its diverse properties, medicinal,
ecological, even recreational, and has spawned its own
quirky subculture dedicated to exploring the weird
biology and celebrating the unique role it plays on
earth. Engrossing, surprising, and packed with
up-to-date science and cultural exploration, Mycophilia
is part narrative and part primer for foodies, science
buffs, environmental advocates, and anyone interested in
learning a lot about one of the least understood and
most curious organisms in nature.
Request Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World
of Mushrooms |
May 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Broadsides from the Other Orders
by Sue Hubbell
 At
last, a readable book about insects! Beekeeper Hubbell (
A Country Year ) discourses on familiar, if not widely
loved, creatures. Midges, silverfish, katydids and water
striders, among others, come into her purview and
occasion talks with scientists (she notes that she has
never had a short conversation with an entomologist).
Hubbell reports on her participation in an annual
butterfly count in Wyoming and tells of collecting camel
crickets in the Ozarks. Examining the commerce in
pest-eating ladybugs, ordered from California by
gardeners across the U.S., she explains that these
insects will usually fly away when transported to a
different locale. A chapter on bravo bees (aka "killer
bees") suggests they have been unjustly maligned and
that many actually invigorate strains of the American
bees. ~Publisher's Weekly
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June 13, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Summer World
by Berndt Heinrich
 Heinrich
is focusing on the animal kingdom in the extremes of the
warmer months, with all its feeding, nesting, fighting,
and mating. Whether presenting disquisitions on
ant wars, the predatory characteristics of wasps, the
mating rituals of weekpeckers, or descripbing an
encounter with a road full of wood frogs, he never stops
observing the beautifully complex interactions of
animals and plants with nature, giving extraordinary
depth to the relationships between habitat and the
warming of the earth. How can cicadas survive and
thrive a temperatures pushing 115 degrees F? Do
hummingbirds know what they're up against before they
migrate over the Gulf of Mexico? Why do some trees
stop growing taller even when three months of warm
weather remain? With awe and unmatched expertise,
Heinrich explores hundres of questions like these.
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