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Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Mennonite migrations from Ukraine to Kansas in 1874 transformed traditional tallgrass prairie for grain production.
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Wild Earth 3, no. 2
Wild Earth 3, no. 2 on imperiled predators like bears and lions, the Eastern forest recovery, Alabama wildlands, deep ecology in the former Soviet Union, and the salmon/selway ecosystem.
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Wild Earth 10, no. 1
Wild Earth 10, no. 1, presents essays on the mission, vision, and purpose of “The Wildlands Project,” which aims “to design and implement systems of protected natural areas/wildlands networks across the continent.”
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Wild Earth 8, no. 3
Wild Earth 8, no. 3 features articles on the relationship between agriculture and biodiversity as well as an examination of whether conservation biology needs natural history. The issue also provides updates on the Wildlands Project.
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ALARM no. 12
This issue of the ALARM is produced by women only. It is dedicated to the struggle to smash down patriarchy and save the planet, expresses solidarity with activists struggling against capitalist-patriarchal devastation as womyn, and “affirms our existence and our power on the front lines of the resistance.” Aimee Mostwill discusses pregnancy, abortion, and overpopulation; Judi Bari explains “why I am not a misanthrope.”
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ALARM no. 11
The local group Massachusetts Earth First! has produced this issue of the ALARM. In it, readers are asked to write letters of encouragement to prisoners of conscience; Don Ogden calls for attention to the Western Abenaki people and their struggle for the health of their fishing waters; and Barbara McGovern updates readers on the radioactive waste management proposal in Massachusetts.
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ALARM no. 5
The ALARM no. 5 reports on regional Earth First! direct actions; Mike Z. gives an update on Dartmouth students’ and locals’ protest in favor of divestment from Hydro-Quebec. Orin Langelle reports on the First International Temperate Forest Conference (FITFC) in Tasmania; and the editors reprint a biotechnology-critical statement from the left-radical Dutch paper Konfrontatie.
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ALARM no. 4
This issue of the ALARM celebrates 500 years of indigenous resistance, for example with “Columbus sucks” actions. Anne Petermann discusses voting rights and voting’s potential for change; Judi Bari brings good news from the actions to save redwoods in northern California; Steve Taylor updates readers on the Shawnee forest in southern Illinois; and Abbey Edwards writes on Native American land ethics.
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Earth First! Journal 20, no. 8
This issue of Earth First! Journal features various stories about the actions to defend Adnyamathanha territory in Australia, the protest against genetic engineering, and the fight against industrial agriculture in Brazil. In addition, Felix Tuodolo tells the story of how Nigerian military opened fire on youths after Shell’s oil spill.
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Earth First! Journal 20, no. 7
In this issue of Earth First! Journal Pixiloo reports on the difficult fight against logging in the Sierra Nevada forests, Lin Wong discusses the OSA/FTAA, trade liberalization, and the environment, and James Bell discusses genetic engineering in Peoria, Illinois.