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Gr 5-8 Turner introduces the work of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) as a group of scientists attempts to save endangered animals in Rwanda and Uganda. The readable text records their efforts to treat the great apes in the field as they encounter poachers, meet w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The latest entries in the first-rate Scientists in the Field series put conservation front and center, focusing on the efforts of scientists to reverse the damage done by humans to, respectively, American prairies and African mountain gorillas. In both cases, it is the expansion of farming that has reduced native habitats and introduced nonnative species and diseases. In Prairie Builders, Collard traces the decades-long development and monitoring of the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, an ambitious attempt to reclaim farmla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More