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Three cheers for this splendid, surprising, inspiring book!Sy Montgomery, author ofThe Soul of an OctopusAlone in a vast wildlife refuge with little direction and no experience, an American ornithology student found herself responsible for a project of historical importance to bring the mighty Bald Eagle back from the brink of extinction. Tina Morris was one of the first women to spearhead a raptor reintroduction program, and in Return to the Sky, she shares her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about birds of prey. In the spring of 1975, on the eve of America's Bicentennial, Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. Young and female in a male-dominated field, Tina was handed an assignment to rehabilitate a population that had been devastated by the effects of DDT. The challenges were prodigious, and with no model to refer to, she spent two years pl

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Three cheers for this splendid, surprising, inspiring book!Sy Montgomery, author ofThe Soul of an OctopusAlone in a vast wildlife refuge... Read more

    Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 11/28/2024
    ISBN13: 9781645022633, 978-1645022633
    ISBN10: 1645022633

    Non Fiction , Mathematics & Science , Education

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    Three cheers for this splendid, surprising, inspiring book!Sy Montgomery, author ofThe Soul of an OctopusAlone in a vast wildlife refuge with little direction and no experience, an American ornithology student found herself responsible for a project of historical importance to bring the mighty Bald Eagle back from the brink of extinction. Tina Morris was one of the first women to spearhead a raptor reintroduction program, and in Return to the Sky, she shares her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about birds of prey. In the spring of 1975, on the eve of America's Bicentennial, Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. Young and female in a male-dominated field, Tina was handed an assignment to rehabilitate a population that had been devastated by the effects of DDT. The challenges were prodigious, and with no model to refer to, she spent two years pl

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