{"product_id":"good-dirt-confessions-of-a-conservationist-paperback","title":"Good Dirt: Confessions of a Conservationist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid E. Morine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Flint\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best-selling conservation classic, completely expanded, revised, and updated\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped protect more than three million acres of wilderness, finding plenty to laugh about and learn from along the way. Here are the stories behind the deals and the people who made them-an enlightening, entertaining, occasionally unsettling look at the dirty job of keeping America clean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his eighteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, he directed the successful completion of more than 5,000 land conservation projects that resulted in the protection of more than three million acres of America's finest remaining forests, wetlands, deserts, islands, and rivers. Along the way he found plenty to learn and laugh about--people, nature, and, most of all, himself. Morine left the Conservancy in 1990 when he felt that it and other major conservation groups had become more focused on building big organizations than on saving land. Since that time he has kept a hand in conservation by sharing the lessons he learned at the Conservancy with local land trusts, especially those trying to protect our rivers and streams. With his usual humor, Morine shares many of these lessons in this new edition and gives conservationists, and anyone looking for an entertaining read, an enlightening inside look at the business of conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Morine is a native of the greater Boston area. From 1972 to 1990, he was the head of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, a major conservation organization. Morine left the Conservancy in 1990 and has been writing ever since. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e GOOD DIRT: Confessions of a Conservationist\u003c\/b\u003e (Globe Pequot Press, 1990; Ballantine paperback, 1993) was his first book, followed by \u003cb\u003eThe Class Choregus\u003c\/b\u003e (North Atlantic Books, 1993). Next came \u003cb\u003ePIT BULL: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Trader\u003c\/b\u003e (with Martin Schwartz and Paul Flint, Harper Business, 1998; Harper Perennial paperback, 1999), then \u003cb\u003e VACATIONLAND: A Half Century Summering in Maine \u003c\/b\u003e(DownEast Books, 2001), and most recently, \u003cb\u003eSMALL CLAIMS: My Little Trials in Life\u003c\/b\u003e (DownEast Books, June, 2003). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to his books, Morine has contributed stories to \u003cb\u003eLove of Labs\u003c\/b\u003e (Voyageur Press, 1997), \u003cb\u003eLove of Goldens\u003c\/b\u003e (Voyageur Press, 1998), and \u003cb\u003eChicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul\u003c\/b\u003e (Health Communications, Inc., 2001). Articles, mostly about his work in conservation, have appeared in magazines such as \u003cb\u003eSports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, DownEast\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eField \u0026amp; Stream, Range, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e American Forests\u003c\/b\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249592000819,"sku":"9780762773640","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/hkgd5KWkIX9780762773640.webp?v=1776329458","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/good-dirt-confessions-of-a-conservationist-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}