| #3511990 in Books | Doug Oberhelman | 2013-01-24 | 2013-01-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.40 x6.00l,.53 | File type: PDF | 158 pages | Quail Lakes Coal Energy for Wildlife and the World||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Thoughtful Perspective on Land, Human Impact & Rational Energy & Environmental Policy|By Warsaw Run|This book captures a personal commitment to conservation, wise use of resources, and perspective on the land under our feet. It chronicles a specific piece of land and human interaction with that land through Native American history, pioneer development, resource extraction and|About the Author|Doug Oberhelman is the Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Peoria, Illinois. Since 1996, he and his wife Diane have worked to bring wild creatures and native plants back to 1,200 acres of Illinois land that from
There’s no way to guess Quail Lakes was a surface mine. Aside from two deep lakes, there’s no evidence that massive earthmoving machines once rumbled across these rolling 1,200 acres of Illinois farmland, lakes, wetlands, and native prairie plants. But the same Quail Lakes that today is home to endangered bird species and hundreds of other wild creatures was a coal mine — a surface mine with pits as deep as 75 feet. Despite what you have heard abou...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Quail Lakes & Coal: Energy for Wildlife ... And The World | Doug Oberhelman. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
