The Heath Hen once roamed the east coast of North America from Maine to Virginia.
Wayne Petersen , Director Massachusetts Audubon Important Bird Area Author, Massachusetts Birds.
It practically brought tears to my eyes! Nicely done! A wonderful read, and just as enjoyable for an adult as it should be for children.
Gross when they trapped and banded the Last living Heath Hen on Martha\'s Vineyard.
I was fascinated to learn that Thornton Burgess was with Dr.
Alfred Gross was especially insightful.
Having grown up as a child listening to my parents read me Thornton Burgess stories, the connectivity between Thornton Burgess and Dr.
Tom Chase, Fou nder/Executive Director Village and Wilderness Project The Last Heath Hen is both engaging and informative.
May it succeed in conservation where prior ones have failed.
Fittingly, it is delivered into the hands of the next generation.
Christopher Cokinos, Author Hope Is the Thing with Feathers University of Arizona professor emeritus A Story itself on the verge of extinction, this is a tale of environmental heroism and the struggle to save an iconic species, the Heath Hen.
Vividly written and with a powerful conclusion.
I enjoyed reliving the hard, though necessary moments of that extinction.
Reviews of THE Last Heath HEN It\'s beautiful.
This book, written for young readers, describes the effort to save this species of beautiful game birds that survived on the island of Martha\'s Vineyard.
Towards the end of the 19th century conservationists noticed a serious decline in its numbers and set in place programs to save the species.
The Heath Hen once roamed the east coast of North America from Maine to Virginia
