This book is targeted at teenagers and pre-teens, beginning around age 11 when they are first introduced to sex education. This way they will be armed ahead with the information and later, when choices present themselves, may possibly be able call on the decision-making skills introduced.This educational guide is designed to be read alone or together with an adult, or possibly in the context of a sex education class. To facilitate cross-generational discussion, each chapter include...

There's no place quite like Maine. It's Vacationland. The birthplace of L.L. Bean and the whoopie pie. Maine's landscape encompasses mountains, forests, beaches, islands, and even a desert! The winters are long and brutal, and the summers are plagued by black flies, venomous caterpillars, and tourists. But despite these challenges, and in part because of them, the people who call Maine home are some of the most generous, hard-working folks you'll ever meet. They never fail to show up (even...

Conventional management approaches cannot meet the challenges faced by ocean and coastal ecosystems today. Consequently, national and international bodies have called for a shift toward more comprehensive ecosystem-based marine management. Synthesizing a vast amount of current knowledge, Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans is a comprehensive guide to utilizing this promising new approach.At its core, ecosystem-based management (EBM) is about acknowledging connections. Instead...