National Geographic November 1981

CONDITION 

Magazine –  Good, unmarked pages, reading wear

CONTENTS

New Jersey: A State of Surprise – From factories and refineries to verdant farms and pinelands, from reclaimed garbage dumps to glittering gambling halls, journalist Jim Hartz discovers America miniature in the state that turnpike tourists love to hate. Photographs by Bob Krist and Michael S Yamashita.

Atlantic Salmon Struggle to Survive – The noble “leaker” is making a comeback n rivers of the northeastern United States, but man’s dams, pollution, and fishing fleets continue to take a heavy toll on both sides of the Atlantic. By art Lee, with photographs by Bianca Lavies.

A Nation Named Zimbabwe – Out of Rhodesia’s long conflict has emerged a black-ruled republic faced with healing the wounds of war and fulfilling the promise of peace. Charles E Cobb, Jr., assesses its progress thus far. Photographs by James L Stanfield and LeRoy Woodson, Jr.

Acid Rain—How Great a Menace? – Fishless lakes in North America and Scandinavia raise concern about the chemical showe3rs that observe no boundaries and pose many questions. Anne LaBastille and Ted Spiegel document an increasing problem of the industrial age.

“A Durable Scale of Values” – Naturalist, craftsman, teacher, conservationist, philosopher—Aldo Leopold was all these and more. Boyd Gibbons and photographer Jim Brandenburg portray the sage of Wisconsin’s prairie and woodlands.

COVER

Serene as it surroundings, a deer nibbles delicately at duckweed in a Wisconsin pond. Photograph by Jim Brandenburg..

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