LEADER 00000cam  22000008i 4500 
001    ocn841898360 
003    OCoLC 
005    20130911190927.0 
008    130618s2013    vtua          000 0deng   
010      2013015613 
019    841911471 
020    9781603585200|qhardback 
020    1603585206|qhardback 
035    (OCoLC)841898360 
035    (OCoLC)841898360 
035    (OCoLC)841898360|z(OCoLC)841911471 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dOCLCO|dOCLCA|dBDX|dLE#
       |dWHP 
042    pcc 
043    n-us-vt 
049    WHPP 
050 00 QL737.C5|bM678 2013 
082 00 599.4|223 
084    NAT019000|aSCI020000|aNAT014000|aNAT011000|aBIO026000
       |aNAT024000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Mitchell, Don,|d1947- 
245 10 Flying blind :|bone man's adventures battling buckthorn, 
       making peace with authority, and creating a home for 
       endangered bats /|cDon Mitchell. 
264  1 White River Junction, Vermont :|bChelsea Green Publishing,
       |c2013. 
300    x, 208 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Author's Note -- Habitat -- Forest Management Plan -- The 
       WHIP -- Yahweh's Smile -- Batshit -- Niche -- 
       Echolocations -- Authority -- Field Notes. 
520 2  "When Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell was 
       approached by a biologist with the Vermont Fish and 
       Wildlife Department about tracking endangered Indiana bats
       on his 150-acre farm in Vermont's picturesque Champlain 
       Valley, Mitchell's relationship with bats--and with 
       government--could be characterized as distrustful, at 
       best. But the flying rats, as Mitchell initially thinks of
       them, launched him on a series of 'improvements' to his 
       land that would provide a more welcoming habitat for the 
       bats--and a modest tax break for himself and his family. 
       Whether persuading his neighbors to join him on a 'silent 
       meditation,' pulling invasive garlic mustard out of the 
       ground by hand, navigating the tacit ground rules of 
       buying an ATV off Craigslist, or leaving just enough 
       honeysuckle to give government inspectors 'something to 
       find,' Mitchell's tale is as profound as it is funny--a 
       journey that changes Mitchell's relationship with 
       Chiroptera, the land, and, ultimately, his understanding 
       of his own past. Ruminating on the nature of authority, 
       the purview of the state, and the value of inhabiting 
       one's niche--Mitchell reveals much about our inner and 
       outer landscape, in this perfectly paced and skilled story
       of place"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Mitchell, Don,|d1947-|xHomes and haunts|zVermont. 
600 10 Mitchell, Don,|d1947-|xPhilosophy. 
610 10 Vermont.|bFish and Wildlife Department. 
650  0 Bats|xConservation|zVermont. 
650  0 Bats|xConservation|zChamplain Valley. 
650  0 Bats|xEcology|zVermont. 
650  0 Endangered species|zVermont. 
650  0 Wildlife watching|zVermont. 
650  0 Wildlife habitat improvement|zVermont. 
650  0 Forest management|zVermont. 
914    MID.b22992534 
994    02|bWHP