Heroes of the environment : true stories of people who are helping to protect our planet /
by Harriet Rohmer ; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin.
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2009.
- 109 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Map on endpapers.
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of twelve environmentalists from United States, Canada, and Mexico; and describes a teenage girl who sought to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River, a Mexican wrestler who acts as an advocate for turtles and whales, and more.