Pond and brook: a guide to nature in freshwater environments.
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Designed specifically for the amateur naturalist and filled with hands-on-projects and activities. More
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Ancient Pinon-Juniper woodlands: a natural history of Mesa Verde country.
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2003. Octavo, paperback, photographs, text illustrations. Lisa Floyd gathers together noted scientists and historians to celebrate the varied and unique woodland region surrounding Mesa Verde National Park. More
The National Parks: an illustrated history, 100 years of American splendor.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this book is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This stunning volume collects the very best of National Geographic's..... More
Yellowstone wildlife: ecology and natural history of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. This is a natural history of the wildlife species that call Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem their home. Illustrated with stunning images by renowned wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen, this book describes the lives of species..... More
When raccoons fall through your ceiling: the handbook for coexisting with wildlife.
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The paths of humans and wildlife cross all the time, and it is the aim of this handbook to make sure those paths cross as peacefully as possible. Lopez tackles a wide variety of situations that occur when..... More
America's great national forests, wildernesses and grasslands.
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. For more than a century, America's national forests have proved an environmental gift and cultural treasure. Under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, this system of public lands encompasses 193 million acres of mountains, prairies, rivers, and canyons-much of..... More
Guide to National Parks of the United States.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, (2012. seventh edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Over 281 million people visited the national parks in 2011, a number that is predicted to grow in the next decade. National Geographic, associated with the parks since their founding has the unmatched expertise and authority for..... More
Big game in Alaska: a history of wildlife and people.
Anchorage: University of Alaska, (2008. reprint). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Sherwood charts the history of the environmental and political conflict in Alaska, examining the creation of the Alaska Game Commission in the early 1930s. More
Everglades: America's wetland.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. From Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, from inside the bone-crushing jaws of an alligator to the storms that race across the blackwater backcountry, award-winning conservation photographer Mac Stone takes us on a visual journey through the Everglades. More than..... More
Nature of New York: and environmental history of the empire state.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. From the arrival of Henry Hudsons Half Moon in the estuarial waters of what would come to be called New York Harbor to the 2006 agreement that laid out plans for General Electric to clean up the..... More
Hummingbirds and butterflies.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Includes tips on how to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to backyards - and how to identify them once they've arrived. Includes information on where hummingbirds and butterflies live, what they eat, and the best garden plants to attract..... More
Thoreau's animals.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed writings found in the renowned Journal of Henry David Thoreau. These stories concern creatures he came upon when rambling the fields, forests, and wetlands of Concord and nearby communities. A...... More
Bear wrangler: memoirs of an Alaska pioneer biologist.
Anchorage: University of Alaska, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The author recounts both the harrowing adventures and the moving experiences that have marked his career as a biologist. Beginning in 1951, Troyer embarked on a 31 year career at Kodiak Island Brown bear preserve. Also available in hardcover..... More
Wildlife watching in America's national parks: a seasonal guide.
College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles. Here, Gary W. Vequist and Daniel S. Licht, focus on twelve animals that have been imperilled and at risk, but are now protected within the..... More
The Aleutian Islands: living on the edge.
Fairbanks: University of Alaska, 2008. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A striking collection of photographs that powerfully depict the islands' tumultuous weather and stunning landscape that have drawn so many to their shores. More
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