A Natural History & Underwater Field Guide For Divers, Snorkelers, Paddl
This new edition of The Springs of Florida is completely updated to serve as the definitive guide to Florida's many spring parks and their inhabitants. It is a vital resource for canoeists, kayakers, divers, snorkelers, and visitors.
Connecting with the Wild and Green in the Urban and Suburban Landscape
Focusing on the ecological importance of our day-to-day activities and spaces we are most familiar with and can most influence, this book brings the message of how people and nature are vitally connected in the urban and suburban landscape and features practical steps readers can take to deepen their connections with nature.
The Everglades is a unique wetland ecosystem that spans across central and south Florida. Not only popular in the state, but the Everglades is also an international interest for United States National Park travelers, environmentalists, and nature lovers. But conservation and protection are needed now more than ever due to human and natural ......
Ecocriticism, the Universal Ecosystem, and the Astropocene
In The End of the Anthropocene, Michael J. Gormley examines late-stage Anthropocene literature and the imagining of the Astropocene. Focusing on science fiction literature, Gormley frames a changing ecoethic for the end of the Anthropocene.
In this book, author and Mississippi River historian Dean Klinkenberg explores the many disastrous events to have occurred on and along the river in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries-from steamboat explosions, to Yellow Fever epidemics, floods, and Prohibition piracy. Enjoy this journey into the darkest deeds of the Mississippi River.
Stories of Grit and Spirit from the Mangrove Wilderness
Everglades National Park's mangrove ecosystem, extending over 230,000 acres of south Florida, is the most expansive in the western hemisphere and the largest continuous system of mangroves in the world. Most of this mangrove area is remote, accessible only by boat, complex and difficult to navigate. In Out There: Voices from the Everglades ......
100 Classic Summit Routes to Washington's Cascade and Olympic Mountains
This select guide includes detailed, easy to follow directions to climbing 100 of Washington's most visible, historically significant, and interesting mountains with summits over 5,000 feet. From introductory level off-trail summit hikes and scrambles to multi-pitch alpine rock and high volcano climbs, this guide is suitable for beginning ......
In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation.
Ecocriticism, the Universal Ecosystem, and the Astropocene
In The End of the Anthropocene, Michael J. Gormley examines late-stage anthropocene literature and the imagining of the astropocene. Focusing on science fiction literature, Gormley frames a changing ecoethic for the end of the anthropocene.