A common group of plants in the Midwest's natural areas, the oval sedges supply food for wildlife while their roots bind the soil and their vegetation creates habitat. Carex of Illinois and Surrounding States: The Oval Sedges offers a guide to the identification, distribution, and natural history of this diverse group of plants. Focused on the ......
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Native and Introduced Species
Georgia Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Georgia's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Native and Introduced Species
Louisiana Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Louisiana's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Native and Introduced Species
California Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit California's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Native and Introduced Species
Massachusetts Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Massachusetts's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Native and Introduced Species
Pennsylvania Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Pennsylvania's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
An Angler and Naturalist's Journey to America's Legendary Rivers
In Casting Iconic Waters, writer, naturalist, and educator Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a physical and philosophical journey to some of the most legendary rivers and wild landscapes in America. Imbued with fly-fishing throughout, this journey will seek to explore what makes certain places feel magical and meaningful. How do we define "iconic" ......
For focus, exercise, and pleasant distraction, scientist Declan McCabe takes frequent walks along Vermont's Winooski River. The brief trips provide solitude, grounding, and an opportunity to explore. Slowing down, and observing carefully, reveals diverse life in unexpected places. Each patch of soil, each fallen tree, and every puddle of standing ......
In a case study of urban biodiversity, Erik Kiviat and Kristi MacDonald present two decades of data and assessment of the habitats and biota of the Meadowlands. Urban Biodiversity: The Natural History of the New Jersey Meadowlands documents the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, seed plants, mosses, and ......
Extreme weather events, from bushfires to floods, and sudden geological changes, like earthquakes and tsunamis, have an enormous impact on our planet. In this book, students investigate different examples of extreme weather, focusing on examples from around Australia, and how these events affect living and non-living aspects of the environment.
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.
The 1970s Energy Crisis and the Making of Modern America
How the 1970s energy crisis facilitated a neoliberal shift in US political culture.
In Energizing Neoliberalism, Caleb Wellum offers a provocative account of how the 1970s energy crisis helped to recreate postwar America. Rather than think of the crisis as the obvious outcome of the decades "oil shocks," ......
A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite's Most Iconic Climb
Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"-collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will never climb a rock, indeed anyone inspired by the idea of a passionate, lifelong quest of any ......
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 most thorough, updated guide to frogs and toads in the United States and Canada available. A stunning diversity of frog species can be found from coastal swamps to lofty mountain peaks, and from the Florida Keys to the Arctic Ocean. They live in subtropical lowlands, grassland prairies, deserts, and alpine-tundra habitats. Some species have ......
A Year in the Gulf of Maine, from Cape Cod to Canada
A Coastal Companion is a journey through the year in the Gulf of Maine and its watershed, which includes land from eastern Massachusetts to southwestern Nova Scotia.
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 ......
This groundbreaking book brings together Native American and Indigenous scholars, wildlife managers, legal experts, and conservationists from dozens of tribes to share their wildlife stewardship philosophies, histories, principles, and practices. Tribes have jurisdiction over some of the healthiest wild areas in North America, collectively ......
From the Emerald Northwest to Miami's Biscayne Jewel and Beyond
Everyone knows the beaches of Florida are a top spot for locals and tourists alike, but what many natives or visitors might not know is how intricate each part of Florida's coast is. Broken down into roughly 12 parts, the entire coast of Florid and the Keys offer beachgoers a unique experience at any part of the state. Doug Alderson, popular ......
Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for most of her 48 years, and for more than a decade has remained largely isolated and lonely. Like all elephants, Happy has a complex mind and a deep social, intellectual, and emotional life; she desires to make choices and has a sense of self-recognition. But like all nonhuman animals, Happy is considered a thing ......
A Waterproof Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals & Plants
British Columbia's rocky and sandy shorelines simply teem with life and 'tide-pooling' for creatures is a pastime enjoyed by residents and tourists alike. British Columbia Seashore Life is the perfect pocket-sized, folding guide for the beachcomber, and features over 140 beautiful illustrations of familiar and unique seashore plants and animals, ......
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Familiar Animals & Plants
Stretching for 367 miles from Sea Rim State Park to Boca Chica State Park, the Texas coastline encompasses a variety of diverse habitats that are home to thousands of species of plants and animals. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of seashore birds, mammals, seashells, crabs, and their kin, ......
A Waterproof Folding Guide to Familiar Animals & Plants
Stretching for 1,631 miles from the Everglades to Brownsville, Texas, the Gulf Coast encompasses a variety of diverse habitats that are home to thousands of species of plants and animals along its shores. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of birds, mammals, nearshore fishes, seashore creatures, ......
Before the sacred Scriptures were ever written, there was a much earlier text: The Book of Nature. Barbara Mahany invites us to discover an ancient theology that focuses on the text of God first revealed through creation--nature in all its kaleidoscopic turnings.