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 ......
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, ......
A nuanced reframing of the dual importance of reading and observation for early modern naturalists. Historians of science traditionally argue that the sciences were born in early modern Europe during the so-called scientific revolution. At the heart of this narrative lays a supposed shift from the knowledge of books to the knowledge of things. ......
Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber
Often cast as villains in the Northwest's environmental battles, timber workers in fact have a connection to the forest that goes far beyond jobs and economic issues. Steven C. Beda explores the complex true story of how and why timber-working communities have concerned themselves with the health and future of the woods surrounding them. Life ......
Individuals from all walks of life have devoted their time, energy, and money to restoring the state's lost wetlands. Clare Howard and David Zalaznik take readers into the marshes, bogs, waterways, and swamps brought back to life by these wetland pioneers. Howard's storytelling introduces grassroots conservators dedicated to learning through trial ......
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.
Kiviat and MacDonald delve into the considerable biodiversity of an ecologically battered urban-industrial region, addressing wild species from lichens to mammals. The results will help decision makers foster wildlife and plants that can cope with urban conditions and will aid in reducing loss of biodiversity in urbanizing areas.
