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Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

de Paul A. Johnsgard

Yellowstone Wildlife 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...

Prepper's Guide to Surviving Natural Disasters: How to Prepare for Real-World Emergencies

de James D. Nowka

Real disasters - floods, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, chemical spills - occur every year. Prepper's Guide to Natural Disasters skips the hype and hysteria of less likely, apocalyptic scenarios and helps you...

Contested Waters: An Environmental History of the Colorado River

de April R. Summit

"To fully understand this river and its past, one must examine many separate pieces of history scattered throughout two nations--seven states within the United States and two within Mexico--and sort through...

Zombie Birds, Astronaut Fish, and Other Weird Animals

de Becky Crew

Take a walk on the weird side!

Astronaut fish swimming in zero gravity? Fluffy little birds hungry for brains? Transformer butterflies morphing in midair? It's either a bad trip or one crazy safari.

Becky Crew...

Twisted: A Minneapolis Tornado Memoir

de Marie Porter & Michael Porter

After a morning spent running errands for their new home, Marie and Michael Porter's lives were turned upside down -along with the lives of thousands of others. On the afternoon of May 22, 2011, North Minneapolis...

Ancient Ecologists

de Wence Horak & Keana Texeira

Addicted to rather flawed concept of Darwinism, we tend to think even of climatic changes as slow, gradual processed. Yet the termination of the last Ice Age was fast and furious. It ended about 15,500 years...

Wildlife on the Wind

de Bruce L. Smith

In the heart of Wyoming sprawls the ancient homeland of the Eastern Shoshone Indians, who were forced by the U.S. government to share a reservation in the Wind River basin and flanking mountain ranges with their...

Dancing with the Vodka Terrorists: Misadventures in the 'Stans

de Rob Ferguson

When Rob Ferguson went off to the five former Soviet 'Stans of Central Asia to work on a project to save the rapidly disappearing Aral Sea, he expected to have challenges and adventures, but he didn't anticipate...

Of Earthly and River Things: An Angler's Memoir

de Wayne Curtis

"One could do worse than to grow up on a river." In his new collection of essays, Wayne Curtis voyages back through the tributaries of his past, throwing a pastoral net over the backwaters of his childhood to...

Snow Leopard: Stories from the Roof of the World

de Don Hunter

Like no other large cat, the snow leopard evokes a sense of myth and mysticism, strength and spirit shrouded in a snowy veil, seldom seen but always present. Giving a voice to the snow leopard, this collection...

Two Billion Trees and Counting: The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz

de John Bacher & Kenneth A. A. Armson

Edmund Zavitz (1875-1968) is recognized as Ontarios "Father of Reforestation." Due his knowledge of forestry, vision, diligence, and perseverance in the face of opposition, Ontario was rescued from the ravages...

Libya: An ancient country looks toward the future

de Giorgio Galanti

A captivating book dedicated to Libya of yesterday and today: a country with a thousand faces that is experiencing a dramatic moment. Through a wonderful selection of photographs accompanied by comprehensive...

Fire Management in the American West

de Mark Hudson

Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century. However, in Fire Management...

Colorado Flora: Western Slope

de William A. Weber & Ronald C. Wittmann

[C]learly a book that every Rocky Mountain botanist should own." -Arctic and Alpine Research

Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous...

Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope

de Ronald C. Wittmann & William A. Weber

[C]learly a book that every Rocky Mountain botanist should own." -Arctic and Alpine Research

Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope describes the remarkable flora of the state, distinctive in its altitudinal range, numerous...

The Eastern San Juan Mountains

de George Bracksieck & Rob Blair

A companion to The Western San Juan Mountains (originally published in 1996), The Eastern San Juan Mountains details the physical environment, biological communities, human history, and points of interest in...

Pike's Portage: Stories of a Distinguished Place

de Morten Asfeldt & Bob Henderson

The stories of the people who have struggled over Pikes Portage at the edge of the Barrens in the Northwest Territories are many and varied, including sports hunters, surveyors, trappers, and explorers.

The Men of the Last Frontier

de Grey Owl & James Polk

Part memoir, part history of the vanishing wilderness, and part compendium of animal and First Nations tales and lore, Grey Owl's first book was published in 1931. It is a passionate, compelling appeal for the...

Rocky Mountain Mammals, Third Edition

de David M. Armstrong

Revised, updated, and with more than 80 new color photographs, Rocky Mountain Mammals, Third Edition is a nontechnical guide to the mammals of the Southern Rocky Mountains and their foothills, with special emphasis...

Prairie Ghost

de Richard E McCabe, Bart W O'Gara & Henry M Reeves

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara and Henry M. Reeves explore the fascinating relationship of pronghorn with people in early America, from prehistoric evidence through the...