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  • The Spirit of Yellowstone

    by Judith L. Meyer ...
    Yellowstone National Park's famous geysers, exotic landscape, and beautiful wildlife partially explain its enormous popularity, but there is something more to the Yellowstone experience—a powerful spirit to the place that is more than the sum of its parts. This fascinating history of America's favorite national park shows how that spirit has endured over Yellowstone's 127-year existence. Meyer ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

    by Virginia H. Dale, Catherine L. Kling, Judith L. Meyer, James Sanders, Holly Stallworth, Thomas Armitage, David Wangsness, Thomas Bianchi, Alan Blumberg, Walter Boynton, Daniel J. Conley, William Crumpton, Mark David, Denis Gilbert, Richard Lowrance, Kyle Mankin, James Opaluch, Hans Paerl, Kenneth Reckhow, Andrew N. Sharpley, Thomas W. Simpson, Clifford S. Snyder, Donelson Wright, Robert W. Howarth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Since 1985, scientists have been documenting a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico each year. The hypoxic zone, an area of low dissolved oxygen that cannot s- port marine life, generally manifests itself in the spring. Since marine species either die or ee the hypoxic zone, the spread of hypoxia reduces the available habitat for marine species, which are important for the ecosystem as well as ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

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  • Every Trail Has a Story

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  • This Wild Spirit

    Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada

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    In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures: “A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day in camp to get things in order for the morrow's conquests? Some how when once this wild spirit enters the blood…I can hardly wait to be off again." Vaux's compulsion was shared by many women whose intellects, ... Read more

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  • Ecology & Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site

    by Robert W. Sandford ...
    Ecology & Wonder makes several remarkable claims: The greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountain region may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminishment and species loss has been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. ... Read more

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  • The Wolf's Head

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  • The Power of Scenery

    Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks

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  • Hubris, a Railroad Through the Grand Canyon, and the Death of Frank Mason Brown: A Parable for Our Time

    by Wayne Schmidt ...
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  • The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping

    by Guy Waterman, Laura Waterman ...
    "A classic of backpacking literature" (Backpacker), now updated with a brand-new foreword by environmentalist and best-selling author Bill McKibbenOriginally published as Backwoods Ethics in 1979, Laura and Guy Waterman's definitive guide to low-impact hiking and camping was a prophetic call to reevaluate the impact of outdoor recreation on the wilderness. Enthusiastically received by ... Read more

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