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Living Beneath the Colorado Peaks: The Story of Knapp Ranch
by Knapp, Betsy    Knapp, Bud    Shaw, Sarah
(Hardcover - English - 9781423650966)
Winner of the 2019 Western Heritage Award for Art Photography Book A Vision of Architectural Design and Land Stewardship Living Beneath the Colorado Peaks takes the reader on a journey of discovery, from finding the perfect piece of land to achieving a vision that provides a model for utilizing the existing natural systems to design and craft a model of integrative, creative, and responsible land use in the American West. With vision, patience and devotion to excellence, the book follows the journey of Bud and Betsy Knapp to rehabilitate a landscape fatigued by neglect. Built on the bedrock of sustainability and thoughtful stewardship, the Ranch, located ..
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Return to the High Country: New Tales of a High Sierra Pack Cook
by Kritz, Irene       
(Paperback - English - 9781593309824)
Sittin' around the mountain campfire after a long day of camp cooking and trail riding, this old camp cook entertains the guests with stories of life in the High Lonesome. A few years back she put a bunch of the tales together in a little book called "Campfire Smoke and Trail Dust." She felt real bad on the last book when she got one of the "Wreck" stories wrong and got accused of not being truthful. No problem. There are always more stories to tell when life consists of roaring streams, impassible snowbanks, cliff trails, half-broke mules, and other entertaining stuff. So, being retired and armed with 50 years worth of stories, "Mad Dog" Kritz went ahead and ..
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The High Sierra: A Love Story
by Robinson, Kim Stanley    Robinson, Kim Stanley   
(Compact Disc - English - 9781668614747)
Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra is his lavish celebration of this exceptional place and an exploration of what makes this span of mountains one of the most compelling places on Earth.Over the course of a vivid and dramatic narrative, Robinson describe ..
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The Mountains of California
by Muir, John       
(Paperback - English - 9780486819204)
A great hero of America's conservation movement, John Muir (1838-1914) was active in establishing the Yosemite Valley as a protected national park and in awakening interest in the importance of safeguarding natural resources. In this tribute to the grandeur of the Sierras, Muir recounts his journeys by foot through the Yosemite Valley, Mount Whitney, the famed sequoia forests, King's Canyon, and other wilderness areas. br With a natural historian's keen eye for flora, geography, and geology, Muir describes glaciers, lakes, trees, and the daily lives of the region's inhabitants. His lyrical narrative, imbued with the deepest understanding and respect for nature, ..
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Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America
by Silver, Timothy       
(Paperback - English - 9780807854235)
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian ..
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Eastern San Juan Mountains: Their Ecology, Geology, and Human History
by Blair, Rob    Bracksieck, George   
(Paperback - English - 9781607320845)
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 this rich and diverse mountain system.A natural division between the eastern and western slopes of the San Juans is the north-south line that runs approximately through Lake City, south of the crossing of the Piedra River by US Highway 160. In this super guidebook, twenty-seven contributors--all experts in their fields--artfully bring the geology, hydrology, animal and plant life, human histories, and travel routes of these eastern slopes to life. Design ..
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Alone at the Top: Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter
by Dupre, Lonnie    Louwagie, Pam   
(Paperback - English - 9781681340821)
What goes through your mind when you're dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had made a career out of working in teams to survive in extreme conditions and places most humans wouldn't dare to tread. But shortly after Dupre found himself alone after a twenty-year marriage, he decided he needed to summit Denali, the continent's tallest mountain, alone and in the harshest possible conditions to prove something to himself. br br Dupre was on his fourth attempt in five years in late December 2014 when a surprise storm caught him at 11,200 feet. F ..
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Half Dome: The History of Yosemite's Iconic Mountain
by Reidhead, Joe    Greenleaf, Susan   
(Paperback - English - 9781940777795)
Half Dome documents the story of Yosemite's iconic mountain through the ages, from 500 million years ago to the present day. Learn about Half Dome's fiery beginnings. Discover its unique summit ecology. Hear the origin story that the Native Americans knew. Feel the exhilaration of the first humans to climb its steep faces. Read the tragic tales of death that have befallen many on this dome. Tune in to the management of a mountain that belongs to all. Finally, find inspiration from the beauty that our planet holds. This book is an excellent resource for anyone visiting Yosemite, hikers and climbers who wish to reach the summit, lovers of mountains, and readers o ..
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Santa Monica Mountains: Range of Majesty from the Sea to the City
by Gamache, Tom    Jaffe, Matthew   
(Hardcover - English - 9781883318512)
No mountain range spans such diverse geological and cultural worlds as the magnificent Santa Monica Mountains. Stretching forty-six miles from Griffith Park in the heart of Los Angeles to the sands of the blue Pacific, they rise to separate the city from the suburbs. Their story has developed over centuries, with characters ranging from Native Americans to rock 'n' roll singers to baseball players and just about every Angeleno in between. The Santa Monicas oversee canyons, thoroughfares, valleys, business parks, villages, a world-class metropolis, and even spawning runs of steelhead trout; their span is Los Angeles. Photos by award-winning nature specialist Tom ..
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The Granite Landscape: A Natural History of America's Mountain Domes, from Acadia to Yosemite (Revised)
by Wessels, Tom    Cohen, Brian D.   
(Paperback - English - 9780881505283)
In The Granite Landscape Tom Wessels synthesizes history, geology, biology, and personal narrative to enhance our understanding and appreciation of these high, wild placesthe granite summit balds of North America. He explores the unique and fragile ecosystem that is common to exposed granite expanses from Acadia to Yosemitehow it evolved slowly over millennia, and how it is threatened today by foot traffic and overuse. Wessels' wonderfully informative and accessible text combine with his dramatic photographs and Brian Cohen's beautifully detailed illustrations to bring the denizens of the granite bald to life. The mountains they celebrate include: Acadia Nationa ..
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Medicinal Survival Plants of the Rocky Mountains: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species
by Schwartz, Jason    Kavanagh, James    Leung, Raymond
(Paperback - English - 9781583559796)
This beautifully illustrated guide highlights the most familiar species of medicinally relevant, widespread trees, shrubs and wildflowers. Laminated for durability, this one ounce pocket guide provides simplified, essential information for hikers and campers of all ages on how to treat common backcountry maladies with wild plants. Ideal for field use by experts and novices alike. Made in the USA.www.waterfordpress.com ..
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The High Sierra: A Love Story
by Robinson, Kim Stanley       
(Paperback - English - 9780316306614)
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra Nevada mountains during the summer of 1973. He returned from that encounter a changed man, awed by a landscape that made him feel as if he were simultaneously strolling through an art museum and scrambling on a jungle gym like an energized child. He has returned to the mountains throughout his life--more than a hundred trips--and has gathered a vast store of knowledge about them. The High Sierra ..
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Eastern Poconos: Delaware Water Gap to Bushkill
by Summa, Marie J.    Summa, Frank D.    Garris, Arthur
(Hardcover - English - 9781531622831)
Eastern Poconos: Delaware Water Gap to Bushkill provides a visual history of one of the most picturesque areas of the Northeast. With rare insight, a vast amount of knowledge, and a great deal of research, the evolution of the region from the arrival of the first European settlers through br the golden age of tourism and beyond is depicted. Grand old hotels and modest boardinghouses that have long since br disappeared are featured, along with spectacular scenery. Also showcased are images of ordinary and extraordinary people, from farmers who tilled the land to celebrities whose meteoric rise to stardom began in the summer stock theaters and resorts of this ar ..
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Our Vanishing Glaciers: The Snows of Yesteryear and the Future Climate of the Mountain West
by Sandford, Robert William       
(Hardcover - English - 9781771602020)
Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet possible. Focusing on the Columbia Icefield, the largest and most accessible mass of ice straddling the Continental Divide in western North America, and featuring photographs, illustrations, aerial surveys and thermal imaging collected over more than 40 years of the author's personal observations, the book reveals the stunning magnitude of glacial ice in western Canada. Citing e ..
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Small Misty Mountain: The Awanadjo Almanack
by McCall, Rob       
(Hardcover - English - 9781888889451)
A collection of natural and unnatural events devoted to breaking down the wall of hostility between us andCreation. br br Certain places make us more vulnerable to the Holy. This is a real phenomenon, not some romantic notiona spiritual resource as full and as valuable as any other natural resource. Approached with devotion, these places have the power to heal and to reveal. br br Awanadjo is Algonkian for small, misty mountain, referring to Blue Hill Mountain in Blue Hill, Maine; but it can just as well describe your mountain or any sacred place that has the power to transform and impart the sense of being at home in Nature. br br Following i ..
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In the Shadow of the Carmens: Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains
by McKinney, Bonnie Reynolds    Riskind, David   
(Hardcover - English - 9780896727649)
Just across the Rio Grande from West Texas in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, the mountain ranges of the Maderas del Carmen rise majestically. Often called magical or mystical, they have stirred imagination for centuries. Stories of bandits, Indians, ghosts, incredible flora and fauna, cool forests, waterfalls, and vast woodlands filter across the Rio Grande. Many people have dreamed of exploring this vast ecosystem, but few have made the trip. Bonnie McKinney is among the fortunate. In 2001 McKinney and her husband, Billy Pat McKinney, moved to the Carmens to manage the large conservation project spearheaded by CEMEX, the Monterrey-based cement and building mate ..
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Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia
by Reece, Erik       
(Paperback - English - 9781594482366)
A new form of strip mining has caused a state of emergency for the Appalachian wilderness and the communities that depend on it-a crisis compounded by issues of government neglect, corporate hubris, and class conflict. In this powerful call to arms, Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent witnessing the systematic decimation of a single mountain and offers a landmark defense of a national treasure threatened with extinction. ..
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Utah's Unique Uintas: Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories
by Wixom, Hartt P.       
(Paperback - English - 9781489568656)
The sub-title of this book is "Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories." It features photos, maps, information and stories relating to the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, the highest mountain range in Utah and the only major mountain chain in North America with an east - west axis. ..
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Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir
by Schullery, Paul       
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Mountain Time , a thoughtful and often moving work, is not only about Yellowstone as a superb sample of American wildness, . . . but also about a man named Paul Schullery and his relationship to it. This fact gives the book much richness and power, for Schullery comes across clearly as a caring, observant, undogmatic person whose reasonable and intelligent opinions are reinforced by plenty of facts. In a certain mood, it is possible to wish (vainly) that people of his civilized caliber were the only ones allowed to open their mouths very widely on any subject that really matters, as Yellowstone definitely does.--John Graves, author of Goodbye to a River and Fro ..
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Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies
by Jones, Mike    Willey, Liz   
(Paperback - English - 9781512603026)
This unique book celebrates and documents the incredible and colorful biodiversity of the mountain landscapes of eastern North America, covering all of the major alpine ecosystems in New England, New York, Qu bec, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Twenty scientists, explorers, naturalists, and land managers from the United States and Canada have collaborated to create this definitive and beautiful account of the flora and fauna of the eastern alpine tundra. ..
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