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The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail-the longest hiking-only footpath in the world-runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to "thru-hike" the entire trail, a feat equivalent to hiking Mount Everest sixteen times. In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who, for their own personal reasons, set out to conquer America's most well known, and arguably most social, long-distance hiking trail. In this fascinating in-depth study, Fondren shows how, once out on the trail, this unique subculture of hikers lives mostly in isolation, with their own way of acting, talking, and thinking; their own vocabulary; their own activities and interests; and their own conception of what is significant in life. They tend to be self-disciplined, have an unwavering trust in complete strangers, embrace a life of poverty, and reject modern-day institutions. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity. Fondren describes how long-distance hikers develop a trail persona, underscoring how important a sense of place can be to our identity, and to our sense of who we are. Indeed, the author adds a new dimension to our understanding of the nature of identity in general. Anyone who has hiked-or has ever dreamed of hiking-the Appalachian Trail will find this volume fascinating. Walking on the Wild Side captures a community for whom the trail is a sacred place, a place to which they have become attached, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Self-actualization (Psychology) --- Subculture --- Hikers --- Hiking --- Subcultures --- Culture --- Ethnopsychology --- Social groups --- Counterculture --- Bush walkers --- Bushwalkers --- Day hikers --- Trail hikers --- Trampers --- Trekkers --- Persons --- Bushwalking --- Tramping --- Trekking --- Sports --- Walking --- Social conditions. --- Social aspects --- Appalachian Trail --- Description and travel.
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In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A. Schoenherr describes the natural history of California-a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of North America. A Natural History of California focuses on each distinctive region, addressing its climate, rocks, soil, plants, and animals. The second edition of this classic work features updated species names and taxa, new details about parks reclassified by federal and state agencies, new stories about modern human and animal interaction, and a new epilogue on the impacts of climate change.
Natural history --- backpackers. --- california. --- classic work. --- climate change. --- comprehensive guide. --- explorers. --- generational. --- hikers. --- history. --- landforms. --- lifetime. --- mountains. --- natural history. --- new epilogue. --- north america. --- outdoors guide. --- scientists. --- wildlife. --- yosemite.
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Grand Canyon For Sale is a carefully researched investigation of the precarious future of America's public lands: our national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, monuments, and wildernesses. Taking the Grand Canyon as his key example, and using on-the-ground reporting as well as scientific research, Stephen Nash shows how accelerating climate change will dislocate wildlife populations and vegetation across hundreds of thousands of square miles of the national landscape. In addition, a growing political movement, well financed and occasionally violent, is fighting to break up these federal lands and return them to state, local, and private control. That scheme would foreclose the future for many wild species, which are part of our irreplaceable natural heritage, and also would devastate our national parks, forests, and other public lands. To safeguard wildlife and their habitats, it is essential to consolidate protected areas and prioritize natural systems over mining, grazing, drilling, and logging. Grand Canyon For Sale provides an excellent overview of the physical and biological challenges facing public lands. The book also exposes and shows how to combat the political activity that threatens these places in the U.S. today.
Public lands --- Environmental aspects --- Grand Canyon (Ariz.) --- Environmental conditions. --- american culture. --- backpackers. --- consumerism. --- economist. --- environmentalism. --- foreclosure. --- forests. --- hikers. --- national parks. --- natural history. --- north america. --- on the ground reporting. --- physical and biological challenges. --- preservation. --- preservationists. --- public land. --- public lands.
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Spotting an animal's fresh footprints in the wild can conjure a world for the hiker: Why did the deer tracks disappear? Where did the cougar turn off the trail? What does it mean when two sets of footprints seem to coincide? This beautifully illustrated field guide, the first devoted to the tracks and signs of California animals-including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates like spiders and beetles-blends meticulous science with fiield experience to provide an engaging companion for both armchair exploration and easy field identification. Filled with useful tools for the wildlife expert, and essential background and visual aids for the novice, includng in-depth information about the ecology of each species, this book goes beyond basic recognition of types to interpret what animals leave behind as a way of "seeing" how they move through the world.
Animal tracks --- Tracking and trailing --- Hunting --- Animal signs --- Tracks, Animal --- amphibian tracks. --- animal tracks. --- bird tracks. --- california wildlife. --- california. --- easy to read. --- field experience. --- field guide. --- footprints. --- hikers. --- hiking guides. --- identification guide. --- illustrated guide. --- invertebrates. --- life sciences. --- mammal tracks. --- natural history. --- natural sciences. --- natural surroundings. --- naturalists. --- nonfiction. --- regional animals. --- reptile tracks. --- scatology. --- scientists. --- species ecology. --- visual aids. --- wildlife experts. --- wildlife guide. --- zoology.
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The California Naturalist Handbook provides a fun, science-based introduction to California's natural history with an emphasis on observation, discovery, communication, stewardship and conservation. It is a hands-on guide to learning about the natural environment of California. Subjects covered include California natural history and geology, native plants and animals, California's freshwater resources and ecosystems, forest and rangeland resources, conservation biology, and the effects of global warming on California's natural communities. The Handbook also discusses how to create and use a field notebook, natural resource interpretation, citizen science, and collaborative conservation and serves as the primary text for the California Naturalist Program.
Biodiversity --- Natural areas --- Natural history --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- adventurers. --- backpackers. --- backpacking. --- climate change impact. --- effect of climate change. --- forest. --- freshwater resource. --- geography. --- geology. --- global warming. --- hands-on guide. --- hikers. --- national park. --- native animals. --- native plant. --- natural environment. --- natural history. --- pacific crest trail. --- rangeland. --- resource interpretation. --- travel. --- wilderness. --- yosemite.
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Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada-the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
Geology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) --- Sierra Nevada Mountains (Calif. and Nev.) --- Sierra Nevada Range (Calif. and Nev.) --- Sierras (Calif. and Nev.) --- Geology -- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.). --- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.). --- california. --- campers. --- earth sciences. --- earthquakes. --- easy to read. --- erosion. --- field guide. --- geologists. --- geology textbooks. --- glaciation. --- gold rush. --- gold. --- hikers. --- illustrated. --- maps. --- mineral deposits. --- mountain range. --- national parks. --- natural forces. --- natural history. --- natural sciences. --- natural world. --- nature lovers. --- nonfiction. --- plate tectonics. --- regional geology. --- regional history. --- rock science. --- scientists. --- sierra nevada. --- travel guide. --- travelers. --- united states. --- volcanic regions. --- yosemite.
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Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic processes, and other natural phenomena. Palmer reports on conservation with a perspective from decades of personal engagement. More than 150 streams are featured, 50 riparian species are illustrated, and 180 photos show the essence of California's rivers. Palmer brings a natural history guide, a recreation guide, and an introduction to river ecology together in one illuminating volume; it belongs in every river lover's book collection, boat, and backpack.
Natural history - California. --- Natural history -- California. --- Nature -- Ecology. --- NATURE / Ecology. --- Rivers - California. --- Rivers -- California -- Guidebooks. --- Rivers -- California -- Pictorial works. --- Rivers --- Natural history --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- Brooks --- Creeks --- Runs (Rivers) --- Streams --- Bodies of water --- adventures. --- california rivers. --- california. --- canoes and kayaks. --- conservation. --- conservationists. --- earth sciences. --- easy to read. --- field guide. --- fishermen. --- fishery. --- hikers. --- hydrologic processes. --- illustrated. --- natural history. --- natural phenomena. --- naturalists. --- plant life. --- practical guide. --- rafting. --- recreation guide. --- regional geology. --- regional rivers. --- river ecology. --- river guide. --- river lovers. --- scientists. --- streams and rivers. --- travel guide. --- wildlife guide.
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In this provocative walking meditation, writer and former park ranger William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers: How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now-in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West's iconic parks. Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks merely become ecosystem museums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed, through his journey, ultimately shows why we must do just that.
National parks and reserves --- Nature conservation --- Environmental protection --- Wilderness areas --- Management. --- Forecasting. --- Philosophy. --- Tweed, William C. --- Travel --- Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --- Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.) --- Sequoia National Park (Calif.) --- Environmental condiitions. --- adventures. --- america. --- american landmarks. --- american west. --- biodiversity. --- california. --- climate change. --- discussion books. --- ecosystems. --- endangered species. --- environmentalists. --- glacier national park. --- high sierra. --- hikers. --- john muir trail. --- landscapes. --- melting glaciers. --- mt rainer. --- national parks. --- natural history. --- natural world. --- outdoors. --- park rangers. --- parks policies. --- political issues. --- preservation. --- relevance. --- scientists. --- thought provoking. --- united states parks. --- walking meditation.
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