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        A Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area

        A Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area

        by Elizabeth A. Powell, Frederick H. Landau and Lawrence R. Walker

        ISBN: 9781647790981

        Pub Date: 23 May 2023

        Format: Paperback

        124 Pages

        A Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the definitive book for weekend explorers and botanists alike who venture into LMNRA ready to discover the many wonders of...
        Chasing Giants

        Chasing Giants

        In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish

        by Zeb Hogan and Stefan Lovgren

        ISBN: 9781647790578

        Pub Date: 25 April 2023

        Format: Hardcover

        250 Pages

        Beneath the surface of the world’s rivers and lakes swim mysterious giants, the real-life Loch Ness monsters and Bigfoots of the aquatic world. They are a diverse assemblage of poorly understood creatures, from gargantuan gars to sumo-sized stingrays. These ancient fish—some who have been around for hundreds of millions of years—play critical roles in their freshwater ecologies. Threatened by overfishing, habitat loss, dams, pollution and climate change, the majority of the world’s freshwater megafish are today at risk of extinction. As an aquatic ecologist and host of the National Geographic Channel’s Monster Fish series, Zeb Hogan has spent more than a decade searching for and studying these increasingly endangered river titans. In this book, he teams up with award-winning journalist Stefan Lovgren to tell for the first time the remarkable and troubling stories of the world’s megafish and chronicles the race against the clock to find and protect these ancient...

        Cheatgrass

        Cheatgrass

        Fire and Forage on the Range

        by James Young and Charlie D. Clements

        ISBN: 9781647790707

        Pub Date: 25 October 2022

        Format: Paperback

        348 Pages

        Cheatgrass is the first comprehensive study of this highly invasive plant that has changed the ecology of millions of acres of western rangeland.
        Going It Alone

        Going It Alone

        Ramblings and Reflections from the Trail

        by Tim Hauserman

        ISBN: 9781647790653

        Pub Date: 2 August 2022

        Format: Paperback

        156 Pages

        Going It Alone is the story of the conflict between joy and loneliness Tim Hauserman discovered on a series of backpack trips in the wilderness: a tale of self-induced misadventures and overwhelming sadness but also many moments of sublime rapture. It is a humorous, humble take on the experience of spending time alone in the wilderness—part exquisite nature journal, part Bill Bryson in the woods—with a unique voice and take on the world.

        Tributary Voices

        Tributary Voices

        Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River

        by Paul A. Formisano

        ISBN: 9781647790424

        Pub Date: 26 April 2022

        Format: Paperback

        272 Pages

        Tributary Voices takes a fresh look at the Colorado River through an interdisciplinary approach to the role stories play in cultivating a sustainable water ethic. Through literary, rhetorical, and historical analyses of some of the river’s lesser-known stakeholders, this study considers how our present moment on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Colorado River Compact demands a more comprehensive approach to river management.
        To Know a Starry Night

        To Know a Starry Night

        by Paul Bogard

        Photographer Beau Rogers

        ISBN: 9781647790127

        Pub Date: 12 October 2021

        Format: Hardcover

        144 Pages

        Combining the lyrical writing from Paul Bogard with night-sky photography from Beau Rogers, To Know A Starry Night explores the powerful experience of being outside under a natural starry sky.
        Devils Hole Pupfish

        Devils Hole Pupfish

        The Unexpected Survival of an Endangered Species in the Modern American West 

        by Kevin C. Brown

        ISBN: 9781647790103

        Pub Date: 7 September 2021

        Format: Paperback

        256 Pages

        The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest vertebrate animals on the planet; its only natural habitat is a ten-by-sixty-foot pool near Death Valley, on the Nevada—California border. Isolation in Devils Hole made the fish different from its close genetic relatives, but as Devils Hole Pupfish explores, what has made the species a survivor is its many surprising connections to the people who have studied, ignored, protested or protected it.
        One Shot for Gold

        One Shot for Gold

        Developing a Modern Mine in Northern California

        by Eleanor Herz Swent

        ISBN: 9781647790066

        Pub Date: 4 May 2021

        Format: Hardcover

        288 Pages

        In 1978, a geologist working for the Homestake Mining Company discovered gold in a remote corner of California’s Napa County. This discovery led to the establishment of California’s most productive...
        Big Bend National Park

        Big Bend National Park

        Mexico, the United States, and a Borderland Ecosystem

        by Michael Welsh

        ISBN: 9781948908825

        Pub Date: 6 April 2021

        Format: Paperback

        288 Pages

        Known as a place of stark beauty, dramatic geographic dimension, and challenging desert terrain, Big Bend National Park is located in West Texas on the north bank of the Rio Grande, adjacent to the...
        Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens

        Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens

        The Endless War over the West's Public Lands

        by John L. Smith

        ISBN: 9781948908900

        Pub Date: 10 March 2021

        Format: Hardcover

        342 Pages

        Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens tells the fascinating history of the battle over Nevada’s lucrative public lands through the lens of the April 2014 armed standoff between Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy and armed militia allies against federal officers attempting to provide security for a court-ordered cattle impoundment.
         
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