Despite growing evidence of geothermal activity under Yellowstone, it look geologists a long time to realize there was a volcano beneath this wildlife preserve, and an even longer time to find the crater. Ariel photographs revealed this as 45 miles wide, encompassing the whole of Yellowstone! What will happen, in human terms, when it erupts?Greg ...
A good fishing tip isn't a sales pitch for a high-priced, high-tech gizmo. Instead, the best fishing tips are simple cheap and make your fishing easier. You'll learn how to make and modify lures, how to eliminate common problems with your rod and reel, how to eliminate bones from fish fillets along with 300 more tips that have been collected from ...
The Compass Guides provide color portraits of America for curious travelers who really want to understand where they're going. Here are America's best-loved cities and regions, with important information packed into enjoyable essays by expert residents who know how to pick out the truly interesting details. All this is accompanied by informative ...
Fishing is more than catching fish. It is travel, nature, adventure, friendships, and discovery. In Fishing Minnesota, Greg Breining tags along with expert anglers and reports what they have spent years learning. He fishes for Lake Superior steelhead with Shawn Perich, small-stream smallmouth bass with Tim Holschlag, stream trout with Jay Bunke, ...
A true story of adventure and a two-year quest to navigate the greatest of the Great Lakes. An avid history buff, Breining follows the routes of the Ojibwa and the voyageurs. He explores the mix of cultures that created the Lake Superior region we know today. Illustrated throughout with the author's striking photos, "Wild Shore" will be a welcome ...
To the uninitiated, ice fishing seems improbable, wacky, and dangerous. But every winter, more than 2 million hardy northerners go to their place on the lake: literally on the lake. Striking story-telling photographs by Layne Kennedy and engaging essays by outdoor writer and fisherman Greg Breining capture the quirky world of ice fishing - its ...
One of a series of illustrated cultural, historical and practical tourist guides to individual cities and states of North America. The book includes coverage of the restaurants and nightlife of Minnesota, literary excerpts, and essays on a range of topics.
The official state guide to paddling destinations in Minnesota. Features more than 100 river and lake trips, with access points, difficulty ratings, and information on history, the environment, points of special interest, and fishing opportunities.
This delightful book compares our images of Minnesota today with pictures of Minnesota past. In its pages, readers will see the state capitol building transformed from one era to the next, grand old cinemas rising and giving way to the multiplex, the grain-milling district remaking a swath of the Mississippi, farms with barns and windmills making ...
Explores the waters, trees, flowers, and animals of the northern forest, spreading from the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes into Canada and Alaska, and their relationship to each other.
Voyageurs National Park is the "northwoods" -- a land of conifers and hardwoods, large lakes sprinkled with islands, rugged shorelines and fascinating wildlife. The spirit of Minnesota's only national park has been captured both in the story and in the color photographs. Published by Lake States Interpretive Association.
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