48 of our most breathtaking natural wonders handpicked for their scenery and attractions are explored in detail -- includes Acadia, Maine; Big Bend, Texas; Denali, Alaska; and more. Explore the 10 featured parks plus 38 additional parks through beautiful photography and detailed maps.
A description of the citizen-led effort to get Americans out of their cars and into the landscape via greenways - linear open spaces that preserve and restore nature in cities, suburbs and rural areas. These can link parks and open spaces and provide corridors for wildlife migration.
In this volume of 60 black-and-white panoramas, photographer Laurie Brown documents the changing landscape along the western edge of Southern California. These stark images reveal a world scraped and reshaped by construction equipment - boulders pushed aside, stretches of earth flattened and then measured with surveyor sticks. High-tech housing ...
From rock art in New Mexico used for spiritual purposes for 3,000 years to a recently rediscovered shaman's cave in the Mojave Desert, Sacred Lands of Indian America celebrates in words and vivid photographs some of the most beautiful and spiritually important landscapes in America. This stunning volume details the stories of 25 of these sacred ...
Fragile kingdoms of innumerable organisms and rich beauty, forests today are both our most plentiful and our most endangered natural resource. Understanding their workings and how to sustain them is imperative to ensuring the future of humanity. John J. Berger urges us to learn what can be done to preserve these treasures, and he offers here a ...
The magnificent national parks of the United States draw visitors eager to witness scenic beauty--from the wind-honed shapes of Arches National Park in Utah to the crashing shoreline of Acadia Naitonal Park in Maine. This book combines prosaic text with stunning photography to provide a glorious tribute to the cultural, political, and natural ...
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