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Author
Publisher
National Geographic Adventure Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
xix, 214 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a hundred-mile hike to reach Hawks Rest, Ferguson recounts his adventures observing grizzly bears, tracking wolf packs, and encountering other wildlife in what is now the largest intact ecosystem in the temperate world. Along the way he meets an intriguing array of backcountry hikers, park rangers, elk hunters, outfitters, and wildlife biologists all grappling with the challenges of preserving this magnificent slice of wilderness.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
xxix, 315 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Daily record of Ferdinand Hayden's 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. Includes earliest on-site images of Yellowstone by photographer William Henry Jackson and guest artist Thomas Moran.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cahill stumbles from glacier to geyser, encounters wildlife (some of it, like bisons, weighing in the neighborhood of a ton), muses on the microbiology of thermal pools, gets spooked in the mysterious Hoodoos, sees moonbows arcing across waterfalls at midnight, and generally has a fine old time walking several hundred miles while contemplating the concept and value of wilderness. Mostly, Cahill says, "I have resisted the urge to commit philosophy....
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
America contains an unrivaled vastness in beauty. From the picturesque beaches of the Virgin Islands and the untainted blue waters of Crater Lake, Oregon, to the sub-tropic Florida Everglades and the world's largest cave, Kentucy's Mammoth Cave.
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