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What visitors need to know about Yellowstone Breathtaking full-color photographs Field guide to the park's plants and animals This comprehensive handbook covers all aspects of Yellowstone National Park, from grizzlies to geysers. Readers will find fascinating accounts of Yellowstone's formation as well as expanations of today's troubling environmental issues, such as wildlife management, fires, and conservation.Yellowstone gives detailed descriptions for more than 20 fish, 70 birds, and 70 mammals found in the jpark, as well as information about the surrounding nationa parks and forests.
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George Wuerthner is a professional photographer, writer and ecologist. He has written more than two dozen books on natural history and other environmental topics. He is currently the ecological projects director for the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Wuerthner has visited hundreds of mountain ranges around the West, more than 380 wilderness areas, more than 180 national park units, and every national forest west of the Mississippi.
