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Birds of Wyoming Field Guide: Includes Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks

STAN TEKIELA - Adventure Publications
Format: Paperback

Make bird watching even more enjoyable! With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This book features 134 species of Wyoming birds -- including...

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The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa

Jonathan B. Losos - Viking
Format: Book

The past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover.. The domestic cat - your cat - has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful...

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Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything

Helen Scales - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Book

Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat...

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Foraging Wild Edible Plants of North America: More than 150 Delicious Recipes Using Nature's Edibles

Christopher Nyerges - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback

Edible wild plants are nature's natural food source, growing along roadsides, sprouting in backyards, and blooming in country fields. North America's diverse geography overflows with edible plant species. From alyssum to watercress, chicory to purslane, Foraging Wild Plants of North...

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Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

Cal Flyn - Viking
Format: Book

Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered...

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Touring Colorado Hot Springs

Susan Joy Paul - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback

There is not a more serendipitous surrounding to soak in than the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Touring Colorado Hot Springs provides detailed descriptions, easy-to-read maps, and firsthand information on the best hot springs in the state. Descriptions are spiced with historical information...
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Our Native Bees: North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them

Paige Embry - Timber Press
Format: Book

All the buzz about North America's bees Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees - an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies - is just as crucial. Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's...

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Where Should We Camp Next?: National Parks: The Best Campgrounds and Unique Outdoor Accommodations In and Around National Parks, Seashores, Monuments, and More

Stephanie Puglisi - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Featuring 300 of the best camping and glamping spots in and around national parks, seashores, monuments, and more!The national parks of the United States have been called "America's best idea," and some of the best camping and glamping experiences our country has to offer...

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Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

Emma Marris - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Book

Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But in fact, between animal welfare and conservation science there exists a space of underexamined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. When is it right to capture...

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