The following text and book cover comes from a new book published by Texas A&M University Press. Click here to view the book at the publisher’s web site.
“From the Great Smoky Mountains to Point Reyes National Seashore, America’s national parks are home to some of nature’s great wildlife spectacles. In Wildlife Watching in America’s National Parks, Gary W. Vequist and Daniel S. Licht, two veterans of the National Park Service, pair each premier species with a featured park, adding information about other parks where the species may also be readily seen. Focusing on twelve animals, many of which have been threatened and are now protected within the national park system, the authors showcase one species for each month of the year, including gray wolf, black bear, prairie dog, sea turtle, plains bison, bats, pacific salmon, rocky mountain elk, beaver, American alligator, gray whale, and bald eagle.”
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS Orders: 800-826-8911 www.tamupress.com Publication: February 2013 $25.00 flexibound with flaps. Simultaneous ebook. Beyond being a guide to observing these remarkable animals, this is also a book about America’s national parks. Nature lovers, travelers, and outdoor hobbyists of all types will be enthralled by America’s wildlife and the breathtaking photographs of places they inhabit, as presented in Wildlife Watching in America’s National Parks.
Additional Reading:
Louv, R. 2006. Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 334pp.
Knight, R. L., and K. J. Gutzwiller (eds.). 1995. Wildlife and recreationists: coexistence through management and research. Island Press, Washington D.C. 372pp.
National Park Service. 2006. Management policies: the guide to managing the national park system. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C. 274pp.
Sellars, R. W. 1997. Preserving nature in national parks: a history. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. 380pp.
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