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American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation: Third Edition, Revised and Expanded By John F. Reiger, 2000. ISBN 0-87071-487-2. Paperback, $24.95. This new edition continues to be essential reading for all concerned with how earlier Americans regarded the land, demonstrating even to those who oppose hunting that they share with sportmen and sportswomen an awareness and appreciation of our fragil environment. |
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American Nature Writing 1999 Selected by John A. Murray, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-550-X. Paperback, $15.95. The eighteen selections gathered here show the rich variety of human responses to natural places. That a Civil War battlefield and an Arizona prison cell are the settings for two essays demonstrates the surprising vitality of this literature of place. |
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American Nature Writing 2000: A Celebration of Women Writers Selected by John A. Murray, 2000. ISBN 0-87071-551-8. Paperback, $17.95. The sixteen contributors to the book include three generations of women writers, both new and distinguished voices. The book encompasses a range of themes: from the solace of wild places to the ferocity of nature, from the importance of urban green spaces to the need to protect the last of our wilderness areas. |
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American Nature Writing 2001 Selected by John A. Murray, 2001. ISBN 087071-552-6. Paperback $17.95. The eighth edition of this acclaimed series offers a showcase for contemporary nature writing at the start of the millennium. With subjects as diverse as the far-flung, locations they describe, the twenty writers featured here share one defining objective: to show us that we need only look outdoors to find something worthy of our attention. |
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An Annotated Bibliography of Oregon Bird Literature Published Before 1935 By George A. Jobanek, 1997. ISBN 0-87071-396-5. Hardcover, $45.00. With nearly two thousand entries on Oregon birds, this richly annotated bibliography fills an important gap in Oregon bird literature. |
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Atlas of Oregon Wildlife, Second Edition By Blair Csuti, Thomas A. O'Neil, Margaret M. Shaughnessy, Eleanor Gaines, and John C. Hak, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-535-6. Paperback, $39.95. An essential new addition to the literature on Pacific Northwest wildlife, covering nearly 500 species. |
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Atlas of the Pacific Northwest Edited by Philip Jackson and A. Jon Kimerling, 9th edition, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-562-3. Hardcover, $39.95. ISBN 0-87071-560-7. Paperback, $24.95. This new edition has been completely revised and updated to include the most recent information, incorporating data from the 2000 census, in an easy-to-use format. The standard reference book on Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. In addition to over 200 insightful maps, graphs, and tables plus 18 essays on regional topics. |
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Biology and Management of Noxious Rangeland Weeds Edited by Roger L. Sheley and Janet K. Petroff, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-461-9. Paperback, $39.95. Topics addressed include the impacts of weeds, mapping and surveying techniques, economic considerations, prevention, early detection and eradication of weeds, revegetation of disturbed land, and integrated weed management. |
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The Biology and Management of Red Alder Edited by David E. Hibbs, Dean S. DeBell, and Robert F. Tarrant, 1994. ISBN 0-87071-382-5. Hardcover, $29.95. A synthesis of previously published data plus ongoing research to provide state-of-the-art current information for managers and scholars. |
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Birds of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon By Carroll D. Littlefield, 1990. ISBN 0-87071-360-4. Hardcover, $29.95. ISBN 0-87071-361-2. Paperback, $18.95. Exhaustive report on the 312 species recorded at the refuge by the man who has become a legendary figure to western birders and an internationally recognized expert on the birds of Malheur. |
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Birds of Oregon: A General Reference Edited by David B. Marshall, Matthew G. Hunter, and Alan L. Contreras, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-513-5. Hardcover, $65.00. Although heavily referenced with approximately 4,000 literature citations, Birds in Oregon is written in nontechnical language and will appeal to a broad audience, including birders, wildlife biologists, land managers, conservationists, naturalists, hunters, and wildlife enthusiasts in general. |
| Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West Susan D. McKelvey. Introduction by Stephen Dow Beckham, 1991. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-513-5. Hardcover, $99.95. A classic and fascinating history of botanical explorers in the West, ranging from the well known--such as Lewis and Clark, Menzies, and Douglas--to the obscure. |
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Bradford Washburn: A Life of Exploration By Michael Sfraga, 2004. ISBN 0-87071-010-9. Paperback, $24.95. From Denali to Mt. Everest, from the Grand Canyon to the Alps, mountaineering legend Bradford Washburn has explored, climbed, mapped, and photographed some of the most beautiful and challenging landscapes on Earth. Sfraga's engaging biography is the first book to detail Washburn's multifaceted life and achievements. |
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Carrying Capacity in Recreation Settings Bo shelby and Thomas A. Heberlein, 1986. ISBN 0-87071-426-0 Paperback, $18.95. Carrying Capacity in Recreation Settings applies research to management by using hard data to solve real problems. The model developed here has been used by state and federal agencies to estimate carrying capacities for the Grand Canyon and other areas, and it has already become a basic theoretical approach for research in the field. |
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Clean Water: An Introduction to Water Quality and Water Pollution Control Second Edition. Kenneth M. Vigil, P.E. 2003. ISBN 0-87071-498-8. Paperback, $19.95. Clean Water summarizes the basic fundamentals of water chemistry and microbiology and outlines important water quality rules and regulations, all in concise, understandable prose. It describes the basic scientific principles behind water pollution control and the broader approach of addressing water pollution problems through watershed management. There are sections on drinking water and on citizen involvement in water pollution control efforts at home and in the community. |
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The Climate of Oregon: From Rain Forest to Desert George H. Taylor and Chris Hannan, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-468-6. Paperback, $24.95. Gathers into a single volume a wide range of fascinating and useful climate information. |
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A Common Fate: Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest by Joseph Cone, 1996. ISBN 0-87071-391-4. Paperback, $19.95. For the first time in paperback, with a new epilogue by the author, the dramatic history of the plight of Northwest salmon and the fight against their extinction. |
| Common Insect and Mite Galls of the Pacific Northwest Hiram Larew and Joseph Capizzi, 1983. ISBN 0-87071-055-9. Paperback, $8.95. A field guide with photographs and descriptions, together with a glossary and bibliography. |
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Driftwood Valley: A Woman Naturalist in the Northern Wilderness By Theodora C. Stanwell-Fletcher, Introduction by Wendell Berry. Afterword by Rhoda M. Love, 1999. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-524-0. Paperback, $18.95. A pioneering woman naturalist recounts a magnificent story of adventure and survival in the wilds of northern British Columbia. |
| Earth Rising: Ecological Belief in an Age of Science David Oates, 1989. ISBN 0-87071-358-2. Hardcover, $27.95. ISBN 0-87071-357-4. Paperback, $17.95. Explores the ways in which the science of ecology has provided a basis for a contemporary worldview that combines an intuitive sense of wholeness with the validation of scientific truth. |
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Empty Nets: Indians, Dams, and the Columbia Roberta Ulrich, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-469-4. Paperback, $19.95. Empty Nets is a disturbing history of broken promises and justice delayed. It chronicles the Columbia River Indians' fight to maintain their livelihood and culture in the face of an indifferent federal bureaucracy and hostile state governments. |
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Exploring the Tualatin River Basin: A Nature and Recreation Guide By The Tualatin Riverkeepers, 2002. ISBN 0-87071-540-2. Paperback, $19.95. This informative, well-organized guide introduces 85 readily accessible sites throughout the Tualatin River Basin, from the River's tributaries in the Coast Range to its confluence with the Willamette River. The detailed site descriptions include directions, maps, and a wealth of information on the plants, wildlife, and natural attractions to be found. Also included are brief features on the flora, fauna, ecology, and history of the area. |
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Fishing the Northwest: An Angler's Reader Edited by Glen Love, 2000. Northwest Reader. ISBN 0-87071-481-3. Hardcover, $28.95. A collection of stories and essays by twenty-two of the best angling writers in the region. The book ranges from Alaska to the Rogue River in southern Oregon, and the Olympic Mountains and Vancouver Island to the Continental Divide in Montana. |
| The Fleas of the Pacific Northwest Robert E. Lewis, Joanne H. Lewis, and Chris Maser, 1988. ISBN 0-87071-355-8. Hardcover, $59.95. A comprehensive study of the fleas of the region. |
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Flora of Glacier National Park By Peter Lesica, 2002. ISBN 0-87071-538-0 Paperback, $34.95. The first new guide to the flora of Glacier National Park in more than eighty years, this manual features keys and descriptions for accurate identification, as well as original line drawings and a section of color photographs. For each species, the book provides information on habitats, geographical range, taxonomy, and ethnobotanical uses. The introduction includes general information on the Park's climate and geology, early botanical exploration, plant geography, and introduced species. |
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Flora of Mount Rainier National Park By David Biek, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-470-8. Paperback, $34.95. Flora of Mount Rainier National Park provides a complete listing of the 866 species of native and introduced plants found in the Park, with keys, line drawings, and descriptions for identification, as well as a guide to plant location. |
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Flora of Steens Mountain By Donald H. Mansfield, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-471-6 Paperback, $29.95. A significant contribution to Oregon and Great Basin flora, this comprehensive field guide identifies plants of Steens Mountain and surrounding areas in southeastern Oregon, including Malheur national Wildlife Refuge, Diamond Craters, and the Alvord Desert. |
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Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon coast Range edited by Stephen D. Hobbs, John P. Hayes, Rebecca L. Johnson, Gordon H. Reeves, Thomas A. Spies, John C. TappeinerII, and Gail E. Wells, 2002. ISBN 0-87071-544-5. Hardcover, $39.95. Forest and Stream Management in the Oregon Coast Range presents a wealth of fundamental and applied research on managing Coast Range forest and stream ecosystems for mulitple values, including fish, wildlife, timber, and recreation. |
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Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest Chris Maser, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-529-1. Paperback, $19.95. In this classic work of ecology, Chris Maser traces the growth of an ancient forest in Oregon's Cascade Mountains from its fiery birth in the year 987 to the present. A unique "biography" of an ecosystem, Forest Primeval portrays a diverse fabric of plants, animals, and microorganisms working in unison. |
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Frigid Embrace: Politics, Economics, and Environment in Alaska By Stephen Haycox, 2002. Culture and Environment in the Pacific West. ISBN 0-87071-536-4. Paperback, $21.95. Frigid Embrace examines how the drive for natural resouce extraction has shaped Alaskans' understanding of nature and of Native peoples. It presents for a wide audience an illuminating portrait of modern colonialism |
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Frontier Doctor: Observations on Central Oregon
and the Changing West Urling C. Coe. Introduction by Robert Bunting, 1996. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-520-8. Paperback, $15.95. Coe's autobiography details the experiences of a young physician in Bend in the early 20th century and presents a vivid social history of town and ranch life. |
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Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses By Robin Wall Kimmerer, 2003. ISBN 0-87071-499-6. Paperback, $17.95. In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. |
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A Gathering of Stones: Journeys to the Edges of a Changing World by Carol Ann Bassett, 2002 ISBN 0-87071-545-3. Paperback, $12.95. A Gathering of Stones is a fascinating collection of personal narratives from the Canadian sub-arctic to southern Chile, and from Botswana to Nepal. Carol Ann Bassett's vivid prose combines elements of natural history, cultural anthropology, and travel literature as she takes the readers on an intimate journey into the communites, ceremonies, and lives of traditional peoples struggling to survive in the face of rapid change. |
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The Great Northwest: The Search for Regional Identity Edited by William G. Robbins, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-492-9. Paperback, $21.95. In The Great Northwest, historian William G. Robbins gathers writings that explore the idea and reality of the Pacific Northwest from a surprising variety of viewpoints. Descriptions of and stories about such distinct places as Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, Alaska, interior British Columbia, and the reforested Tillamook Burn in Oregon show why the search for regional identity is a complex but ultimately rewarding endeavor. |
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Green Afternoons: Oregon Gardens to Visit Amy Houchen. Illustrations by Lee Hascall, 1998. ISBN 0-87071-429-5. Paperback, $17.95. An informative and easy-to-use guide to more than six dozen gardens throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington. |
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A Guide to Oregon South Coast History: Traveling the Jedediah Smith Trail By Nathan Douthit, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-462-7. Paperback, $22.95. This indispensable guide and reference work opens with an overview of South Coast history, from prehistory to the present. This first section features in-depth looks at the region's native peoples, early exploration, white settlement, Indian-White warfare, the forest industry, transportation, and town development. |
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Handbook of Northwestern Plants Helen M. Gilkey and La Rea J. Dennis, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-490-2. Paperback, $34.95. Intended for use by teachers, students, scientists, amateur botanists, and outdoor enthusiasts, the Handbook of Northwest Native Plants brings together in one comprehensive but convenient volume the information necessary to identify the amazing variety of plants found between the Cascade mountains and the Pacific Coast in Washington and Oregon as far south as the Umpqua divide |
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Harvest Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World and Agricultural Laborers in the American West, 1905-1930 By Greg Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-532-1. Hardcover, $34.95. Harvest Wobblies personified most of the indelible features of IWW membership: they were the militant casual laborers of the American West, riding the rails, living in hobo jungles, preaching revolution, and facing repression and innovative strategies, impassioned speech, humor, and song. |
| Historical Biogeography, Plate Tectonics, and the Changing Environment Jane Gray and Arthur J. Boucot, editors, 1979. ISBN 0-87071-176-8. Hardcover, $79.95. A comprehensive summary of Phanerozoic biogeography as it relates to plate tectonics and the past positions of the major landmasses. |
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Homesteader's Portfolio Alice Day Pratt. Introduction by Molly Gloss, 1993. Northwest Reprints series. ISBN 0-87071-516-X. Hardcover, $24.95. ISBN 0-87071-517-8. Paperback, $15.95. This powerful memoir presents a rare, complete record of a single woman homesteader in the Oregon high desert. |
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An Identification Guide to the Larval Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest By Alan L. Shanks, 2002. ISBN 0-87071-531-3. Hardcover, $49.95. This volume, the first of its kind, is an identification guide to the planktonic larvae of shallow subtidal and intertidal invertebrates common to the Pacific Northwest coast. |
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Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest edited by Robert Boyd, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-459-7. Paperback, $34.95. Instead of discovering a land blanketed by dense forests, early explorers of the Pacific Northwest encountered a varied landscape of open woods, spacious meadows, and extensive prairies. Far from a pristine wilderness, much of the Northwest was actively managed and shaped by the hands of its Native American inhabitants. Their primary tool was fire. |
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Klamath Heartlands An Ecotrust Book By Edward C. Wolf, 2004. ISBN 0-9676364-3-4. Paperback, $19.95. Klamath Heartlands introduces the landmark plan by the Klamath Tribes of southern Oregon to restore the "remembered forest" of their former reservation. The Tribes' plan offers a vision of ecological and cultural restoration that will change the way we think about Western forests. |
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Last Stands: A Journey Through North America's Vanishing Ancient Rainforests Larry Pynn, 2000. A co-publication of the Oregon State University Press and New Star Books. ISBN 0-87071-027-3. Paperback, $18.95. In Last Stand writer Larry Pynn plunges into coastal forests from California to Alaska to explore this unique ecosystem and the complex factors that threaten it. |
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Lebanese Amber: The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin By George O. Poinar, Jr. and Rif Milki, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-533-X. Paperback, $19.95. This extensively illustrated book, the first major review of Lebanese amber, covers all aspects of this rare and highly valued resin, including its origin and its role as a commodity in ancient cultures. The authors discuss each plant and animal fossil thus far recovered. Many of the fossils are represented in color and black and white photographs. |
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The Left Hand of Eden: Meditations on Nature and Human Nature ****Literary Arts Winner Oregon Book Award**** William Ashworth, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-460-0. Paperback, $19.95. This important contribution to the growing debate over the protection of wilderness areas comes from an unusual perspective--that of an environmentalist arguing against preservation. |
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Lewis and Clark Meet Oregon's Forests: Lessons in Dynamic Nature By Gail Wells and Dawn Anzinger, 2001. ISBN 0-87437-003-5. Paperback, $14.95. An excellent and engaging resource for anyone interested in the historic and future role of forests in the Northwest, the book includes more than one hundred photographs and maps many in full color. |
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Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness William L. Sullivan, 2000. with a new preface by the author. ISBN 0-87071-526-7. Paperback, $18.95. William Sullivan's 1361-mile solo backpacking trek across Oregon's Wilderness Along the way he encountered blizzards, poisonous mushrooms, and marauding bears. |
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Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest Robert S. Yeats, 1998. ISBN 0-87071-437-6. Paperback, $21.95. This fascinating guide to life in Earthquake Country looks at the region's violent past, considers the likelihood of future catastrophes, and suggests actions that citizens can take to prepare for the Big One |
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Living with Earthquakes in California Robert S. Yeats, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-493-7. Paperback, $21.95. In Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading expert on earthquake geology, describes California's revolutionary efforts to grapple with the earthquake threat. His book is a general reader's guide to California earthquakes, combining current research with practical safety information. |
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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser, 1997. ISBN 0-87071-394-9. Paperback, $29.95. The first comprehensive guide to Northwest Macrolichens, featuring color photographs by Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff. |
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Mammals of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coast to the High Cascades Chris Maser, 1998. ISBN 0-87071-438-4. Paperback, $26.95. A fascinating and intimate look at the life histories and habitats of Northwest mammals. |
