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About Field Guide To The Cascades And Olympics
Product Description * More than 700 color illustrations for easy identification * Expanded with new sections on mushrooms, insects, and rock identification * Handy color tabs for easy access, and quick reference index on back cover Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from a painted lady -- all with the help of this comprehensive guide to the common plants and animals of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. The species accounts have been updated with the latest taxonomic changes and, as before, include common name, scientific name, and description of important features, habitat, and geographic range. Review A good, all-purpose field guide is something to treasure. Field Guide to the Cascades & Olympics is such a book. ( Bend (OR) Bulletin) Small enough to fit in a pack, it delivers a wealth of information. ( East Oregonian) Excellent, all-color illustrations identify nearly 200 flowering plants plus amphibians, butterflies, mushrooms, and lots more. ( Seattle Times) This book looks to be rather useful and functional: the cover is rugged and durable material, and the book is printed on hearty, slick paper that looks designed to take the abuse doled out in the field." ( Sequim Gazette) A volume steeped in pure love of the area it describes….Arguably the best book of its type for non-professionals. The paintings are in true color and the information is precise and concise. ( Salem (OR) Statesman-Journal) For those people who can't decide whether to pack a bird, plant, mushroom, rock, or insect book on hikes, here is a field guide to everything. ( Bellingham Herald) I'm constantly rifling through the pages learning new flowers and birds that embrace our beautiful and diverse mountains. ( Sports Etc.) An ideal backpack companion for people who want to know about the plants and animals they encounter on hikes. ( Eugene Register-Guard) Take [a copy of this book] on your brief excursions into the mountains. You'll be surprised how often you refer to it and what satisfaction it brings. ( Centralia Chronicle) Clearly organized…Beside the illustrations are brief descriptions of each item. You won't be able to tell a meadow vole from a northern bog lemming without it. ( Olympian) Field Guide is special. Handy color tabs provide easy access to a variety of topics…The comprehensive field guide is amazingly specific. ( Klamath Falls (OR) Herald & News) This book is clearly organized and a pleasure to thumb through. ( Tacoma News-Tribune) Outdoor enthusiasts who want to be able to tell a Monarch butterfly from a Painted Lady or a Screech owl from a Saw-whet will appreciate the expanded edition. ( Vancouver (WA) Columbian) With this field guide, you'll be able to distinguish a yew tree from a dogwood, a carpenter from thatch ant, a snipe from a sandpiper…And that doesn't include lizards, toads, and yellow chanterelles. A useful book. ( Reel News) About the Author ROB SANDELIN is a naturalist and environmental educator who has since childhood spent much of his life observing and studying nature in the mountains of the Northwest. He has served as a park naturalist at Yosemite National Park, Olympic National Park, and Denali National Park. Currently he teaches field skills to student naturalists at the Environmental Education School of the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington. He is the author of This Week in the Woods, a series of natural history essays; the Cohousing Resource Guide; and the Intentional Communities Resource Pages website. He lives with family and friends in the Sharingwood Cohousing Community in Snohomish County. STEPHEN R. WHITNEY is the author of six books on natural history, including Western Forests (Knopf) and A Field Guide to the Grand Canyon (The Mountaineers Books). He is a former managing editor of the Sierra Club Bulletin, now Sierra, associate edito
