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In the narrative that follows the reader will meet the famous,
infamous and not so famous people who gave Dinosaur National
Monument its history.
The purpose of this book is to develop personal wilderness skills
in all participants emphasizing safety, survival and enjoyment.
This book transports you into the wilderness of New York State's
Adirondack Park; a protected area not unlike what the Native
Americans first encountered. Between 1998 and 2013, the author made
twenty-four canoe excursions into the back reaches of the park;
two-thirds of the time as a solo explorer and the rest with family.
Most of the trips were in the off seasons, when few other campers
were encountered, but wildlife abounded. Starting in 2005, at the
age of 62, and with very little previous artistic experience, the
author began a series of twenty-four exquisitely detailed pencil
and graphite pictures drawn onsite during his treks into the wild.
Each adventure is a short story onto itself, but interwoven within
the narrative are the struggles everyone faces as they age.
Hand-drawn maps and detailed descriptions of each trip, make this
book a useful travel guide for future Adirondack adventurers.
2014 bronze medal winner eLit Awards, 2013 gold medal winner Living
Now Awards, March 2014 #1 book of the month Stevo's internet
reviews, June 2013 book of the month Pacific book review. 'Wild
Among Us' is a fascinating series of autobiographical stories by
Pat Toth-Smith. The story telling pulls you into her perilous
world, where you share the strange and sometimes dangerous
situations she navigates as she travels the highways and wilderness
areas of North America. In the end it all seems worth it when we
see the results of her labors, the stunning wildlife photos, the
vivid observations of the animal's behavior and the hard earned
knowledge gleaned from learning on the job. Wild Among Us is unique
in that it has the aesthetic beauty of a fine art photo book
combined with the powerful stories of pursuit, danger and
life-threatening wildlife encounters that push the author to face
her fears, rely on her intuition to survive and become stronger for
it.
This report addresses natural resource topics of interest and
applicability to the National Park Service and others in natural
resource management.
The Assateague Beach Coast Guard Station station house, garage, and
boathouse are part of the Assateague Island National Seashore (NS).
The station house and the garage (the original boathouse) were
built in 1922 when U.S. Coast Guard Station 150 was established at
the southern end of Assateague Island in Assateague, Virginia. When
the boathouse was constructed in 1938- 39 on Tom's Cove to the
north of the station house, the original boathouse was converted to
a garage. The Assateague Beach Coast Guard station was
decommissioned in 1967, and the same year the site became part of
the Assateague Island (ASIS) NS. Lack of park operating funds and
infrequent usage of the site has resulted in increased deferred
maintenance and a resulting loss of historic fabric. The buildings
will require significant work that would potentially affect
important features, necessitating the identification of the
character- defining features to ensure the preservation of the
structures' integrity, and to provide guidance for the reuse and
preservation of the structures. This draft historic structure
report for the Assateague Beach Coast Guard Station structures is
an abbreviated Level II report. It was prepared for Assateague
Island NS by the Building Conservation Branch (BCB) of the National
Park Service's Northeast Cultural Resources Center. Preparation of
this report began with historical and archival research, and
physical and photographic documentation of the structures, which
was conducted by BCB Architectural Conservators Maureen K. Phillips
and John A. Scott. According to the terms of the project agreement,
no fabric analysis (e.g., paint analysis, mortar analysis, etc.)
was performed. The report was written by Architectural Conservator
Maureen K. Phillips.
Almost everyone who visits Yosemite National Park goes to the
Valley and this is the first guidebook to focus solely on the
Yosemite Valley. Kenn Bennet shares his secrets learned in over 30
years of visits to the Valley. Secrets like getting lodging
reservations and walking alone among giant sequoia trees. Features
detailed descriptions of 10 Valley hikes and candid reviews of
every sleeping, dining and shopping option available in the Valley.
Also includes hints on using the Valley shuttle system and the
50/50 Valley Driving Tour.
The Big Bend is an account of human society in one of the most
rugged and remote parts of this country. This volume is intended to
supply a needed interpretive narrative for the exhibition at the
park and to introduce park visitors to the human record in the Big
Bend country, and to fill a considerable gap in the available
professional studies on the Big Bend. The National Park Service is
the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many
national monuments, and other conservation and historical
properties with various title designations.
The only directory/guide to all U.S. National Historic Landmarks
and all units of the U.S. National Park system. All sites include
links to get more details and many listings include notes on the
sites. More than 3,000 sites. Travel itineraries based on themes,
locations are included. Updated through 2013. Invaluable and unique
for U.S. travel, American history.
A summary of whether or not Fire Island's land management system
has succeeded in achieving the public purposes laid out by
Congress.
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