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This River Beneath the Sky - A Year on the Platte (Paperback)
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This River Beneath the Sky - A Year on the Platte (Paperback)
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Each spring, formations of sandhill cranes crisscross the skies
along Nebraska's Platte River in one of the last great migratory
spectacles on the North American continent. From across the globe,
tens of thousands of visitors gather to witness a land transformed,
"wild with birds." But the central Platte River system is witness
to even more than this wondrous annual event. It is also an abiding
source of natural, agricultural, and economic life in three states
as an icon of western history and as a place of wonder. In This
River Beneath the Sky, Doreen Pfost seamlessly blends memoir and
nature writing, tracking the Platte River valley for one calendar
year, ushering readers through its diverse and changing landscape
and the plants, animals, and humans that call the ecosystem home.
From serving as a tour guide for visitors who come to see the
sandhill crane migration to monitoring the population count on a
bluebird trail, from exploring the human settlements surrounding
the Platte River to wading the river with biologists, Pfost
immerses herself in the rhythm and life of the area. Along with
Pfost's personal experiences of the river, she explores the river's
history, the land- and water-use choices that were made decades ago
and their repercussions that must now be mitigated if cranes-and
other species-are to survive and flourish, and the legislative and
scientific efforts to preserve the diverse species and their
essential habitat.
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