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Rocky Mountain Wildlife Nature
Author | : James Kavanagh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781583552643 |
The Rocky Mountain Wildlife Nature Activity Book is an outstanding way to learn about wildlife in this region. An impressive array of word games, puzzles and drawing activities contribute to learning fun. This soft cover book is an educational tool and will keep children entertained for hours.
Martha Maxwell, Rocky Mountain Naturalist
Author | : Maxine Benson |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780803261556 |
?See, there she is!? cried one visitor to the Centennial Exposition. ?Just think! She killed all them animals,? echoed another. ?There, that?s her!? All during the hot Philadelphia summer of 1876, throngs of people pushed and shoved their way into the Kansas-Colorado Building, eager to catch a glimpse of the small, dark-haired woman responsible for creating the extraordinary display of bears, deer, and other mammals cavorting over a Rocky Mountain landscape. Curious, skeptical, friendly?on and on they came, until the policemen stationed at the doors were hard-pressed to maintain control. The fairgoers were intent on seeing for themselves the ?modern Diana? who had come all the way from the wilds of Colorado. Maxine Benson?s finely crafted biography of Martha Maxwell illuminates the little-known but important career of a remarkable woman. Naturalist, taxidermist, museologist, artist?Maxwell pioneered in a number of fields new for women. Born in Pennsylvania in 1831 and educated in the Midwest, she traveled to the gold fields of Colorado with her husband in 1860. A chance encounter with a German taxidermist determined her lifework, and Maxwell soon devoted her boundless energy to hunting and mounting all forms of Rocky Mountain wildlife, which she displayed in unusual habitat settings in her museum in Boulder and later in Denver. Her spreading fame led to an invitation to exhibit her collection at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, where she achieved international renown. As Maxwell?s major scientific and artistic contributions to natural history taxidermy and display were recognized, her influence carried to the Smithsonian Institution. Separated from her husband and alienated from her daughter, however, she became increasingly unhappy as her professional accomplishments grew. Her tragic and lonely death in 1881 revealed something of the price she paid for daring to be different. Like that of other accomplished women of her era, Maxwell?s fame did not keep pace with the significant influence she had on her profession. Thanks to Maxine Benson, Martha Maxwell now takes her rightful place in the history of the West and of the nation.
A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies
Author | : Audrey D. Benedict |
Publisher | : Sierra Club Books for Children |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Natural history |
ISBN | : 9780871566478 |
A Naturalist's Years in the Rocky Mountains
Author | : Howard Ensign Evans |
Publisher | : Big Earth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781555663100 |
Twenty elegant essays examine animal behavior--from hummingbirds to bumblebees, thatcher ants to wrens, owls to woodrats to wasps.
Bats of the Rocky Mountain West
Author | : Rick Alan Adams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Bats |
ISBN | : 9780870817359 |
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The Light in High Places
Author | : Joe Hutto |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2014-06-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1629141178 |
Hutto is living in a tent at twelve thousand feet, where blizzards occur in July and where human wants become irrelevant and human needs can become a matter of life and death—to study the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. The population of these rare alpine sheep is in decline. The lambs are dying in unprecedented numbers. Hutto’s job is to find out why. For months at a time, he follows the bighorn herds, meets mountain lions and bears, weathers injury and storms, and beautifully observes the incredible splendor of the Rocky Mountains. Hutto has a deep connection to Wyoming, having managed a large cattle ranch in his past. He weaves Wyoming’s history of the cowboy, mountain ecology, and the lives of the bighorn sheep into a beautiful flowing narrative. Ultimately, he discovers that the lambs are dying of cystic fibrosis due to selenium deficiency, which is caused by acid rain—a grim ecological disaster caused by human pollution. Here is a new twist on a cautionary tale, and a new voice, eloquently expressing the urgency that we mend our ways.
Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
Author | : Jerry Pavia |
Publisher | : Fulcrum Publishing |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781555913649 |
This blooming guide features 95 wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains that will most likely be seen by visitors, and features quotes from early frontier explorers and naturalists who wrote about them. 177 photos. 8 maps.
Rocky Mountain Birds
Author | : Paul Johnsgard |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2011-11-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 160962016X |
"Part I outlines the habitats, ecology, and bird geography of the Rocky Mountains north of the New Mexico-Colorado border, including recent changes in the ecology and avifauna of the region. It provides detailed lists of major birding locations and guidance about where to search for specific Rocky Mountain birds. Part 2 considers all 328 regional species individually, with information on their status, habitats and ecology, suggested viewing locations, and population."--Back cover