America's Natural Places - Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

Informationen zum Autor Stacy Kowtko is a tenured history professor at Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA. Her published works include Greenwood's Nature and the Environment in Pre-Columbian Everyday Life . Klappentext From Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. America's Natural Places: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. Organized by state within the volume, this work informs readers about the wide variety of natural areas across the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains and identifies places that may be near them that demonstrate the importance of preserving such regions. Zusammenfassung From Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas! this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Enright, Stacy Kowtko
• Assisted by: Stacy S. Kowtko (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.2009
• EAN: 9780313353147
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35314-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: America's Natural Places; America's Natural Places
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Die Natur: Sachbuch, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA