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.
Illustrations depict 50 of the most treasured landscapes in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
- ISBN10 0313353158
- ISBN13 9780313353154
- Publish Date 25 November 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenwood Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/