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Author Palmer, Tim, 1948-

Title Field guide to California's rivers / Tim Palmer
Edition 1st ed
Published Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series California natural history guides ; no. 105
California natural history guides ; 105.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Welcome to the World of California Rivers; Acknowledgments; A Word of Warning; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RIVERS; The Network of Rivers; The Natural History of Rivers; The Problems, Protection, and Restoration of California Rivers; Fifty Common Species of River Plants and Animals; RIVER PROFILES; North Coast; Sacramento Basin; San Joaquin Basin; Central and South Coast; Eastern Sierra Nevada; Deserts; Appendices; Sources; Additional Captions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic processes, and other natural phenomena. Palmer reports on conservation with a perspective from decades of personal engagement. More than 150 streams are featured, 50 riparian species are illustrated, and 180 photos show the essence of California's rivers. Palmer brings a natural history guide, a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Rivers -- California -- Guidebooks
Rivers -- California -- Pictorial works
Natural history -- California
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Rivers.
NATURE -- Ecology.
Natural history
Rivers
California
Genre/Form Guidebooks
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520952195
0520952197
1280116641
9781280116643
9786613520937
6613520934