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Product Description: Probes deeply into Adirondack Mountain lives, both human and otherwise, bringing the area to vivid and colorful life.Born just north of New York City, Edward Kanze traveled as far as the wilds of Australia and New Zealand, working as a naturalist, park ranger, and nature writer, before finally settling in New York’s Adirondacks for the riskiest of all life’s adventures: marriage and children...read more

Product Description: The natural wonder of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State can inspire the entire family. How high do the peaks stretch? What do kilns do? And what, exactly, is a "yarn"? Educator Melinda Mackesey answers these and other questions through stories, fun facts and seven exciting activities about the plants, animals, places and faces that are uniquely Adirondack...read more

Product Description: An engaging and accessible introduction to the natural world in New England and upstate New York.

Product Description: Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin that became her permanent home...read more

A detailed geographic overview of the largest protected area in the contiguous United States and the largest region of protected temperate forests in the world spotlights climate, natural development, recreational growth, pollution, and many other aspects of the Adirondack Park in a reference that features 450 full-color maps, as well as 250 figures, graphs, tables, charts, and scientific drawings. Original.

A comprehensive natural history of the Adirondack Park cites its role as a first private-public partnership in the U.S. dedicated to a wilderness protection and profiles its blend of public wildlands, commercial forests, farms, mines, private parks, prisons, scattered homes and villages, and people. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: How do birds stay warm in January? What causes meadows to become full of wildflowers in May? Why is August the best time for young animals to develop survival skills? And what is the primary reason brook trout spawn in October? In Adirondack Almanac, Tom Kalinowski chronicles a year in the natural world of the Adirondacks, vividly bringing to life the hidden events that occur there each month...read more

Invites young readers to count the animals and plants of the Adirondacks, from one mountain lion making tracks up Marcy and two aging aspens on the trail up Algonquin to forty-six crickets that chirp cheerfully on Coughsachraga.

Product Description: All the common flora and fauna of the North Country plainly described and beautifully illustrated by Sheri Amsel in 260 drawings; 87 in full color, 173 in black and white. Conveniently arranged with details for each species directly opposite its illustration...read more

Product Description: Book by Slack, Nancy G., Bell, Allison W.