Olympic National Park A Natural History

Name: Olympic National Park A Natural History
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ISBN: 9780295988870

ISBN-10: 0295988878

ISBN-13: 9780295988870

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Tim McNulty

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In this thoroughly revised edition, Tim McNulty returns his gaze to the Olympic National Park: 1,400 square miles of rugged mountains and wilderness in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula. By examining the effects of global warming and its rapid changes throughout the region alongside current archaeological discoveries that shed new light on the early people of the peninsula, McNulty brings together our past and future. McNulty also tells the stories of the Olympic National Park's animal populations. From marmots and black bears to the prospect of reintroducing wolves, he then looks at the resurgence of bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and the burgeoning sea otter populations rejuvenating the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


An Island of Rivers



The Mountains



Shuffled Texts of Stone



Legacies of Ice



The High Country Year



The Forest



The Rain Forest



The Old-Growth Forest Community



The Lives of Olympic Rivers



The Coast



Life at the Edge of Land and Sea



Seabirds and Mammals of the Outer Coast



Humans and the Landscape



Footprints on the Land



Protection for Olympic's Wildlands


Visitor's Information


General Information


Where to See Wildflowers


Where to See Old-Growth Forests


Where to See Wildlife


Species Checklists


Notes


Bibliography


Index