Download or read book Wildflowers and Other Plant Life of the Kodiak Archipelago written by Stacy Studebaker and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildflowers and Other Plant Life of Southeast Alaska written by Jeffrey W. Hughes and published by Kendall. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gaining Daylight written by Sara Loewen and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many the idea of living off the land is a romantic notion left to stories of olden days or wistful dreams at the office. But for Sara Loewen it becomes her way of life each summer as her family settles into their remote cabin on Uyak Bay for the height of salmon season. With this connection to thousands of years of fishing and gathering at its core, Gaining Daylight explores what it means to balance lives on two islands, living within both an ancient way of life and the modern world. Her personal essays integrate natural and island history with her experiences of fishing and family life, as well as the challenges of living at the northern edge of the Pacific. Loewen’s writing is richly descriptive; readers can almost feel heat from wood stoves, smell smoking salmon, and spot the ways the ocean blues change with the season. With honesty and humor, Loewen easily draws readers into her world, sharing the rewards of subsistence living and the peace brought by miles of crisp solitude.
Download or read book Wildflowers of Unalaska Island written by Suzi Golodoff and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first wildflower guide to focus on the Aleutian Islands, "Wildflowers of Unalaska Island" offers detailed descriptions, color photographs, and lovely, original drawings of over 160 species of flowering plants. Ideal for everyone from casual hikers to serious botanists, the guide is botanically precise, yet keeps technical terms to a minimum for ease of use and identification in the field. It is sized and designed to slip easily into a backpack and can be used as a quick field reference or more leisurely browsed. The introduction includes background on the unique geologic history, climate, and habitats of this verdant but windswept archipelago. The ethnobotanical information on the Aleutor Unangannames and uses of the plants broadens the reader s experience of the traditional Native culture of the region. "
Download or read book The Kodiak Island Refugium written by Thor N. V. Karlstrom and published by Published for the Boreal Institute, University of Alberta by the Ryerson Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes studies of vascular plants, bryophytes, and Chrysophycae.
Download or read book Naut staarpet Our Plants written by Priscilla N. Russell and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Priscilla Russell worked with Elders to record information on plant harvesting, processing, and use, as well as their Alutiiq plant names, at a time when few others were collecting such information and when Alutiiq people were leery of sharing cultural information for fear of bigotry. Because Russell made the effort to visit Alutiiq communities and spend time with people, she was able to speak to many harvesters and document their knowledge extensively. The Elders Russell spoke with were born in the early decades of twentieth century, at a time when subsistence foods were the bulk of people's diets and before groceries could be dependably purchased in remote communities. Therefore, the knowledge in this book reaches back to an older era when it was commonplace for people to use wild plants for food, tools, fuel, and medicine.
Download or read book Kodiak Island Wildlife written by Robin Barefield and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kodiak Island, nicknamed the Emerald Isle, gleams like a gem in the North Pacific. Lush green mountains soar skyward from the ocean, framing deep, fjord-like bays. The island's wet maritime climate and mild temperatures encourage thick vegetation growth, which provides sustenance for the abundant wildlife on the island. The Alaska Current flows northward near Kodiak, bringing warm water and nutrients to Alaska's frigid Gulf. These nutrients form the basis for one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world. Kodiak bears reign as the island's monarchs, which has among the densest brown bear populations on earth. They are one of the six endemic mammals found on Kodiak, while humans have introduced many other wild mammals to the Kodiak Archipelago. The ocean surrounding Kodiak teems with seals, sea otters, sea lions, porpoises, and whales, while bald eagles, puffins, rare black oystercatchers, and arctic terns (which migrate all the way from Antarctica) also call the archipelago home. Learn more about this beautiful North Pacific gem and its amazing wildlife—and the challenges the animals face, both human and natural—in this richly detailed book by local naturalist, wildlife biologist, and sportfishing guide Robin Barefield, with photographs by her husband, Mike Munsey.
Download or read book Wildflowers and Other Plants of Texas Beaches and Islands written by Alfred Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated identification guide to the flowers and plants of the Texas beaches and islands.
Download or read book Wild Flowers of the Yukon Alaska Northwestern Canada written by John G. Trelawny and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised and updated in 2009! This essential guide is all you need to identify the beautiful flowering plants of Alaska, the Yukon and northwestern Canada.
Download or read book Plants of the Chesapeake Bay written by Lytton John Musselman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Place Winner of the Design and Effectiveness Award of the Washington Publishers Buttonbush. Hercules' Club. Panic Grass. Tearthumb. Beach Spurge. Sea Rocket. Ladies' Tresses. These name a few of the wild and wonderful plants found in this quick reference guide to plants of the Chesapeake Bay. Written by wetland scientists with decades of experience in the Bay's waterways, this guide includes detailed descriptions and beautiful photographs of the plants most commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay. Grasses, trees, wildflowers, aquatic vegetation—if it grows in the tidal or nearshore regions of the Bay, chances are it is in this book, the features of which include • over 200 illustrations • information on more than 100 species of plants • clear, accessible descriptions of each plant accompanied by close-up photographs for quick, accurate identification • discussion of where to find each plant, how they reproduce, and how humans use them • easy-to-follow organization by habitat The guide's vivid text and photographs make the wide array of plants along the waters, marshes, and shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay easy to identify and wondrous to behold. Its compact, portable design encourages naturalists, local residents, boaters, researchers, and the curious-minded alike to throw the guide in their pack and explore the botanical bounty of the Chesapeake Bay.
Download or read book Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands written by Sylvan T. Runkel and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once perceived as vast wastelands, Iowa's shrinking wetlands only now are coming to be understood as the wonderlands they actually are, rich and delicate ecosystems crucial to preserving the balance of nature. This book, a treasury of information on wetland plant life in Iowa, is a critical tool for the appreciation and restoration of these invaluable resources in the state's natural heritage.Compiled by two of the state's premiere naturalists, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands is a splendid introduction to the different types of wetlands in Iowa and their beautiful and varied flora. The book contains descriptions and four-color photographs of all major wetland species in the state, as well as a wealth of useful information about historical uses of these species and about Iowa wetlands in general. Designed to guide the interested amateur, the book presents plant descriptions in order of habitat (for instance, terrestrial or aquatic), habit (e.g., floating or submerged), and taxonomic group (e.g., ferns and their allies or trees and shrubs).With this guide in hand, anyone wishing for a closer awareness of the natural marvels of Iowa's wetlands, from the shy, small white ladyslipper to the lofty sycamore, will be perfectly equipped.
Download or read book Native Plants of Southeast Alaska written by Judy Kathryn Hall and published by Windy Ridge Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive field guide to native ferns, trees, shrubs, grasses, sedges, rushes and herbs found in Southeast and South-central Alaska. Includes: Detailed line drawings for all species Plant descriptions for more than 830 species Keys to family, genus and species Range and abundance information Flowering times Former and alternate taxonomy Food and medicinal uses as well as other information essential for plant enthusiasts, botanists, hikers and naturalists
Download or read book Beaver s Song written by Stacy Studebaker and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Singing Heart of the World Creation Evolution and Faith written by John Feehan and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kodiak Island Refugium written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral written by Irene Hawkins Stuckey and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal Plants from Cape Cod to Cape Canaveral
Download or read book Attu Boy written by Nick Golodoff and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1942 the Japanese army invaded Attu, a remote island at the end of the Aleutian Chain. Soldiers occupied the village for two months before taking its Alaska Native residents to Japan, where they were held until the end of the war. After harassing American and Canadian forces for little over a year, the Japanese forces quietly withdrew. After the war, the Attuans' return to Alaska was not a joyful reunion. When they were released, the Attuans were not allowed to return to their home, but were settled instead in Atka, several hundred miles from Attu. "Attu Boy" is Nick Golodoff s memoir of his experience as a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II as a young boy. Nick was six years old when Japanese soldiers invaded his remote Aleutian village. Along with the other Unangan Attu residents, Nick and his family were taken to Hokkaido, Japan. Only 25 of the Attuans survived the war; the others died of hunger, malnutrition, and disease. Nick tells his story from the unique viewpoint of a child who experienced friendly relationships with some of the Japanese captors along with harsh treatment from others. Other voices join Nick s to give the book a broad sense of the struggles, triumphs, and heartbreak of lives disrupted by war. "
