The degradation of North American sea beaches symbolizes the timeless struggle of civilization to tame wilderness, a struggle which, according to New York Times science editor Cornelia Dean, can be described as dubious at its best and... Read More

The Wilderness Notebook is Sierra Club outing leader Gordon’s distillation of outdoor wisdom accrued through his fifty years of hiking, paddling, biking and camping his way across North America. Unlike many “how-to” outdoor books,... Read More

“A guide for campers who hate RVs, concrete slabs, and loud portable stereos” is the slogan of this expanding guidebook series on tent camping opportunities. The aim of the series is to provide quick and easy reference to campgrounds... Read More

A senior ecologist for the Environmental Defense Fund, Wilcove examines the rich, complex and sometimes regrettable history of human impact on North American wildlife. He argues that we rarely understand the natural world until it is... Read More

Canoe and Kayak magazine contributing editor and paddling enthusiast Kuhne has amassed an impressive array of instruction and information for neophytes of the increasingly popular sport of kayak touring. Fledgling kayak tourists should... Read More

This book contains a wealth of fly recipes and lore for the intermediate to advanced saltwater fly tier and angler. Thirty-seven of the best saltwater fly anglers in North America present their favorite fly patterns, rationale for their... Read More

In a perfect world, government scientists would be charged with providing unbiased, accurate ecological information that would automatically be factored into natural resource management policies. In the real world, however, such... Read More

Distinguished avian ecologist Charles R. Brown has spent the last 15-odd summers in southwestern Nebraska netting, banding, measuring, observing, living, eating and breathing the notoriously colonial cliff swallow to gain insight into... Read More