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Rivers Over Rock
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 107.Bedrock river channels are sites of primary erosion in the landscape, fixing the …
Wide Rivers Crossed
Ellen Wohl tells the stories of two rivers -- the South Platte on the western plains and the Illinois on the eastern -- to represent the environmental history and historical …
Island of Grass
Island of Grass tells the story of the Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area, a 240-acre preserve surrounded by housing developments in Fort Collins, Colorado. This small grassland is …
Snap out of It
In Snap Out of It: An Unexpected Caregivers Way to Self-Care, Stability, and Survival, author Ellen Teitelman Wohl shares her honest, emotional?-?sometimes funny?-?memoir of the …
Landscapes on Fire
This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary understanding of wildfires. It covers the causes of wildfire, mechanics of fire, spatial and temporal patterns of fire, …
Saving the Dammed
The ability of beavers to create an abundant habitat for a diverse array of plants and animals has been analyzed time and again. The disappearance of beavers across the northern …
Rhythms of Change in Rocky Mountain National Park
To contemplate an alpine lake or a ribbon of white water twisting down the face of the Rocky Mountains is to appreciate the majesty of this block of bedrock thrust up from Earth's …
Transient Landscapes
Landscape-the unique combination of landforms, plants, animals, and weather that compose any natural place-is inherently transient. Each essay in Transient Landscapes introduces …
A World of Rivers
Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But …