Botkin, D.

The Future of Mono Lake

Univ. Of Ca. 1988. First Edition. Soft cover. The Future of Mono Lake by Botkin, D. Wallace S. etal Brocker, Lorne, Everett, Shapiro, Joseph and Wiens, John Univ. of CA. 1988, lst. Report 68 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is Clean, owners seal inside. This is a complete report on Mono Lake. Covers history of lake, background of the current issues with the lake, general features of the lake, consequences of fluctuations in lake levels, ecological perspective on lakes management and further research needed to maintain the lake. Charts, maps, animal life all in B&W illustrations, Appendix A-D, 60 pages. Good.

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Book number: 004484

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: MONO LAKE

Torrey Bradford

Field Days in Califorrnia

Houghton Miffin, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Field Days in California by Torrey Bradford Houghton Mifflin, 1913 lst. Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, one page loose, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover shows slight signs of wear, has stamp of Carm foundation inside cover with pocket, and on casing. This is a collection of Torrey's writings in the Atlantic Monthly, Boston Evening Transcript and other publications that Torrey revised prior to his death 1912. Torrey was a well known naturalist in his day and this book contains what would be considered a travelogue of his travels to various sites in California and Arizona while birding. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Santa Barbara, The Santa Cruz Mountains and arming the photos. B&W photos, index, 235 pages Good.

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Book number: 004343

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL SCIENCE CALIFORNIA, FIELD GUIDE CALIFRONIA, TORREY BRADFORD

Bunn, David

California Wildlife Conservation Challenges

Dept Fish & Game, 2007. First Edition. Soft cover. 9780972229128. California Wildlife Conservation Challenges , Bunn David Calif. Dept Fish and Game, 2007, first, ISBN:9780972229128 Softcover in good condition with good cover. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover shows little signs of wear. This book put out by the California Dept of Fish and Game address's the states short and long term wildlife conservation challenges and its plans to address them. B&W and color photos, charts, maps, appendix A-k, Glossary, References, index 596 pages.Due to size andweight additional postage required. Good.

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Book number: 005124

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: WILDFLIFE CONSERVATION CALIFORNIA 9780972229128

Boeuf Burney

Natural History of Ano Nuevo

Boxwood, 1981. First Edition. Soft cover. 0910286779. The Natural History of Ano Nuevo by Boeuf, Burney Boxwood Press, 1981, lst. 2nd print, ISBN: 0910286779 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is clean. Ano Nuevo is the home of ground of the giant northern elephant seals. This site was well known to the early Spanish settlers in California and is wonder of the great natural habitats along the coast. At once a wild and natural area it is also the site of numerous early shipwrecks, and home also to sea otters as well as other seals. It is a major site for the study of the vast diversity of geology, marine and terrestrial plants as well as tidal invertebrates, birds and marine animals. Loaded with B&W photos and illustrations. Appendix, lists of species in the area, index, 425 pages Good.

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Book number: 004986

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: 0910286779

Titus Carolyn

Southern Nevada Birds

Red Rock Audubon Soc. 1991. First Edition Later Printing. Soft cover. Southern Nevada Birds by Titus, Carolyn A Seeker's Guide Red Rock Audubon Society, 1991, lst. 3rd printing Staplebound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, all staples in place no loose pages. Cover is clean. This is a bird watchers guide for the man birds that live in Southern Nevada. She covers the main birding sites of the south part of state, with special chapter on birds of Clark County (Las Vegas). Bibliography, B&W illustrations by Sally Weeks, 65 pages. Good.

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Book number: 004780

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NEVADA BIRDS

Hall Clarence

Natural History of the White-Inyo Range

Univ. Cal. Press, 1985. First Edition. Soft cover. Natural History of the White-Inyo Range by Hall, Clarence & Young Donna Eastern California & Western Nevada and High Altitude Physiology Univ. of Cal. 1985, lst. Vol. 1 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover is Clean, owners seal inside. This is Vol. 1 of what was to become the Mary De Decker Symposium at its second meeting. It covers Eastern California and Western Nevada as well as High Altitude Physiology. Covers cosmic background radiation, lower Cambrian stratigraphic paleontology, stratigraphy and paleogeographic significance of the Mesozoic, dynamics of the White Mts. Pines, use of remote sensing techniques, chemical ecology and much much more. Charts, maps, B&W photos, 240 pages. Good.

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Book number: 004486

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: WHITE INYO RANGE, CALIFORNIA MTS.

Shuford W.D. & Gardali Thomas

California Bird Species of Special Concern

Calif. Dept. Fish & Game, 2001. First Edition. Soft cover. California Bird Species of Special Concern Shuford, W. D. and Gardali Thomas California Dept. Fish & Game, 2001, 1st. ISBN: 0979058511 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover shows slight signs of wear being paper tips of front slightly turned up otherwise clean. Covers a ranked assessment of species, subspecies and district populations of birds that are of immediate conservation concern in California. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001735

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: BIRD SPECIES, CALIFRONIA BRIDS

McCullough Dale

The George Reserve

Uiv. Michigan, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The George Reserve Deer Herd by McCullough, Dale. Uinv. Michigan Press, 1979, lst. ISBN: 0472086111 Hardback in good condition with acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean; dust jacket shows signs of wear with dings, nicks, and small tears. In 1929 6 whitetail deer were introduced to the George Reserve in southwest Michigan. In 1933 the first census showed 160 deer. This became a landmark in the then new field of wildlife management. This book covers the story. B&W illustrations, charts, 9index, 291 pages. Good/Acceptable.

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Book number: 005192

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: GEORGE RESERVE DEER

McMinn Howard E.

An Ill Manual of California Shrubs

Berkeley, Univ of California Press, 1939. 6th - 1971. Cloth. Classic on shrubs and brush of California. In near mint condition owners name stamped inside cover and inside back cover. Lot of B& W photos and line drawings of plants native to California. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000013

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: SHRUBS, PLANTS, CALIFORNIA

Edited

California Wildlife and Their Habitats Western Sierra Nevada

US Forest Service, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. California Wildlife and Their Habitats: Western Sierra Nevada Forest Service Publication, 1980 Soft cover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover shows sight signs of wear. This is a collection of the life histories, habitats, and distribution at time of publication of appx. 350+ species and contains appx. 27 reptiles, 26 amphibians, 94 mammals and 208 birds living in the Western Sierra Nevada. This area runs from the northern area, Shasta County to the southern sierras near Kern Gap. A must for anyone interested animal habits in California Sierra region. Good.

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Book number: 004326

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: SIERRA NEVADA HABITATS

Edited

Herpetological Communities Report 13

Dept of Interior, 1977. Unstated. Soft cover. Herpetological Communities Report 13 Dept. of interior,1977 Soft cover in good condition, text is clean, unmarked, binding tight. Cover is acceptable however shows some slight signs of wear owners name inside. This is the Dept of Interior 1997 study of Herpetological communities. B&W illustrations, charts, maps etc. 239 pages. Good.

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Book number: 005205

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: HEPETOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES

Edited

Migration of Birds Cicular 16

US Fish & Wildlife, 1998. Unstated. Soft cover. Migration of Birds Circular 16 US Fish & Wildlife Service, 1998 edition Softcover in go od+ condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, cover is very clean. This is the updated edition of the 1935 and 1979 study by the Fish and Wildlife Service of bird migration in the US and changing conditions of migration Good.

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Book number: 001737

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: BIRD MIGRATION

Edited

Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast

Paul Elder, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast with maps Paul Elder, 1915 appears to be lst edition Hardback in good condition, NO dust jacket. TText is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cloth cover is clean and shows little if any signs of wear, map packet in back. This was published under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Committee of the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science and dedicated to John Muir the naturalist. It states on the title page" A guide book for the scientific travelers in the west, edited by the Pacific Coast Committee fro the advancement of Science and is illustrated with 19 text figures, 29 half tone plates, and 14 maps. I also has fold out maps in the back of Seattle, Portland, Puget Sound, West Central California (actually the bay area), Los Angles, San Diego, a Geological Map of Washington and Oregon and California, Life Zones of California and Pacific West states. Index 302 pages. Good.

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Book number: 005130

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: CALFIRONA COAST NATURAL HISTORY, NATURE AND SCIENCE CALIFORNIA

Edited

New Zealand National Parks 3 vols.

Various, 1970. First Edition Later Printing. Soft cover. New Zealand National Parks 3 vols. You are getting three books All are soft cover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Covers clean, owners embossed seal inside. Fiorland National Park, Hall-Jones, Gerard, 1973, 3rd edition with large pull out map. Complete guide to this park. B&W as well as color photos, charts covering animals, vegetation etc. as well as misc. tour information. The Restless Land Tongariro National Park, edited, cir 1970ies, ISBN:0447061. Covers history of park, its volcanoes, animals, vegetation etc as well as touring park. B&W and color photos, English and Maori names of animals and plants, bibliography, 112 pages. Westland National Park, L.W. McCaskill, 3rd edition, 1977. Fold out map, covers animals, vegetation, touring park. B&W photos, pull out map is colored, list of services and misc. info. Good.

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Book number: 004477

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NEW ZELAND NATIONAL PARKS

Edited

Scott's Manual of Common Rocks and Minerals

Rocky Mt. Mineral, 1952. Unstated. Staple. Scott's Manual of Common Rocks and Minerals Rocky Mt. Minerals, 1952 edition Staple bound in acceptable condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, all staples in place no loose pages. Cover shows signs of wear. This is a pocket copy of this popular book with miners and prospectors. It gives locations, uses, and descriptions and how to study and find minerals. Index, 53 pages. Acceptable.

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Book number: 003450

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: MINERALS, PROSPECTING