Field guide to California's rivers / Tim Palmer.

By:

Palmer, Tim, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: California natural history guides ; 105.Publication details: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520952195
0520952197
1280116641
9781280116643
9786613520937
6613520934

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

551.48/309794 23

LOC classification:

GB1225.C3 P348 2012eb

Other classification:

NAT010000

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Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Welcome to the World of California Rivers; Acknowledgments; A Word of Warning; AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RIVERS; The Network of Rivers; The Natural History of Rivers; The Problems, Protection, and Restoration of California Rivers; Fifty Common Species of River Plants and Animals; RIVER PROFILES; North Coast; Sacramento Basin; San Joaquin Basin; Central and South Coast; Eastern Sierra Nevada; Deserts; Appendices; Sources; Additional Captions; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

Summary: Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic processes, and other natural phenomena. Palmer reports on conservation with a perspective from decades of personal engagement. More than 150 streams are featured, 50 riparian species are illustrated, and 180 photos show the essence of California's rivers. Palmer brings a natural history guide, a.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic processes, and other natural phenomena. Palmer reports on conservation with a perspective from decades of personal engagement. More than 150 streams are featured, 50 riparian species are illustrated, and 180 photos show the essence of California's rivers. Palmer brings a natural history guide, a.