Point Reyes National Seashore
Author: Don Martin
Publisher: Martin Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780961704438
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The Paradox of Preservation
Author: Laura Alice Watt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0520277082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoint Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The Paradox of Preservation chronicles how national ideals about what a park “ought to be” have developed over time and what happens when these ideals are implemented by the National Park Service (NPS) in its efforts to preserve places that are also lived-in landscapes. Using the conflict surrounding the closure of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, Laura Alice Watt examines how NPS management policies and processes for land use and protection do not always reflect the needs and values of local residents. Instead, the resulting landscapes produced by the NPS represent a series of compromises between use and protection—and between the area’s historic pastoral character and a newer vision of wilderness. A fascinating and deeply researched book, The Paradox of Preservation will appeal to those studying environmental history, conservation, public lands, and cultural landscape management, and to those looking to learn more about the history of this dynamic California coastal region.
Ranching on the Point Reyes Peninsula
Author: Douglas Livingston
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 590
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula
Author: Jules Evens
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008-07-08
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0520254678
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In the past 40 years an amazing amount of data has been accumulated and analyzed on all aspects of the natural history of Point Reyes. Jules Evens has taken the difficult job of tackling an almost impossibly complicated subject and has succeeded masterfully. Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula provides an overview of not just the peninsula, but also adjacent land and ocean habitats, as well as thoughtful insights gleaned from research. The overwhelming draw to this area is observing some part of its natural history, and this book provides an intelligent summary of past and present knowledge."—Bob Stewart, former Naturalist in Residence for the Point Reyes National Seashore and author of Butterflies of Arizona: A Photographic Guide
Point Reyes Visions
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Publisher: Blair Goodwin Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780967152745
DOWNLOAD EBOOK''The most beautiful volume ever done [on Marin] is Point Reyes Visions.''
Managing a Land in Motion
Author: Paul Sadin
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoint Reyes Complete Guide
Author: Jessica Lage
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2010-05-10
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0899975445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnly 30 miles from San Francisco, Point Reyes National Seashore attracts admirers year-round to its forests, wetlands, and beaches. Visitors come to this tranquil place to hike, camp, backpack, bike, kayak, horseback ride, picnic, fish, and nature-watch. This invaluable resource gives detailed information on the trails, roads, camps, and and beaches within the Seashore, plus surrounding parks and preserves. Point Reyes: The Complete Guide to the National Seashore & Surrounding Area has much more than coverage of all the popular recreational activities and hiking trails.
Point Reyes Peninsula
Author: Carola DeRooy
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008-06-30
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1439636397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Point Reyes Peninsula has a rich history encompassing thriving Native American settlements, visits by Francis Drake and Spanish explorers, dramatic shipwrecks, Mexican rancheros, famous dairy farms, railroads, and one of the countrys most spectacular lighthouses. These historical facets spawned the three small towns of Olema, Point Reyes Station, and Inverness; each is unique with its own distinctive foundations. Most of the land is now within Point Reyes National Seashore, a refuge created during the Kennedy administration and now one of the more popular destinations on the California coast. The unique geography of the forest, bay, and ocean environments and the abundant wildlife in Point Reyes offers fine scenery, diverse recreational opportunities, and good food and lodging, while the towns retain their old-time character.
The Hour of Land
Author: Terry Tempest Williams
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
Published: 2016-05-31
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0374712263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerica’s national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the environmental classic Refuge and the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary celebration of our national parks, an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them. From the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas and more, Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and a manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America.
The Heart of Tracking
Author: Richard Vacha
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780996246750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiterary Nonfiction. California Interest. Religion & Spirituality. Originally published in recurring dispatches for a small town newspaper, this collection of essays by noted California naturalist Richard Vacha reads like a delighted field journal, full of insights into the mystic, sensory, and nearly-forgotten world of animal tracking. Through a series of outings, Vacha traverses the prismatic experience of tracking and brings it to our level. Practical investigations of signs and tracks draw close to the lives of all the animals in his landscape, including bobcats, badgers, skunks, coyotes, and one particular vulture. With spontaneous energy, Vacha's essays reveal the practice of asking sacred questions, and the process of stripping down to your senses in order to enter this primal awareness.
