The Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies: Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Northern New Mexico

The Southern Rocky Mountains, an ever-popular region encompassing most of Colorado and portions of southern Wyoming and northern New Mexico, includes high peaks, innumerable deep canyons and gorges, sweeping valleys, one of the world�s tallest inland dune fields, and scenic headwaters. This authoritative, user-friendly reference includes fascinating discussions of geologic history, flora and fauna, the varied landscapes, and the unique adaptations of plant and animal life. Those who have never experienced this region as well as those who have will appreciate this invaluable guide, which is based on extensive scientific research and more than thirty-five years of the author�s observations.

Author: Audrey Delella Benedict
Publisher: Cloud Ridge Publishing
Published: 06/15/2008
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9780984525713
ISBN10: 0984525718
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | United States | West | Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT,
- Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats | Mountains
- Nature | Regional