Americas Natural Places Pacific And West

Download or read book America's Natural Places: Pacific and West written by Methea K. Sapp and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-11-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Milnesand Prairie Preserve of New Mexico, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the western United States. America's Natural Places: Pacific and West examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it. Organized by state within the volume, this work informs readers about the wide variety of natural areas across the western part of the United States and identifies places that may be near them that demonstrate the importance of preserving such regions.