A Journey For All Seasons: A Nature Conservancy Book [Hardcover]

John A. Kinch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1558219439 | ISBN-13: 978-1558219434 | Publication Date: March 1, 2000 | Edition: 1st

A season-by-season guide to many inspiring natural wonders.

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From the Back Cover

A Journey for All Seasons is a month-by-month guide to the natural wonders of some of The Nature Conservancy's most treasured preserves, where the seasons are defined by the annual cycles of the plants and animals that live there. With vivid prose and exquisite line drawings, this book captures all the grandeur of sixty spectacular events, including: loggerhead sea turtles crawling ashore each summer to nest on Florida's warm sand beaches; thousands of endangered butterflies migrating southward each fall along Texan river corridors; great blue herons courting in Maryland's wetlands on Valentine's Day; hundreds of bald eagles congregating along Washington rivers every winter to feed on spawned-out salmon; and prairie wildflowers exploding into color each spring.You will learn where wild irises bloom, when Alaskan fur seals calve, and how horseshoe crabs migrate on the coast of Delaware. You will discover how "prescribed" fires are protecting our prairies and how alien weed removal can save native vegetation. You will begin to understand how beavers build their dams, why rough-legged hawks arrive in Idaho soon after the first snowfall, and how bat maternity colonies thrive in Arkansas. From amphibian censuses to wildlife tracking workshops, this guide will also encourage you to participate in the maintenance and restoration of these cherished natural habitats.For nature lovers and naturalists, outdoor adventurers and armchair travelers, A Journey for All Seasons provides a provocative glimpse of the astonishing diversity of this country's natural places. (81/4 X 81/4, 180 pages, illustrations)

About the Author

John A. Kinch has been a writer and editor at The Nature Conservancy for more than seven years.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; 1st edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558219439
• ISBN-13: 978-1558219434
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,000,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Journey For All Seasons, May 3, 2000

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This review is from: A Journey For All Seasons: A Nature Conservancy Book (Hardcover)

Passages from A Journey for All Seasons are beautifully crafted. Learning about the environments throughout the U.S. and the myriad of species that inhabit them has never been so effortless. It reads like a guidebook to protecting both our outer beauty and inner souls.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Journey for All Seasons, June 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Journey For All Seasons: A Nature Conservancy Book (Hardcover)

Seldom have I read a book which brought me as close to the natural world as John Kinch's A Journey for All Seasons. The prose here is lucid, precise, and beautiful in its evocation of natural phenomena--at times every bit as good as that of Joseph Wood Krutch, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, or Edward Abbey. Nature is good, Kinch tells us--and so is this book.