I have already used this book extensively in the few weeks that I've owned it, both outdoors and while thinking about the outdoors at home. I am a total amateur with plant and tree identification, but this book's casual-yet-informed style has already taught me how to identify the most common local trees and more about their ecosystem (why one tree is more likely to grow in an area than another and which trees should win in the end) than I've bothered to think about before. For species of flora or fauna I'm familiar with, it's still worth looking them up to see what interesting facts the author learned first-hand and compiled. I can skip the identifying elements and learn why I see ravens on Hurricane Ridge and crows in Port Angeles rather than the other way around, or why the wolverine is also called the skunk-bear and why there might be hope for the re-expansion of its habitat.
Its size is perfect for carrying anywhere, which also limits the breadth of its coverage. You will not be able to identify every bird or flower you come across, but instead you can learn which type of rock you're looking at and why it's there and then refer to which tree you're looking at and why it's the dominant local species or why it doesn't have fungus but the next one does and then maybe understand why the animal you passed by is here but not on the other side of the mountain. In other words, it will give you a better general knowledge of our ecosystem and geology than any other single book I've been able to find on the Northwest.
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