Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Ecosystems & Habitats - Wilderness

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone has the ability to capture their experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in this volume as they climb Mt. Shibutsu in Gunma Prefecture, Japan and view through their camera's eye the amazing sights that are here for the viewing. They've captured Mt. Shibutsu, with unique photos. In addition they give you an up close look at the scenery of Oze Marsh in Oze National Park. They also give you some shots of Mt. Hiuchigatake, on the opposite end of Oze Marsh - the tallest peak in the Tohoku Region of...

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone can capture the experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them on the boundary between Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures, Japan to share their climbs of Mt. Yatsugatake and view through their camera's eye several of the landmarks here. They've captured Mt. Akadake, the highest peak of Mt. Yatsugatake, in unique photos. In addition to Mt. Akadake they give you an up close look at the scenery of Mt. Yokodake, Mt. Iodake, Mt. Neishidake, Mt. Higashi-Tengudake and all points in between. They've even captured...

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone can capture the experience with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in Nagano Prefecture, Japan for their nearly disastrous experience on Mt. Kiso-Komagatake and view through their camera's eye this death defying adventure. They've captured this mountain adventure, which conjured up a freak winter weather storm in October, in unique photos. No matter where you are in the world you'll savor this one-of-a-kind armchair adventure. You're sure to find a favorite among their fifty-three photographs and enjoy...

Not everyone summits mountains and not everyone can capture the experience, even under unpleasant conditions, with stunning photographs. Daniel and Kazuya have done just that Join them in Yamanashi Prefecture, in the Chubu Region as they climb the second highest peak in Japan - Mt. Kitadake - and see through their camera's eye the sights that could be seen, despite the clouds and rain. They've captured their single climb of this peak in unique photos. No matter where you are in the world you'll savor this one-of-a-kind armchair adventure. You're sure to find a favorite among their...

Howard Zahniser (1906-1964), executive secretary of The Wilderness Society and editor of The Living Wilderness from 1945 to 1964, is arguably the person most responsible for drafting and promoting the Wilderness Act in 1964. The act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System, was the culmination of Zahniser's years of tenacious lobbying and his work with conservationists across the nation. In 1964, fifty-four wilderness areas in thirteen states were part of the system; today the number has grown to 757 areas, protecting more than a hundred million acres in forty-four...

This book charts a different path. Exploring how people can become attuned to the wild community of life and also contribute to the well-being of the wild places in which we live, work, and play,...

Since the last wild bison found refuge on the back of a nickel, the public image of natural Kansas has progressed from Great American Desert to dust bowl to flyover country that has been landscaped, fenced, and farmed. But look a little harder, George Frazier suggests, and you can find the last places where tenacious stretches of prairie, forest, and wetland cheat death and incubate the DNA of lost, wild America. Documenting three years spent roaming the state in search of these hidden treasures, The Last Wild Places of Kansas is...