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Author |
: Q. T. Luong |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 308 |
Release |
: 2021-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 173357607X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781733576079 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Synopsis Our National Monuments by : Q. T. Luong
From the north woods of Maine to the cactus-filled deserts of Arizona, America's national monuments include vast lands rivaling the national parks in beauty, diversity, and historical heritage. These critically important landscapes, mostly under the Bureau of Land Management supervision, are often under the radar with limited visitor information available yet offer considerable opportunities for solitude and adventure compared to bustling national parks. The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Presidents the authority to proclaim national monuments as an expedited way to protect areas of natural or cultural significance. Since then, 16 Presidents have used the Antiquities Act to preserve some of America's most treasured public lands and waters. In 2017, an unprecedented Executive Order was issued questioning these designations by calling for the review of 27 national monuments across 11 states and two oceans, opening the threat of development to vulnerable and irreplaceable natural resources. Our National Monuments introduces these spectacular and unique landscapes, in the first book of its kind. Accompanying the collection of scenic photographs is an invaluable guide including maps of each national monument with carefully selected attractions identified and described based on the author's wide-ranging explorations. Our National Monuments invites readers to experience for themselves these lands and learn about the people and cultures who came before, and to whom these lands are still sacred places. QT Luong is one of the most prolific photographers working in America's public lands and the author of Treasured Lands, the best-selling and acclaimed photography book about the national parks. Combining hundreds of his sumptuously printed photographs with essays from citizen conservation associations caring for these national treasures; including a foreword by former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and photographs of marine national monuments from Ansel Adams award-winning photographer Ian Shive, the comprehensive portrayals of Our National Monuments help readers understand how these essential landscapes are preserving America's past and shaping its future.
Author |
: Peter Scholle |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2020-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1883905486 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781883905484 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands by : Peter Scholle
Author |
: David Kroese |
Publisher |
: Wheatmark, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 712 |
Release |
: 2019-01-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781627876582 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1627876588 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Centennial by : David Kroese
Sparked by the opportunity to explore his personal passions, David Kroese turns away from a rewarding yet languishing career and begins the adventure of a lifetime. What happens next evolves into a tour of all four hundred-plus units in America's National Park System -- a perfect way to celebrate the 2016 National Park Service centennial. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System details David's compelling centennial explorations to 387 parks in 360 days. The story continues through December 2017, when he becomes one of fewer than fifty people known to have visited all 417 national parks. His personal expedition is a poignant exploration into quintessential America as told through its historical and natural wonders. Delve into diverse locations from Hawaii to the Rockies, New England to the Caribbean, Charleston to the California desert, Alaska to American Samoa. Join David and experience the inherent marvels within America's unique landscape and fascinating history, revealed in engaging context, poetic descriptions, and heartfelt appreciation. The Centennial: A Journey Through America's National Park System is an odyssey of self discovery and fulfillment through the nation's soul.
Author |
: David Benjamin Sherry |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2019-12-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1942185618 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781942185611 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis David Benjamin Sherry: Monuments by : David Benjamin Sherry
A vivid portrait of the assault on America's parks and forests this volume is a landscape photography project that captures the spirit and intrinsic value of America's threatened system of national monuments. In April 2017 an executive order called for the review of the 27 national monuments created since January 1996. In December 2017 the final report called on the president to shrink four national monuments and change the management of six others.
Author |
: Thomas J. Harvey |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 307 |
Release |
: 2013-07-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806150420 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806150424 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley by : Thomas J. Harvey
The Colorado River Plateau is home to two of the best-known landscapes in the world: Rainbow Bridge in southern Utah and Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border. Twentieth-century popular culture made these places icons of the American West, and advertising continues to exploit their significance today. In Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley, Thomas J. Harvey artfully tells how Navajos and Anglo-Americans created fabrics of meaning out of this stunning desert landscape, space that western novelist Zane Grey called “the storehouse of unlived years,” where a rugged, more authentic life beckoned. Harvey explores the different ways in which the two societies imbued the landscape with deep cultural significance. Navajos long ago incorporated Rainbow Bridge into the complex origin story that embodies their religion and worldview. In the early 1900s, archaeologists crossed paths with Grey in the Rainbow Bridge area. Grey, credited with making the modern western novel popular, sought freedom from the contemporary world and reimagined the landscape for his own purposes. In the process, Harvey shows, Grey erased most of the Navajo inhabitants. This view of the landscape culminated in filmmaker John Ford’s use of Monument Valley as the setting for his epic mid-twentieth-century Westerns. Harvey extends the story into the late twentieth century when environmentalists sought to set aside Rainbow Bridge as a symbolic remnant of nature untainted by modernization. Tourists continue to flock to Monument Valley and Rainbow Bridge, as they have for a century, but the landscapes are most familiar today because of their appearances in advertising. Monument Valley has been used to sell perfume, beer, and sport utility vehicles. Encompassing the history of the Navajo, archaeology, literature, film, environmentalism, and tourism, Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley explores how these rock formations, Navajo sacred spaces still, have become embedded in the modern identity of the American West—and of the nation itself.
Author |
: Robert H. Keller |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1999-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0816520143 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816520145 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Indians and National Parks by : Robert H. Keller
Many national parks and monuments tell unique stories of the struggle between the rights of native peoples and the wants of the dominant society. These stories involve our greatest parks—Yosemite, Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, Glacier, the Grand Canyon, Olympic, Everglades—as well as less celebrated parks elsewhere. In American Indians and National Parks, authors Robert Keller and Michael Turek relate these untold tales of conflict and collaboration. American Indians and National Parks details specific relationships between native peoples and national parks, including land claims, hunting rights, craft sales, cultural interpretation, sacred sites, disposition of cultural artifacts, entrance fees, dams, tourism promotion, water rights, and assistance to tribal parks. Beginning with a historical account of Yosemite and Yellowstone, American Indians and National Parks reveals how the creation of the two oldest parks affected native peoples and set a pattern for the century to follow. Keller and Turek examine the evolution of federal policies toward land preservation and explore provocative issues surrounding park/Indian relations. When has the National Park Service changed its policies and attitudes toward Indian tribes, and why? How have environmental organizations reacted when native demands, such as those of the Havasupai over land claims in the Grand Canyon, seem to threaten a national park? How has the Park Service dealt with native claims to hunting and fishing rights in Glacier, Olympic, and the Everglades? While investigating such questions, the authors traveled extensively in national parks and conducted over 200 interviews with Native Americans, environmentalists, park rangers, and politicians. They meticulously researched materials in archives and libraries, assembling a rich collection of case studies ranging from the 19th century to the present. In American Indians and National Parks, Keller and Turek tackle a significant and complicated subject for the first time, presenting a balanced and detailed account of the Native-American/national-park drama. This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for policymakers, conservationists, historians, park visitors, and others who are concerned about preserving both cultural and natural resources.
Author |
: Robert P. Petersen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 52 |
Release |
: 1963 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015095058213 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Development of Isotope Techniques for Relocation of Land Monuments by : Robert P. Petersen
Author |
: Hardinge Stanley Giffard Earl of Halsbury |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1174 |
Release |
: 1912 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924064827243 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Laws of England by : Hardinge Stanley Giffard Earl of Halsbury
Author |
: Donna Hull |
Publisher |
: Hyperink Inc |
Total Pages |
: 349 |
Release |
: 2012-07-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781614644811 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1614644810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Itchy Travel Feet: Breathtaking Adventure Vacation Ideas by : Donna Hull
At My Itchy Travel Feet, The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Travel, writer Donna Hull and photographer Alan Hull travel the world recording their boomer travel experiences with words, photos, and videos so that you’ll know exactly what to expect. Their goal? To get boomers off the couch and out into the world. In this Blog to Book, they’ve chosen some of their favorite journeys to share with you. Take a road trip in Northern Italy, drive the California Big Sur coast, or explore Arches, Canyonlands, Glacier, and Grand Tetons National Parks. You’ll find a chapter on small ship luxury cruising and a travel tips section with advice on road trips, cruising, travel photography, and multi-generational travel. So, pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and start reading about active travel for boomers. It’s guaranteed to make your travel feet itchy!
Author |
: Eastern National |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1590911768 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781590911761 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Passport to Your National Parks by : Eastern National
It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.