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"In this updated edition of their best-selling field guide, renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman illuminate the key identification traits, vocalizations, seasonal statuses, habitat preferences, and feeding behaviors of bird species from British Columbia to southern Oregon"--Amazon.com

"A clear, concise guide to more than 130 edible and medicinal plants and funghi that grow wild along the west coast of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest states. The coastal Pacific Northwest of North America is home to a multitude of edible and medicinal plant species, marine plants, and edible mushrooms. This compact, full-colour forager's guide offers clear photography, descriptions, safety tips and warnings, and traditional culinary and medicinal uses for every type of wild-growing flora species in the region, including: Bigleaf Maple--used to make a delicious west-coast maple syrup; Yellow Morel Mushroom--a favourite of foragers but not to be confused with the false morel, which is poisonous; Sea Asparagus--perfect in a salad or as an accompaniment to seafood; and Evening Primrose--an introduced species to the region, used to treat a variety of ailments. Practical, user-friendly, and safe, Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast is an indispensable guide for beginner and experienced foragers alike."-- Provided by publisher

The Flora and Fauna of the Pacific Northwest Coast is an extensive, easy-to-follow resource guide to the plant and animal life of the vast and diverse bioregion stretching from Juneau, Alaska, south to coastal British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, down to California's San Francisco Bay. Encompassing over eight hundred native and invasive species, and including more than two thousand colour photos, this is the most complete book of its kind on the market. The book is divided into flora and fauna, with detailed subsections for flowering plants, berries, ferns, shrubs and bushes, trees, funghi, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and insects. Each species (identified by common and scientific name) is illustrated by clear photography and a concise description of its appearance, biology, and habitat, as well as its traditional use and medicinal properties (where applicable). The book also contains detailed maps, a glossary, and a complete index of species.

• Vol.
• 1. key to the genera
• v. 2. keys to the species.

• Wildcrafting basics
• Herbal medicine primer
• Wildcrafting season by season
• Wild medicinal plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants is an indispensable guide to finding, identifying, and using the wild medicinal plants of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, northern California, and British Columbia.
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• Introduction: What is it about the ocean?
• Habitats of the Pacific Northwest Coast
• Coastal forests
• Rocky shores and tide pools
• Sand beaches
• Nearshore
• Rivers
• Estuaries
• Getaway guide
• Safety and equipment.

Part field guide, part travel guide, Steelquist writes with the authoritative voice of that friend you want next to you on the trail or in the dunes the one who knows just where to go for a weekend getaway and what to pack for the Pacific Northwest s unpredictable weather. Portland Monthly Millions of visitors explore the magnificent coastline of the Pacific Northwest and all that it provides unique plant life, easy-to-find animals, and magical places. The Northwest Coastal Explorer is a fun, engaging, lushly-illustrated guide to the marine life of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Profiles of the flora and fauna include tips on where and how to find them like the ochre sea stars commonly discovered on exposed rocks and the olive snails found on sandy beaches while the includedgetaway guide highlights the best weekend trips for each area.".
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In Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest, Mark Turner and Ellen Kuhlman cover 568 species of woody plants that can be found in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and northern California. The comprehensive field guides features introductory chapters on the native landscape and plant entries that detail the family, scientific and common name, flowering seasons, and size. Each entry includes color photographs of the plant's habitat and distinguishing characteristics and a range map. Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest is for hikers, nature lovers, plant geeks, and anyone who wants to know more about, and be able to identify, the many plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities is aimed at assessing the state of knowledge about key climate impacts and consequences to various sectors and communities in the northwest United States. It draws on a wealth of peer-reviewed literature, earlier state-level assessment reports conducted for Washington (2009) and Oregon (2010), as well as a risk-framing workshop. As an assessment, it aims to be representative (though not exhaustive) of the key climate change issues as reflected in the growing body of Northwest climate change science, impacts, and adaptation literature now available. This report will serve as an updated resource for scientists, stakeholders, decision makers, students, and community members interested in understanding and preparing for climate change impacts on Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This more detailed, foundational report is intended to support the key findings presented in the Northwest chapter of the Third National Climate Assessment.
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Terrestrial mollusks, the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom, are vitally important to the earth's ecology. With the publication of "Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest, " a definitive and comprehensive guide to snails and slugs of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana is finally available. Primarily an identification guide, this richly illustrated volume offers complete information on the range of terrestrial mollusk shapes, sizes, and characteristics. It presents an overview of their habitat requirements as well as details of land snail and slug ecology, collection and preservation methods, and biogeography. "Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest" is an essential reference for biologists, horticulturalists, gardeners, and naturalists, and anyone wishing to identify species in the field. - Identification keys and species accounts for most of the 245 taxa of terrestrial slugs and snails in the region - 280 full-color photographs of 155 species and subspecies - Range maps for most species.
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Presents a guide to eighty-five species of birds in the region, with detailed information on physical features, habitats, migration patterns, foraging habits, and the best viewing places.

Each year wild Pacific salmon leave their oceanic feeding grounds and swim hundreds of miles back to their home rivers. The salmon's annual return is a place-defining event in the Pacific Northwest, with immense ecological, economic, and social significance. However, despite massive spending, efforts to significantly alter the endangered status of salmon have failed. In Salmon, People, and Place, acclaimed fisheries biologist Jim Lichatowich eloquently exposes the misconceptions underlying salmon management and recovery programs that have fuelled the catastrophic decline in Northwest salmon populations for more than a century. These programmes will continue to fail, he suggests, so long as they regard salmon as products and ignore their essential relationship with their habitat. But Lichatowich offers hope. In Salmon, People, and Place he presents a concrete plan for salmon recovery, one based on the myriad lessons learned from past mistakes. What is needed to successfully restore salmon, Lichatowich states, is an acute commitment to healing the relationships among salmon, people, and place. A significant contribution to the literature on Pacific salmon, Salmon, People, and Place: A Biologist's Search for Salmon Recovery is an essential read for anyone concerned about the fate of this Pacific Northwest icon.
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• Introduction : see for yourself
• North Cascades : finding their way back
• Our social carnivore : evolution and biology
• The Selkirks and Columbia highlands : where the rainforest meets the Rockies
• The opportunistic wolf : diet and hunting behavior
• Rainforest wolves : British Columbia's central coast and Vancouver Island
• Where did they come from and where are they going?
• Blue Mountains : wolves, elk, and cows in northeastern Oregon and central Idaho
• Shapeshifter : the changing relationship between humans and wolves
• Isolation : lessons from the Olympic Peninsula and beyond
• Epilogue : brave new world.

Observing wolves at close range in the wild, David Moskowitz challenges assumptions about their role, the impact of even well-meaning human interventions, and especially how wolves live, hunt, and communicate, tracing their biology and ecology through firsthand encounters in the stunning wildlands of the Pacific Northwest. For zoology and natural history students, as well as dog lovers Reads like a wilderness adventure.
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• Part I. Conifers
• Western White Pine
• Sugar Pine
• Whitebark Pine
• Limber Pine
• Ponderosa Pine (and Jeffrey Pine)
• Knobcone Pine
• Lodgepole Pine and Shore Pine
• Western Larch
• Alpine Larch
• Sitka Spruce
• Engelmann Spruce (and Brewer Spruce)
• White Spruce and its hybrids
• Douglas-fir
• Western Hemlock
• Mountain Hemlock
• Pacific Silver Fir
• Grand Fir and White Fir
• Subalpine Fir
• Noble Fir and Shasta Red Fir
• Incense-cedar
• Western Redcedar
• Yellow-cedar
• Port Orford-cedar
• Junipers (and Modoc Cypress)
• Pacific Yew (and Redwood)
• Part II. Broad-leaved Trees
• Willows
• Black Cottonwood and its relatives
• Quaking Aspen
• Alders
• Paper Birch and Water Birch
• Golden Chinkapin
• Tanoak
• Oregon White Oak or Garry Oak
• California Black Oak
• Canyon Live Oak
• Native fruit trees
• Bigleaf Maple
• Smaller Maples
• Cascara
• Pacific Dogwood
• Pacific Madrone
• California-laurel
• Oregon Ash
• Naturalized trees.

• Classification and nomenclature
• What is an insect?
• Insect growth and development
• Insect-induced plant galls
• About this guide
• Searching for insects
• Insects and native plants
• Insect orders
• Order Coleoptera (beetles)
• Order Diptera (flies)
• Order Hemiptera (bugs)
• Order Homoptera (cicadas, leafhoppers, and allies)
• Order Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, and bees)
• Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
• Order Neuroptera (antlions, snakeflies, and allies)
• Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
• Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
• Order Plecoptera (stoneflies)
• Non-insect invertebrate orders
• Order Acari (mites and ticks)
• Order Araneae (spiders)
• Order Polydesmida (polydesmid millipedes)
• Order Stylommatophora (land snails and slugs).

The only comprehensive guide to insects of the Pacific Northwest, this handy reference is perfect for hikers, fishers, and naturalists. With coverage from southwestern British Columbia to northern California, from the coast to the high desert, it describes more than 450 species of common, easily visible insects and some noninsect invertebrates, including beetles, butterflies and moths, dragonflies, grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas, flies, bees, wasps, ants, spiders, millipedes, snails, and slugs. The more than 600 superb color photographs, helpful visual keys, and clear color-coded layout will make this field guide an invaluable resource for nature lovers throughout the region.
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