Catalog of paintings from exhibition of same title, at these museums: Wildling Art Museum, Regina A. Quick Art Center, Evansville Museum of Art. The paintings depict wilderness areas all across America, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the law that chartered them. Essays by Annelies Mondi, deputy director of the Georgia Museum of Art, and Jamie Williams, president of The Wilderness Society.

Since its establishment as a federally protected wilderness in 1964, the Boundary Waters has become one of our nation's most valuable--and most frequently visited--natural treasures. When Amy and Dave Freeman learned of toxic mining proposed within the area's watershed, they decided to take action--by spending a year in the wilderness, and sharing their experience through video, photos, and blogs with an audience of hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens. This book tells thedeeper story of their adventure in northern Minnesota: of loons whistling under a moonrise, of ice booming as it forms and cracks, of a moose and her calf swimming across a misty lake. With the magic--and urgent--message that has rallied an international audience to the campaign to save the Boundary Waters, A Year in the Wilderness is a rousing cry of witness activism, and a stunning tribute to this singularly beautiful region.

The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.

An invaluable and detailed tool for exploring this little known, yet wonderfully diverse region, this comprehensive guide explores the sunlit oak woodlands, ancient old-growth forests, scrubby slopes of chaparral, pristine mountain lakes, and the rugged, flower-filled ridge lines and meadows of the Siskiyou Crest.The author examines the region's wild character, unique biological diversity, unusual botany, fire ecology, natural history, and human history within each hike description and in the introductory chapter.The book describes:- 76 Hikes- 19 Roadless Areas- The Red Buttes Wilderness Area- The Siskiyou Wilderness Area- The entire proposed Siskiyou Crest National MonumentThe book outlines the region's many threats and potential solutions to these threats, including the proposed designation of the Siskiyou Crest National Monument.Take this book along on any Siskiyou Crest adventure!