Co-publishedbyTheVermontFish&WildlifeDepartment,TheNatureConservancy,andVermontLandTrust--arevisedandupdated2ndeditionThisbookisamust-haveforanyonewantingtounderstandVermont’sforests,wetlands,mountaintops,andshores.Richlyillustratedwithbeautifullinedrawingsandstunningcolorphotographs,thisaccessiblefieldguidewilldelightoutdoorexplorersandarmchairnaturalistsalike.Thebookstartswithanintroductiontothenaturalcommunityconceptandthefactorsinfluencingournaturalsystems,fromwindandwatertosoilandrocks.Then,thebookoffersalucidandenjoyablejourneyintoVermont’sgeologicpast,withstoriesofcollidingcontinents,seafloorsediments,andmysteriouswhalebones.ThisfollowswithajourneythroughallofVermont’sninedistinctbiophysicalregions,fromthecoldandwildNortheasternHighlandstothewarmanddryTaconicMountains.ThebulkofthebookdescribesVermont’snaturalcommunities--itsnorthernhardwoodforests,dryoakwoodlands,alpinetundra,cedarswamps,bogs,andmarshes--incomprehensivedetail.Ecologicalsettings,includinggeology,soils,climate,andnaturaldisturbanceprocesses,aredescribedforeachcommunity,alongwithcompletelistsofcharacteristicplantsandanimals,aswellasplacestovisit.Wetland,Woodland,WildlandisthedefinitiveguidetoVermont’snaturalcommunities,andispackedwithinformationunavailableelsewhere.Itofferspracticalinformationfornaturalists,teachers,students,landowners,landmanagers,foresters,conservationplanners,andallthosewithaloveofnaturewhowanttolearnmoreabouttheirsurroundings.Thefirsteditionofthisbook,publishedin2000,hasbecomeamainstayfornaturalistsandstudentsthroughoutVermontandsurroundingstatesandprovinces.Thissecondeditioniscompletelyupdatedtoincorporatenewresearchandagrowingknowledgeaboutnaturalcommunities,aswellasadeeperunderstandingofclimatechangeanditsimplicationsforconservationintothefuture.Thisnewlyupdatedbookwillbeaprizedadditiontoyournaturalhistorylibrary,butitwon’tremainontheshelf.Youwillwanttotakeitwithyoueverytimeyouexploretheoutdoors.Eachparagraphwillbringnewinsightsandwilldeepenyourunderstandingandappreciationofwildnaturearoundyou.Youwillsurelywanttosharethisbookwithfriends.
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