Nontechnical descriptions, grouped according to family, face large, color photographs of the weeds. Descriptions include origin, distribution, and aggressiveness as well as information on plant lore,
Describes how the forest changes in the aftermath of a fire, discussing fire's beneficial effects for forest plants and animals such as black-backed woodpeckers, lodgepole pines, elk, and mountain blu
Whoo . . . has catlike yellow eyes and white feathered feet, lives alongside polar bears and caribou way up north, loves to eat lemmings for lunch, and is Harry Potter's faithful friend? The Snowy Ow
In Camas and Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie, kids are invited to explore and discover the northern plains in a truly unique way: through the eyes and ears of a bison calf.
Children will be delighted by the fourteen diverse North American plants depicted in Fiddleheads to Fir Trees, from weeping willow and cedar to cattail and poison ivy.
This follow-up to the disgustingly popular "Nature's Yucky!" takes young naturalists and other lover of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. This book introduc
This fun novel for teens and tweens is full of adventure, emotion, and imagination. Zort W. Calabash is the patriarch of a clan of Wall People, five-inch-tall humans who live behind the walls in the o
Homesteading: Settling America's Heartland describes the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of the brave pioneer families who set out into the unknown to create a home on the vast, desolate grasslands of
Do you know one of those kids who asks impossible questions about scientific processes and expects answers? Their intellectual curiosity is charming, but the questions can be challenging to answer. No
For those challenged by gardening organically in snowbelt regions, this update of the 1991 edition covers all the basics. This Montana gardener includes hints for using organic produce and resources f
From the mysterious “Angel of Goliad” to the influential Congresswoman Barbara Jordan in Texas, and from the high-spirited Mary Elitch Long to the public-spirited Josephine Roche in Colorado, the wome
High among the cold, windswept peaks of America's mountain West, strange and beautiful trees grow old but never age. The Bristlecone Book: A Natural History of the World's Oldest Trees brings togethe
Bold Women in Colorado History shares the stories of ten Centennial State women, among them Clara Brown, a former slave who ventured west and remade herself into a respected entrepreneur; Chipeta, a K
Presents the story of Blind Tom, a workhorse whose great strength led to him being the lead horse pulling flatcars during the construction of the transcontinental railroad and who became famous as its
Every child learns about the water cycle in school, and with the help of this book, they will come to love every aspect of it, from mighty rivers rushing downhill to the sea to rainbows formed by the
In 1907 at the age of eighteen, John B. Taylor took a summer job with the US Forest Service—mapping the wilderness and cruising the timber in the as-yet-unroaded Swan Valley in Montana. The job came w
What animal can weigh half a ton, run 45 mph with 70 pounds strapped to its skull, belt out haunting bugles that carry for miles, and endure 100 stab wounds a year in its side from fighting? Elk can.
We think of them as ordinary objects, but rocks can do amazing things: there are rocks that glow and rocks thattravel through space, rocks that float and rocks that burn.These are only some of the sur
