The Road to El Cielo: Mexico's Forest in the Clouds: Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc., Treasures of Nature Series
Autor Fred Webster, Marie S. Webster Introducere de Paul S. Martinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2002
Fred and Marie Webster first visited Rancho del Cielo, cloud forest home of Canadian immigrant Frank Harrison, in 1964, drawn by the opportunity to see such exotic birds as tinamous, trogons, motmots, and woodcreepers only 500 miles from their Austin, Texas, home. In this book, they recount their many adventures as researchers and tour leaders from their base at Rancho del Cielo, interweaving their reminiscences with a history of the region and of the struggle by friends from both sides of the border to have some 360,000 acres of the mountain declared an area protected from exploitation—El Cielo Biosphere Reserve. Their firsthand reporting, enlivened with vivid tales of the people, land, and birds of El Cielo, adds an engagingly personal chapter to the story of conservation in Mexico.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292744905
ISBN-10: 0292744900
Pagini: 311
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc., Treasures of Nature Series
ISBN-10: 0292744900
Pagini: 311
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Seria Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc., Treasures of Nature Series
Notă biografică
Fred (1915–2011) and Marie Webster shared their birding expertise through lectures and field trips. Their writings appeared for many years in Audubon Field Notes (now American Birds) and other publications.
Cuprins
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
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Descriere
The story of a conservation effort in Mexico's cloud forest.