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American Dippers Singers in the Mountain Streams
The American Dipper is no "ordinary" songbird. Dippers make their living in the cascades and canyons of wild mountain streams of western North America. Weighing only about two ounces, dippers plunge in and out of rapids to find their food. They nest very close to the water, sometimes within inches of thundering waterfalls.
Price: $12.95
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Beginner's Guide to Birds Western Region Stokes
Whether you want to identify the birds that come to your backyard feeder or you've decided to take up bird watching as a hobby, you'll find everything you need in this easy to use guide.
Price: $9.99
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Hiking Oregon's History
Hang on for a rollicking tour of Oregon's grandest museum -- the great outdoors! Recounted in a fresh style that's fun for armchair travelers and hikers alike, this guidebook tells the stories behind 56 of the state's most scenic historic sites, including Indian battlegrounds, gold mining ghost towns, wagon train routes, and haunted lighthouses. If you get caught up in the stories, boxed inserts tell how you can drive to the site and take a short, easy hike to see the place for yourself.
Price: $18.95
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Kids National Parks Quarter Map
Designed specifically for kids!
Display your National Park Series quarters with this colorful 16.5" x 26" map. A wonderful rendering of President Teddy Roosevelt on horseback is the highlight of this unique collect-your-own-coin map. Each map is made with collectors in mind with extra thick board and recessed coin slots to protect your quarters and prevent scratching. Map has slots for all 56 coins being released from 2010 through 2021.
Price: $19.99
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Meet Us at the National Parks
This colorful story portrays some of the fun activities waiting for visitors at the U.S. national parks, monuments, lakeshores, etc. Kids can reference the back cover to see which park is nearest to them and map out their next national park adventure.
Price: $16.99
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My Nature Journal
My Nature Journal is a personal nature guide. This journal will become special to you, because it will be filled with your thoughts, your sketches, your observations and discoveries.
Price: $17.95
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Nature School
Your very own nature adventures in a book! Mick Manning and Brita Granström show you how easy it is to become a nature explorer! Nature School takes you on an exciting adventure to discover the secrets of nature, learn how to find and preserve wildlife and make you feel closer to the world around you.
Price: $9.95
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Oregon Favorites Trails and Tales
From a ski adventure at Crater Lake to a wildflower hike in the Columbia Gorge and a hidden hot springs in the desert, here are 62 favorite stories about places and people in Oregon’s outdoors, by the state’s foremost outdoor author, William L. Sullivan. For armchair travelers and adventurers alike, the book includes boxed inserts with trip details, as well as color-coded headings recommending the best month to visit each of these Oregon favorites.
Price: $24.95
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Our National Parks Ansel Adams
From 1928 to 1968 Ansel Adams photographed in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah making a powerful and evocative record of a unique landscape. This volume presents 109 plates that capture the magic, strength and beauty of the Southwest along with an essay on the land by Lawrence Clark Powell.
In the century and more since the establishment of the world's first national parks at Yosemite and Yellowstone, no one individual has been a more ardent champion of the "national park idea" than master photographer Ansel Adams.
Price: $21.00
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Ranger Activity and Sticker Book
Join Jason's family and some of their ranger friends on a journey through the National Park Service.
Price: $7.95
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Shadowchaser of the Siskiyous
Meet Shadowchaser in this cycle of life story set in the botanically rich Siskiyou Mountains. Follow a deer family from the births to the coming of age of twin fawns. The deer also experience the rejuvenating effects of wildfire on the land. In support of children's natural wonder of living things, biological facts are labeled throughout the book.
Price: $16.95
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Snowshoe Routes Oregon
Snowshoe Routes—Oregon is the state's first complete guide to this increasingly popular sport. Routes range from beginner to backcountry, and the majority are easily accessible from the major cities of Portland, Eugene, and Bend. Included is information on snowshoe equipment and technique, clothing and footwear, winter safety, avalanche safety, and winter camping.
Price: $17.95
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Southern Oregon Cross Country Ski Trails
This book covers Willamette Pass, Jackson Creek, Lake of the Woods, Union Creek, Greensprings, Buck Praire, Mt. Ashland, Page Mountain. By John W. Lund
Price: $8.95
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Staying Alive In Avalanche Terrain
Ideal for snowboarders, snowshoers, skiers, climbers, and others * Provides step-by-step instruction for determining avalanche hazards, using safe travel technique, and making effective rescues Winter recreation in the mountains has increased steadily over the past few years, and so has the number of deaths and injuries caused by avalanches. Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain covers everything you need to know to avoid trouble in avalanche terrain: what avalanches are and how they work, common myths, human activities that lead to avalanche trouble, what happens to victims when an avalanche occurs, and rescue techniques.
Price: $17.95
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The ABCs of Avalanche Safety
This pocket sized guide about avoiding avalanches, has been updated with the latest in technology and technique. It is still full of vital information you need to survive in the mountains, how to determine potential avalanche hazard, travelling safely in avalanche and much more.
Price: $7.95
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The Big Bug Search
Providing hours of puzzle-solving fun, this book is packed with fascinating historical facts presented in short, easy-to-read captions. Each illustrated scene features a brain-teasing picture puzzle.
Price: $9.95
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The Lorax By Dr. Seuss
The Lorax, a book that talks about our environment and greed. What else can you ask for right? A well written book that tells the late of the Once-ler and how he consumed all of the Truffula Trees, so he could knit Thneeds. Because of his greed, he did not pay attention to the Lorax and his plea to save the trees. Of course this brought all the creatures to flee their home because they couldn't live there anymore. The illustrations were gloomy and dark, but are able to show and express a reality they lived.
Price: $14.95
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The Singer in the Stream
This handsome picture book, written and illustrated by two dipper researchers, introduces readers to these charming birds and their watery world. Here you will discover what dippers eat and how they get it, where and how they nest, where they go in winter, and much more.
Price: $10.95
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The Young Naturalist
The Usborne Young Naturalist is an introduction to nature study for complete beginners. There is much more to being a naturalist than simply collecting and identifying animals and plants. This book shows how to set about collecting, observing and experimenting in the natural world. There are lots of activities and projects to do and ideas for going further. This book is an ideal starting point for anyone who wants to take up a fun new hobby.
Price: $6.99
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Trails of Crater Lake National Park & Oregon Caves National Mounment
This guide includes everything you need to make the most of a visit to Crater Lake and the Oregon Caves-detailed descriptions of every trail, sightseeing suggestions, and tips on where to stay. Explore the geology behind Crater Lake's exploded volcano, read the Klamath Indian legend of the eruption, and learn the history of the National Park Service's efforts to preserve these areas. Written by Oregon's foremost outdoor author in partnership with the Crater Lake Natural History Association and the Oregon Caves Natural Association.
Price: $14.95
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Trips & Trails Oregon
Lavishly illustrated with more than 800 full-color photographs and maps, this is the easiest to use and most visually compelling Oregon guide ever, featuring 100 star attractions worth a journey, the state's 65 most beautiful trails, and 250 places to stay -- campgrounds, bed & breakfasts, and quaint hotels.
288 pages, 5-1/4"x8-1/2", 100 maps, 700 color photos
Price: $24.95
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Volcanoes
Did you know that somewhere in the world a volcano is erupting right now? In this fascinating book you can read about amazing eruptions and find out about fiery lava rivers, deadly ash clouds, steaming springs and much more. Volcanoes is part of an exciting series of books for children who are beginning to read on their own. The easy-to-read text has been specially written with the help of a reading expert.
Price: $4.99
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What are YOU looking at?
Explore the wonders of a national park through the eyes of nature.
Vibrant illustrations, Enchanting poems, Inspiring and educational, Nature notes for each illustration.
Price: $7.95
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Winter An Ecological Handbook
By James C. Halfpenny and Roy Douglas Ozanne answers, in detail, how plants, animals and even insects survive in cold and snow. While the book goes into scientific detail in places, it doesn't require a great deal of specialized knowledge to understand. A large section of "People and Winter" has important information for anyone who ventures out into cold and snow. This section includes one of the most extensive discussions of wind chill available outside highly technical publications. The final chapter "Experiencing Winter," describes several scientific experiments that teachers or parents could use to get students outdoors and into science.
Price: $16.95
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Astronomy
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Exploring the Night Sky
Exploring the Night Sky is a new guide to the stars aimed at novice stargazers anxious to expand their astronomical repertoires beyond the Big Dipper. Ideal for children, the book is "user-friendly," offering a series of realistic night sky illustrations to locate the major constellations.
Price: $9.95
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