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From Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Milnesand Prairie Preserve of New Mexico, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the western United States.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Introduction Alaska Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Anan Creek Wildlife Observatory Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Gustavas Forelands Homer Airport Critical Habitat Area Katmai National Park and Preserve Kenai Fjords National Park Kootznoowoo Wilderness McNeil River State Game Sanctuary and Refuge National Petroleum Reserve Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary: Round Island Arizona Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Aravaipa Canyon Buckelew Family Lands Hassayampa River Preserve Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Sierra Vista Wastewater Wetlands California Ballona Wetlands Catalina Island Cosumnes River Preserve Crestridge Ecological Reserve Death Valley National Park Farallon Wilderness Foote Botanical Preserve Kern River Preserve McCloud River Preserve Merced Grasslands Mount Hamilton Pinnacles Wilderness Point Lobos State Natural Reserve Waddle Ranch Hawaii Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Kahoolawe Island Reserve Kanaele Bog Ka'u Preserve Kealia Pond National Wildlife Reserve Palmyra Atoll Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument/Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument Pu'u Kukui Watershed Preserve Nevada Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Black Rock Desert Jarbidge Wilderness McCarran Ranch Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge Pyramid Lake New Mexico Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Gila River Preserve Ojito Wilderness Otero Mesa Placitas Open Space Santa Fe Canyon Preserve West Malpais Wilderness Oregon Audubon Sanctuary Boardman Grasslands Cascade Head Experimental Forest and Scenic Research Area John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Owens Farm South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Steens Mountain Wilderness Table Rocks Tom McCall Preserve Washington Desert Wildlife Area Ellsworth Creek Preserve Halliday Fen Julia Butler Hansen Refuge Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve Moccasin Lake Ranch Moses Coulee–Beezley Hills Port Susan Bay Rose Creek Wenas Wildlife Area Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author

Methea Kathleen Sapp teaches environmental biology, marine biology, and human anatomy and physiology at Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA.