California Deserts, 3rd; Featuring the California Desert Conservation Area, Mojave National Preserve, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Joshua Tree National Park, and Death Valley National Park

by Jerry Schad; Revised by Pat Flanagan; Photographs by David Lamfrom

• ISBN13: 9780762786831
• ISBN10: 0762786833
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2014-02-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

A look at the ecology, geology, history, culture, wildlife, plantlife, and attractions of California's varied desert landscapes

Author Biography

About the Reviser: Pat Flanagan has a B.A. degree in Biology and for over 30 years has worked as a naturalist educator leading tours and teaching classes in the deserts of the southwest, including Baja California. Currently she is designing and writing science and history curriculum for 4th through 6th grade students in the Imperial Valley and the Salton Basin. The curriculum focuses on the ecology of the Colorado Desert and the explorers that experienced this desert during the opening of the West. Pat writes about science and nature for local publications. About the Photographer: David Lamfrom, is the Senior California Desert Program Manager for National Parks Conservation Association. He works to protect National Parks and Preserves, wildlands and wildlife in the California Desert. David hopes to inspire through advocacy, photography, and direct exposure, stewardship of the remarkable and often misunderstood resources of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. David is a published author and photographer, notably as co-editor of Tortoises Through the Lens.  About the Author: Jerry Schad, a fifth-generation Californian, worked as a freelance writer and photographer for more than twenty years, specializing in science, travel, and the outdoors. His contributions appeared in more than twenty regional and national publications. He also taught astronomy and physical science at San Diego Mesa College. California Deserts, one of his eleven books, was the outgrowth of his long love affair with the desert, sparked in 1972 by a springtime visit to the palm groves at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.