National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States

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The most comprehensive field guide available to the Rocky Mountain region–a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike–from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers.
This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state’s wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more;
A complete overview of the Rocky Mountain region’s natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns, and the night sky;
An extensive sampling of the area’s best parks, preserves, mountains, forests, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others.
The guide is packed with visual information — the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 11 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as more than 100 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.  
For everyone who lives or spends time in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming, there can be no finer guide to the area’s natural surroundings than the National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 23, 1999
Edition ‏ : ‎ 8th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679446818
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679446811
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.04 x 0.87 x 7.64 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ National Audubon Society Field Guides
Best Sellers Rank: #588,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #446 in Ecotourism Travel Guides #763 in West Mountain United States Travel Books #1,144 in Ecology (Books)
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Customers find this field guide to be a great resource, with one mentioning it provides information about local preserves and parks. The book is praised for its comprehensive coverage of flora and fauna, and one customer notes it includes all common lichens. Customers appreciate its compact size, noting it’s not too large to fit in a backpack, and one customer mentions it’s particularly useful for looking up plants, birds, and animals without internet access.