Valley Of The Dunes
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Valley Of The Dunes
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Author : Audrey Delella Benedict
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-05
Valley Of The Dunes written by Audrey Delella Benedict and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05 with Nature categories.
Colorado's most spectacular region features Great Sand Dunes National Park in the San Luis Valley. Award-winning photographers Bob Rozinski and Wendy Shattil present 120 images with Audrey DeLella Benedict's well-written text.
Sea Of Sand
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Author : Michael M. Geary
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-03-31
Sea Of Sand written by Michael M. Geary and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with History categories.
Sculpted into graceful contours by countless centuries of wind and water, the Great Sand Dunes sprawl along the eastern fringes of the vast San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. Covering an area of nearly thirty square miles, they are the tallest aeolian, or wind-produced, dunes in North America, towering 750 feet above the valley floor. With the addition of the enormous Baca Ranch and other adjacent lands, the dunes—originally designated as a National Monument in 1932—attained official National Park status in 2004. In Sea of Sand, Michael M. Geary guides readers on a historical journey through this unique ecosystem, which includes an array of natural and cultural wonders, from the main dunefield and verdant wetlands to the summits of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Described by explorer Zebulon Pike as “a sea in a storm” and by frontier photographer William Henry Jackson as “a curious and very singular phase of nature’s freak,” the Great Sand Dunes are a nexus of more than 10,000 years of human history, from Paleolithic big-game hunters to nomadic Native Americans, from Spanish conquistadores and transcontinental explorers to hard-rock miners and modern-day tourists in motor homes. Like these successive waves of visitors, Sea of Sand follows the water, analyzing its critical role in the settlement and development of the region. Geary also describes the profound impact that waves of human use and settlement have had on the land—which ultimately inspired the early grassroots efforts by San Luis Valley citizens to protect the dunes from further exploitation. He examines as well the more recent legislative effort led by an unprecedented coalition of local, state, and federal agencies and organizations, including The Nature Conservancy and the National Park Service, to secure the Great Sand Dunes’ national park designation. Amply illustrated, Sea of Sand is the definitive history of the natural, cultural, and political forces that helped shape this incomparable landscape.
Great Sand Dunes National Park
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Author : Mike Butler
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013
Great Sand Dunes National Park written by Mike Butler and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Southern Colorado's unique Great Sand Dunes rise to a height of 750 feet above the San Luis Valley floor and are the nation's highest dunes not adjacent to an ocean or lake. The sweeping dunes were protected as a national monument in 1932 and as a national park in 2000. From prehistoric hunter-gatherers to the historic Ute Indian tribe, inhabitants have long used the resources of the land around the dunes. Zebulon Pike was the first American explorer to witness the dunes in 1807, followed by a long procession of other explorers, ranchers, and miners. Today, visitors from around the world come to climb up and slide down the dunes in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
The San Luis Valley
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2005
The San Luis Valley written by and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
It is a high valley edged by serrated peaks, a remote expanse the size of Connecticut lying, as if forgotten, between two mountain ranges. Here, North AmericaÕs tallest sand dunes blow against glacier-gouged summits, the Rio Grande begins its long journey from snowflake to saltwater, and vast reaches of desert scrub hide verdant pocket wetlands. ColoradoÕs San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of natureÑand by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valleyÕs wetlandsÑinvisible except from the airÑand their cries temper the constant wind. Susan Tweit lives in the high desert of southern Colorado not far from the valleyÕs dunes and wetlands. With the precision of a scientist and the passion of a poet, she guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight. As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself.
Great Sand Dunes
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Author : Stephen A. Trimble
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975-05
Great Sand Dunes written by Stephen A. Trimble and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-05 with Nature categories.
Dj And The Valley Of The Dunes
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Author : Cass Clark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-04-14
Dj And The Valley Of The Dunes written by Cass Clark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-14 with categories.
(Alternative Cover). When a journey you never chose to take changes everything you thought you knew...Daniel, (DJ for short), is a bright, thoughtful and trusting young boy who is left to his own devices back in his cold home in the North, dreaming of something better - a place where he truly belongs. Unexpectedly shipped off to a foreign land to meet his long-lost explorer-uncle, who he never knew existed, DJ wakes to find himself completely alone in a hostile landscape, barely alive, and with no sign of this supposed uncle. However, unbeknownst to the boy, his arrival had been witnessed by a wild desert-inhabitant, perhaps DJ's one and only hope of survival. Lost and alone in the expanse of this vast, remote and estranged desert, how will DJ survive? Will he ever find this mysterious uncle? And, in the loneliest place on Earth, will he ever find his true home? Perhaps this very desert can offer DJ the one thing he has never known in his barren life back in the cold North: to feel wanted. The debut novel from Cass Clark. Also available on Kindle. Additionally, this novel is available with alternative front cover for children as 6 x 9 paperback and on Kindle.
The Essential Guide To Great Sand Dunes National Park And Preserve
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Author : Charlie Winger
language : en
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 2003
The Essential Guide To Great Sand Dunes National Park And Preserve written by Charlie Winger and has been published by The Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Sports & Recreation categories.
* Guidebook to hiking, biking, or climbing in the stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains. * Details unlimited recreational opportunities for the park's 225,000 annual visitors * 210 color photographs and 40 color maps * Color-coded tabs and activity symbols for quick reference Nowhere else in North America do alpine tundra, tall forests of evergreen and aspen, and massive desert dunes meet so dramatically as in our nation's newest crown jewel. This book is the essential guide to one of the nation's newest national parks. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve earned this status in 2003, and became an instant treasure both for Coloradans and vacationers everywhere.
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
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Author : David Petersen
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Great Sand Dunes National Monument written by David Petersen and has been published by Scholastic Library Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.
Dune Country
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Author : Janice Emily Bowers
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1998-05
Dune Country written by Janice Emily Bowers and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05 with Nature categories.
Contrary to public perception, sand dunes are not barren piles of sand. They are alive with plant life. The dunes themselves even move, sometimes several inches a year. In Dune Country Janice Emily Bowers takes readers from New Mexico's White Sands to Utah's Coral Pink Dunes to the Death Valley dunes of California and beyond. Beautifully written and illustrated, Dune Country is a perfect introduction to the fragile ecosystems of sand dunes.
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
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Author : Stephen Trimble
language : en
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Release Date : 2000
Great Sand Dunes National Monument written by Stephen Trimble and has been published by Western National Parks Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.) categories.
Imagine 750-foot sand dunes thousands of miles from an ocean but near the alpine peaks of Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Great Sand Dunes' ecological environment still harbors areas where few humans have visited. Learn how the massive dunes were formed and what continues to influence their transformation into a variety of shapes.