"Nearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage, the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers were two of the most impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be in serious decline by the end of the nineteenth century and are likely extinct today, though occasional reports of sightings persist. While the Ivory-billed was one of the first endangered birds to receive intensive conservation attention, the ..."
Arizona Wildlife(1st Edition) The Territorial Years, 1863-1912 by David E. Brown, DavidEarlBrown Paperback, 446 Pages, Published 2009 by Arizona Game And Fish Department ISBN-13: 978-0-917563-54-6, ISBN: 0-917563-54-9
Gila Monster(2nd Edition) Facts & Folklore Of Americas Aztec Lizard by DavidEarlBrown, Neil B. Carmony Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Utah Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87480-600-7, ISBN: 0-87480-600-3
"The Gila Monster spends 99% of its life underground, making encounters with this lizard extremely rare. Sightings are infrequent even for the biologists who study them. When one does stumble upon a Gila Monster, however, this slow-moving lizard is not easily forgotten. Advertised by orange-and-black coloration and followed by stories of venomous power, the Gila Monster carries a mystique like that of few other animals.In this volume, au ..."
"First published in 1990 and now available only from University of New Mexico Press, this volume collects twenty-six of Aldo Leopold's little-known essays and articles published between 1915 and 1948. Leopold worked for the United States Forest Service in New Mexico and Arizona from 1909 to 1924. While employed as a forester in the Southwest, he developed his ecological ideas in articles written for newspapers, newsletters, magazin ..."
"Grizzlies of the Sierra del Nido A. Starker Leopold 1967 A. Starker Leopold, son
of the venerated conservationist Aldo Leopold, was a respected wildlife biologist,
heading the Zoology Department for many years at the Berkeley campus of
California and authoring the classic study Wildlife of Mexico (1959). In this article,
originally published in Pacific Discovery, the journal of the California Academy of
Sciences, Leopold examines t ..."
"Natural History "What is it about these borderland cats which has so fired up people? Scarcity combined with beauty explains some of the appeal. So does the animal’s legendary strength and power as befits its role as the region’s top predator. The jaguar’s neotropical origins also add to its mystique...But there is something more. That such a large cat is out there somewhere...invokes the depths of our imagination. Nor does it matt ..."
"... up and stuck the staff in the ground, but it fell again to the rear. I then bored the
staff into the ground where it would have the support of a sage-bush. This
circumstance made no impression on me at the time, but after the battle an officer
asked me if I remembered the incident; he had observed it, and regarded the fact
of its falling to the rear as a bad omen, and felt sure we would suffer a defeat. The
march during the day ..."
"Using previous works and modifying the existing terminology of biologists, ecologists, and biogeographers this volume describes a hierarchical classification system for biotic communities occurring from the Arctic Circle through Central ..."
Biotic Communities(2nd Edition) Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico by David E. Brown, DavidEarlBrown Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Utah Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87480-459-1, ISBN: 0-87480-459-0
""Biotic Communities "catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. Originally published in 1982 by the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, this ambitious book is still a "must-have" for those working in natural resources management and ecological re ..."
"A collection of hunting adventure stories by American sportsmen and naturalists among them John Steinbeck and Teddy Roosevelt's son, Kermit selected for their literary merit, accurate descriptions of the game and its habitat, and portrayal of people and customs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or."
"The American conservation movement owes much of its spirit and no small amount of its focus to Aldo Leopold. We remember Aldo Leopold as a man who showed us the earth in ways we had never seen it before and who compelled us, with a strength belied by his eloquent and gentle words, to accept Nature on her own terms.
But there is another Leopold, a younger man, one who was still grappling with the idea of ecology. Leopold started out no ..."
The Grizzly in the Southwest Documentary of an Extinction by DavidEarlBrown Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Oklahoma Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-1930-4, ISBN: 0-8061-1930-6
Tales from Tiburon(1st Edition) An anthology of adventures in Seriland by Neil B. Carmony, DavidEarlBrown, DavidBrown Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 1983 by Southwest Natural History Association ISBN-13: 978-0-9610126-0-1, ISBN: 0-9610126-0-9
"Tales from Tiburon is a collection of early first-hand accounts of adventures among the Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico. These tales of exploration begin with Lt. R.W.H. Hardy's visit to Tiburon Island in 1826, and conclude with naturalist Charles Sheldon's adventures among the Seris in 1922. Also included are the never before published field notes of W. J. McGee, the first ethnologist to study the Seris, and the bizarre story of the dis ..."