A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana: 119 Unique Places to Explore

A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana: 119 Unique Places to Explore

A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana: 119 Unique Places to Explore

A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana: 119 Unique Places to Explore

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Overview

The must-have field-guide for discovering the natural beauty of southern Indiana
A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indiana by trail, water, or road. Featuring 95 beautiful color photos and 5 maps, it provides ideas for a lifetime of fun and exploration, and makes planning easy by including directions to the areas, offering suggestions on what to do when you arrive, and what you will find when you explore.
Environmental writer and photographer, Steven Higgs highlights each site's unique natural characteristics and history with additional facts, anecdotes, and observations. Higgs directs readers to the very best locations in southern Indiana for bird and game watching, fishing and boating, hiking and camping, and more.
Come and explore the natural areas that represent southern Indiana wilderness at its pristine best!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780253020901
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 04/20/2016
Series: Indiana Natural Science
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 1,065,245
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Steven Higgs is an award winning environmental writer and photographer and author of Eternal Vigilance: Nine Tales of Environmental Heroism in Indiana (IUP, 1996).

James Alexander Thom is the acclaimed author of Follow the River; Long Knife; From Sea to Shining Sea and Panther in the Sky, for which he won the prestigious Western Writers of America Spur Award for best historic novel.

Table of Contents

Foreword by James Alexander Thom
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Natural Area Etiquette
Part 1. The Land Stewards
Part 2. The Southern Indiana landscape
Part 3. Destinations
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Part 4. Supplementary Materials
Species list
Glossary
Resources
Index

What People are Saying About This

"Steven Higgs has done an excellent job of not only compiling the places, but also detailing the important flora and fauna located therein, along with recreational opportunities for visitors to these preserves. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into exploring all these places! Anyone with a general interest in the outdoors, including hikers, birders, campers and fishermen, will find this book useful."

Johnny Molloy]]>

Steven Higgs has done an excellent job of not only compiling the places, but also detailing the important flora and fauna located therein, along with recreational opportunities for visitors to these preserves. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into exploring all these places! Anyone with a general interest in the outdoors, including hikers, birders, campers and fishermen, will find this book useful.

Johnny Molloy

Steven Higgs has done an excellent job of not only compiling the places, but also detailing the important flora and fauna located therein, along with recreational opportunities for visitors to these preserves. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into exploring all these places! Anyone with a general interest in the outdoors, including hikers, birders, campers and fishermen, will find this book useful.

Indiana University - Cheryl Ann Munson

A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana fills a void in available guidebooks geared to nature-based tourism. You would need to do hours and hours of internet research to compile just a small portion of what this one book provides. This is an excellent guidebook and offers a big-picture view of southern Indiana's diverse environments. There is something for everyone—from botany and geology to history—which makes the book extremely useful for both families and ecotour groups as well as the lone explorer seeking out a new experience.

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