With the aid of 40 maps based on new research and stunning color photographs, a noted conservation advocate describes the small fraction of wild forests that remain intact.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.

The migrations of Wyoming's hooved mammals--mule deer, pronghorn, elk, and moose--between their seasonal ranges are some of the longest and most noteworthy migrations on the North American continent. Wild Migrations presents the previously untold story of these migrations, combining wildlife science and cartography. Facing pages cover more than 50 migration topics, ranging from ecology to conservation and management, enriched by visually stunning graphics and maps, and an introductory essay by Emilene Ostlind.

With over 85 maps and guides to natural sites, Wild in the City leads the reader, hiker, biker, birder, canoeist, naturalist and armchair enthusiast into the Portland/Vancouver area urban landscape. Essays by acclaimed Northwest writers give a new perspective on these intriguing greenspaces. Drawing on the rich offerings of the Audubon Society of Portland's Urban Naturalist, this engaging book takes readers to unique and surprising places in one of the nation's most livable cities.

Wild berries, fresh, delicious, and free, are abundant throughout the Pacific Northwest. T. Abe Lloyd and Fiona Hamersley Chambers give clear instruction for where and how to find wild berries, when they are in season, and how best to enjoy them. Lloyd and Chambers describe two hundred berries and berry-like fruits, from the common blackberry to native delicacies such as Pacific crab apples, Oregon grape, and salal. Over 400 full color photographs and over 100 additional color illustrations show even the novice hiker what berries to pick and where to look for them. Full information is also given on poisonous and dangerous species to avoid. For each fruit there are clear descriptions of flavor and uses, with suggestions and recipes for cooking and preserving. In addition, Wild Berries of Washington and Oregon gives ranges and seasons, common and botanical names, Native American and European uses, history, herbal lore, and legends. Berries grow throughout Oregon and Washington free for the taking in state and national parks and forests. Hikers, campers, and backpackers will never leave home without this handy and indispensable guide. For cooks and locavores, it's full of ideas for delicious, unusual ingredients to forage. An afternoon picking wild berries can be a wonderful outing for families. The taste of wild berries in preserves, jams, and jellies will bring back memories of times enjoyed outdoors with friends. Wild Berries of Washington and Oregon, the newest guidebook from Lone Pine Publishing, has the quality their users have come to rely on: dependable information, beautiful illustrations, and flexible, sturdy binding. It will inspire anyone to head outside and enjoy the bounty that nature provides.

New edition of an idea-filled guide. Includes both general and specific information, as well as maps and b&w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.