Remote Wonders

An Explorer's Guide to Southeast Oregon

Melvin R. Adams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

186 Seiten

2015
Washington State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87422-332-3 (ISBN)

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At first glance the landscape looks desolate-a barren realm of basalt rims, high cold deserts, dry lakes, and vast expanses of grass and sage. In fact, it is a place where petite flowers bloom on rock shelves. Tiny organisms thrive in hot springs and water saltier than any ocean. Even some of the soil is unique--a special combination that collects and retains water and allows ancient pine stands to survive. The diminutive pika harvests meadow grass, building miniature haystacks to store food for the winter. When the time is right, thousands of tiny green and black frogs emerge from mud cracks along a lake perimeter. There is also human history, evidenced by petroglyphs and remnants of ranches, mills, and mines. Indeed, remote southeast Oregon is a rich wonderland of mountains, forests, creatures, and more--one well worth exploring.Designed as a road tour guide, Remote Wonders is an ideal introduction to Oregon's magnificent corner. Individual chapters highlight notable natural and historical features. The book includes essays, numerous photos, and a pull-out map keyed to selected sites. Supplemental information includes side trip recommendations, potential hazards, when to travel, and what to bring.

Born and raised in Oregon's Outback, the author's affection for the region shines through. Ultimately, Melvin Adams hopes his book will entice readers to visit and delight in this wild steppe country.

Melvin R. Adams has published two other books with WSU Press: Atomic Geography: A Personal History of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Netting the Sun: A Personal Geography of the Oregon Desert.

Introduction
An Explorer's TourI: PLACES AND HISTORY

1 The Round Barn and Pete French
2 Diamond Craters
3 Steens Mountain
4 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
5 Malheur Cave
6 Borax Lake/Tum Tum Lake
7 Shirk Ranch
8 Long Lake
9 Greaser Petroglyph
10 Stone Corral/Warner Lakes
11 Stone Bridge/Camp Warner
12 Sunstone Collection Site
13 Petroglyph Lake
14 Lake Abert/Chandler State Park
15 Alkali Lake/Hutton Tui Chub
16 Willow Ranch/Goose Lake
17 Lily Lake/High Grade Mines
18 Dog Lake
19 Chewaucan River
20 Gearhart Mountain
21 Sycan Marsh
22 Cottonwood Meadows
23 Summer Lake Hot Springs/Refuge
24 Slide Lakes
25 Fort Rock
26 Lost Forest
27 Glass Buttes

II: NATURAL HISTORY

Animals
28 Beaver
29 Bighorn Sheep
30 Borax Lake Chub/ Foskett Speckled Dace
31 Coyote
32 Great Basin Rattlesnake
33 Jackrabbit/Mountain Cottontail
34 Mule Deer
35 Muskrat
36 North American Porcupine
37 Pacific Tree Frog
38 Pika
39 Pronghorn Antelope
40 Redband Trout/Joy of Fly Fishing
41 Western Fence Lizard

Halophytes/Crusts
42 Alkali Saltgrass/Greasewood
43 Desert Varnish
44 Diatoms
45 Lichens/Other Xerophytes
46 Iodine Bush
47 Microbiotic Crust (Cryptogams)

Birds
48 American Avocet
49 California Quail
50 Dipper
51 Killdeer
52 Mountain Bluebird
53 Red-winged Blackbird
54 Sandhill Crane
55 White Pelican

Geology, Rocks, and Minerals
56 Basalt/Rhyolite
57 Agate
58 Jasper
59 Thunder Eggs
60 Petrified Wood
61 Pleistocene Era
62 Pluvial Lakes
63 Vernal Pools

Atmospherics
64 Dust Devils
65 Lenticular Clouds
66 Virga

Trees/Flowers
67 Alder
68 Big Sagebrush
69 Camas
70 Native Wild Plum
71 Ponderosa Pine
72 Purple Sage
73 Quaking Aspen
74 Steens Mountain Thistle/Paintbrush
75 Western Juniper
76 Yellowrabbitbrush

Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.10.2015
Verlagsort	Pullman, WA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-87422-332-6 / 0874223326
ISBN-13	978-0-87422-332-3 / 9780874223323
Zustand	Neuware