northwestern states

"Journey to a place you've never ventured before--beneath a rock pile on a lonely mountain top--and meet the pikas, or rock rabbits. These scurrying, squeaking, industrious, and exceedingly cute mammals make their living harvesting grass and wildflowers during the brief alpine summers. But despite the remoteness of their homes, the pikas' lifestyle and survival are threatened by climate change. Follow the story of pikas, told with photographs and clear prose, and learn how small actions on our part can have global benefits"--Publisher's description.

"In an isolated region of Idaho, Montana, and eastern Oregon known as the Redoubt, an armed occupation of a wildlife refuge is escalating into civil war. Against this backdrop, twelve stories of ordinary lives explore the loneliness, fragility, and heartbreak inherent to love"--OCLC.

Chronicles the age of the steamboat and the stagecoach in America's northwest region, examining technological, economic, and social aspects and presenting more than two hundred photos and other illustrations.

Describes the lives of people involved with exploring and trapping in the American West during the 1800s.