public lands

Welcome to our national parks! Find out what awaits visitors as they explore the vast wild spaces of our nation. This title introduces readers to the history of national parks and the many services, activities, and people they can find there. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure.

Take a trip to the tallest points from east to west! Which national parks have the tallest mountains? Which trees tower over the landscape? This title brings readers along to find the answers on a high interest journey to Amazing Heights. Part of our 21st Century Skills Library, this series introduces concepts of natural sciences and social studies centered around a sense of adventure.

National Parks takes young readers on a journey through some of America's best-known national parks. Each book in the series showcases the geography, history, flora, and fauna of the featured park.

National Parks takes young readers on a journey through some of America's best-known national parks. Each book in the series showcases the geography, history, flora, and fauna of the featured park.

National Parks takes young readers on a journey through some of America's best-known national parks. Each book in the series showcases the geography, history, flora, and fauna of the featured park.

Contains information about United States land and natural resources policy, covering land set asides and withdrawals; national forests and timber; mining and energy; national parks and wilderness; and other related topics.

Offers 12 different views on the growth of western territories and the impact on American Indians. Each page explores what happened during westward expansion and how it affected different people.

"Lifelong traveler, hitchhiker, and roamer Ken Ilgunas writes a witty, passionate, and utterly convincing manifesto that radically reconsiders our current understanding of private property and boldly proposes opening up North America's beautiful, vast, and off-limits countryside."--Publisher.

Looks at what incentives were used to encourage settlers to migrate to the western United States.

Depicts the federal lands and their varied uses, explains how we have cared for them, and describes the problems we must solve to preserve our natural heritage.