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Rainforest America
The Beautiful and Endangered Pacific Rainforest, From Northern California to Alaska
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ISBN: 1-894622-76-6 | 176 Pages | 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" | Trade Cloth
From the renowned Sequoia forests of Northern California, to the lush and rolling slopes of Prince William Sound in Alaska, North America's Pacific coast possesses one of the world's largest and most majestic rainforests.
Stretching over 2,000 miles in length—and including Oregon, Washington State, and the huge coastline of Canada's British Columbia—the Pacific rainforest is home to a stunning array of flora and fauna. In addition, the Pacific Ocean region teems with wildlife of a splendor unduplicated anywhere else in the world.
Award-winning Canadian photographer Adrian Dorst reveals the awesome beauty of this enchanted coast and the great variety of life here—from the bald eagle to the grizzly bear to the orca whale, from the three-hundred-foot-tall sitka spruce trees to the redwood trees that are older than Christianity itself.
But the beauty and variety of this region is under constant pressure. Widespread clear-cut logging, mineral exploration, invasive tourism, industrial pollution, and the rapid sprawl of cities such as Seattle and Vancouver have all combined to put the region under increasing threat. Dorst clearly and accurately documents these conditions and the inherent threats they pose.
Adrian Dorst
Adrian Dorst lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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