U.S. Travel - National Parks & Historic Sites, Mountains - Travel, Colorado - Travel
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Overview
Rocky Mountain National Park is the spiritual heart of the southern Rocky Mountains, an alpine domain as lush as it is austere, as friendly as it is intimidating. The grandeur of its mountain peaks, the profusion of flowering plant life, and ubiquity of creeks, cascades, and waterfalls creates a setting unique on our planet. Despite its three million annual visitors and its proximity to sprawling urban communities, Rocky Mountain National Park remains as natural and wild as any national park in the continental United States. This book offers a unique perspective - a look at the park one hundred years ago and a record of it today, as we approach the twenty-first century. It is about a place that exists not only on the map, but also in the hearts of the American people.Editorials
Library Journal
Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park holds the dubious distinction of having more tourists than Yellowstone. More than two and a half million visitors a year place a strain on the natural resources of this pristine section of the West. Photographer Fielder has spent more than 20 years capturing the majestic beauty of the park on film. This work is his ode to the park's fragile wilderness area. It's also the story of the conservation efforts that began shortly after visits to the park became popular and especially of the work of Enos Mills, who devoted most of his life to protecting Rocky Mountain. Fielder's work weighs in at five pounds and costs a bit more than most public libraries might be willing to pay, but if your library's patrons have even the remotest interest in the history and development of Rocky Mountain National Park, this is the definitive work for them. For medium and large libraries.-Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base Lib., Cal.Book Details
Published
June 19, 1995
Publisher
Westcliffe Publishers
Pages
215
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781565791237