Leonard M Adkins

Nature of the Appalachian Trail

Your Guide to Wildlife, Plants, and Geology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive guide takes an in-depth look at the various aspects of nature along the AT: history, geology, plant life, wildlife, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Menasha Ridge Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9781634043335
• ISBN-10: 1634043332
• Artikelnr.: 60175543

Autorenporträt

Leonard M. Adkins has been intimately involved with the Appalachian Trail for several decades. He has hiked its full length five times and lacks just a few hundred miles to complete it for a sixth. He has maintained a section of the trail near McAfee Knob and was a ridgerunner for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. He has also served as an AT Natural Heritage Site Monitor, aiding the conservancy and the National Park Service in overseeing the welfare of rare and endangered plants. In addition, he has served on the boards of directors of the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club and the Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club. Among other long-distance trails, Leonard has completed the Continental Divide Trail from Canada to Mexico, the Pacific Northwest Trail from Glacier National Park to the Pacific Ocean, and the Pyrenees High Route along the border of France and Spain. In all, he has walked more than 20,000 miles, exploring the backcountry areas of the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. Leonard is the author of 20 books on travel and the outdoors. His Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail was presented the National Outdoor Book Award, while The Appalachian Trail: A Visitor's Companion received the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. He has also written more than 200 articles for magazines such as Blue Ridge Country, Backpacker, Islands, The Roanoker, and Blue Ridge Outdoors. Along with his thru-hiking wife, Laurie, he lives in Virginia, within easy striking distance of the AT.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Concise History of the Appalachian Trail
From Georgia to Maine: The Route of the Appalachian Trail
Mountains Rise, Mountains Fall
The Long Green Tunnel
The Grand Floral Parade
Furred Creatures Great and Small (and in Between)
Serenaders on the Wing
Of Moist Skin and Scales
Some Suggested Hikes
The Appalachian Trail Conference and Member Trail-Maintaining Clubs
Bibliography and Suggested Readings and Field Guides