Appalachian Autumn (Pitt Series in Nature and Natural History)

( Like her popular Appalachian Spring, Bonta’s book offer...)

Like her popular Appalachian Spring, Bonta’s book offers a day-by-day account of the changing world of nature in the mountains of central Pennsylvania.  This time she chronicles the beauties of the autumn months as she walks the familiar roads and trails of her 500-acre mountain-top farm, noting the minute transformations of the season as well as the more dramatic ones.

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Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Natural Places for Individual and Group Outings (A Keystone Book ®)

( An informative guidebook describing fifty-five outstand...)

An informative guidebook describing fifty-five outstanding natural places throughout Pennsylvania, featuring the virgin forests, spectacular waterfalls, rare botanical localities, and unusual geological formations that make the Keystone State a favorite locale for outdoor enthusiasts. Most of the areas are easily accessible from the major population centers of the state. The book is divided into three sections—Eastern, Central, and Western Pennsylvania—and covers unique natural features in such places as state parks, state forest natural areas, private nature sanctuaries county parks, environmental education centers, a National Wildlife Refuge and a National Forest. Each chapter discusses the flora and fauna of the place as well as what makes it special. Included are precise directions on how to reach each area from the neatest city, a description of the best trails to follow, telephone numbers, addresses, hours, availability of group tours, and admission charges (if any). Aimed at a broad audience of naturalists, families, and groups of all kinds, this book will also interest birdwatchers, hikers, campers, fishermen, and wildflower and plant enthusiasts. In fact, anyone who is interested in outdoor Pennsylvania will be able to use this book to discover and enjoy the natural beauty of the Keystone State.

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More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Natural Places for Individual and Group Outings (A Keystone Book ®)

( An illustrated guidebook that describes forty-nine natu...)

An illustrated guidebook that describes forty-nine natural places in Pennsylvania to explore and enjoy. In this sequel to the popular guidebook Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania, Marcia Bonta describes forty-nine new outstanding natural places in Pennsylvania, featuring their old-growth forests, scenic rivers, spectacular waterfalls, rare botanical localities, outstanding wetlands, unique geological formations, endangered ecosystems, and special birdwatching areas. The book is divided into three sections—Eastern, Central, and Western Pennsylvania—and covers unique natural features in state parks, state forests, private nature sanctuaries, state game lands, county parks, environmental education centers, and a National Military Park. Each chapter discusses the flora and fauna of the site, as well as its unique features and also contains historical information so that people can learn about Pennsylvania’s natural heritage without necessarily visiting the places. Bonta gives precise directions on how to reach each area, most of which are easily accessible from the major population centers of the state. In addition, she offers complete information on each site, including the best trails to follow, telephone numbers, hours, availability of group tours, and admission charges. A special section on sources and the detailed bibliography give readers more information on how to obtain maps and books that will add to their appreciation and knowledge of the places and natural history covered in the book. Most of the outings are not too strenuous and are ideal for families and groups of all kinds and ages. Aimed at a broad audience of naturalists, both armchair and active, More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania will also interest birdwatchers, hikers, campers, fishermen, hunters, canoeists, and wildflower and plant enthusiasts. Anyone who is interested in outdoor Pennsylvania can use this book to discover and enjoy the natural beauty of the Keystone State.

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Appalachian Spring

( Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived on a ...)

Marcia Bonta is a naturalist-writer who has lived on a 500-acre mountain-top farm in central Pennsylvania for twenty years.  Appalachian Spring is her personal account of that glorious spectacle - the coming of the spring to the woods and fields of Appalachia.

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Appalachian Summer

( Bonta offers a day-by-day account of the natural life o...)

Bonta offers a day-by-day account of the natural life of one place--her 648-acre property in south central Pennsylvania. In her minute observations of one place, one season, Marcia Bonta lays bare the connections we retain to the natural world, which is, finally, our own.

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More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Natural Places for Individual and Group Outings (A Keystone Book ®) by Bonta, Marcia M. (1995) Paperback

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More Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Natural Places for Individual and Group Outings (A Keystone Book) Paperback August 15, 1995

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Escape to the Mountain: A Family's Adventures in the Wilderness

(This book describes the joy of family life on a very remo...)

This book describes the joy of family life on a very remote mountaintop farm. There is moon-lit sledding, fall garden harvesting, a world of birds and wild animals, all punctuated by the father's long daily commute to a real world job. Values of simplicity, self-sufficiency, and being a part of nature are exemplified.

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Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists

( Men generally dominated the study of the outdoors in th...)

Men generally dominated the study of the outdoors in the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. But there were women in the field, too. Marcia Myers Bonta gives biographies of twenty-five of these women naturalists in this well-detailed study. Bonta divides the women by the subject of their study: naturalists, botanists, entomologists, ornithologists, and ecologists. She also describes a group of women that she considers pioneers, showing them in all their individuality, as field persons, as professionals, and as friends with others in their field. A handful were recognized experts. Agnes Chase was considered the best agrostologist in the world; Alice Eastwood was made honorary president of the seventh International Botanical Congress in Sweden; Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton was called the mother of bryology. In the 1950s conservationist Rachel Carson became a well-known voice in the fight against pesticides, and in 1962 she published Silent Spring, a chilling account of the effects of pesticides on people, wildlife, and the environment. Others were less well known. Jane Colden did botanical work and drawing in the 1740s and 1750s, with the support of her father. Martha Maxwell developed a new method of taxidermy in the 1860s, displaying animals in their habitat. Kate Brandegee, of California, hid her identity from the established botanical community in the East for many years, knowing they would look down on dissenting work done not only in the West but by a woman. This book provides insight and information about the history of American nature study as well as women's roles in the natural sciences.

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Appalachian Winter

( This is the fourth (and final) volume in Marcia Bonta’s...)

This is the fourth (and final) volume in Marcia Bonta’s seasonal musings on the natural world surrounding her 650-acre home in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. It explores the often hidden beauty and outdoor life of North American winters.

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Outbound Journeys in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Natural Places for Individual and Group Outings (A Keystone Book ®) by Bonta, Marcia M. (1990) Paperback

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