CHELSEA GREEN
Wildness Returned: Putting Life Back Together Starting with Pinhook Swamp (Mar., $15) by Janisse Ray meditates on fragmented wild places and repairing damage to land.
ENCOUNTER BOOKS
Hands-On Environmentalism (Mar., $17.95) by Brent Haglund and Thomas Still advocates for "civic environmentalism," based on local control, personal responsibility, government accountability and economic opportunity.
FIREFLY
Waterfowl of Eastern North America (Apr.; $16.95, cloth $24.95) by Chris G. Earley serves as a field guide to the ducks, geese and shorebirds of eastern North America.
GRAPHIC ARTS CENTER
The Least of These: Rescuing and Rehabilitating Wild Baby Birds (Apr., $16.95) by Joan Harris shares inspiring stories sprinkled with humor and natural history.
GREYSTONE BOOKS
Curious by Nature: One Woman's Exploration of the Natural World (June, $15.95) by Candace Savage explores human relations with wildlife.
MANDALA PUBLISHING (dist. by Ten Speed Press)
Black Market: Inside the Endangered Species Trade in Asia (Mar., $24.95) by Ben Davies reports on the multibillion-dollar black market trade in endangered species and includes more than 100 photographs.
MENASHA RIDGE
Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains (Apr., $18.95) by Leonard M. Adkins, photos by Joe Cook, suggests ways to identify more than 90 species.
MILKWEED
North to Katahdin (July, $15.95) by Eric Pinder compares the wild Mount Katahdin that Thoreau wrote about and the crowded tourist destination of today.
MOUNTAIN PRESS
Beyond the Beach Blanket: A Field Guide to Southern California Coastal Wildlife (Apr., $18) by Marina Curtis Tidwell weaves together identification information with natural history.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Books
National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: California, ...Florida (Mar.)
, ...Michigan and
...New Jersey (July, $12.95 each), all edited by Mel Baughman, serve as portable regional field guides.
OHIO UNIV. PRESS/SWALLOW PRESS
DeVoto's West: History, Conservation, and the Public Good (Apr., $18.95) by Bernard DeVoto, edited by Edward K. Muller, collects a Pulitzer Prize—winning author's conservation essays.
PLUME
Green Living (May, $15) by Jim Motavalli et al. The editorial team for E/The Environmental Magazine offers a step-by-step plan for making life more ecologically conscious. 35,000 first printing.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico (Apr.; $29.95, cloth $79.50) by John C. Abbott covers 263 species.
Sharks of the World (May; $29.95, cloth $55) by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando and Sarah Fowler discusses 440-plus shark species.
RAINCOAST BOOKS
Chasing Clayoquot: A Wilderness Almanac (June; $15.95, cloth $24.95) by David Pitt-Brooke meditates on one of the few untouched places, Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound.
STACKPOLE
Careers with Animals: Exploring Occupations Involving Dogs, Horses, Cats, Birds, Wildlife, and Exotics (Mar., $16.95) by Ellen Shenk provides information on salaries, educational requirements and jobs.
Wild Guide: Owls (Aug., $19.95) by Cynthia Berger studies the 17 species that inhabit North America.
STOREY PUBLISHING
What's That Bird: A Learning Guide to 30 Birds in Your Neighborhood (Mar.; $14.95, cloth $24.95) by Joseph Choiniere and Claire Mowbray Golding teaches basic bird literacy.
TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS
Chimney Swifts: America's Mysterious Birds Above the Fireplace (Apr.; $16.95, cloth $34) by Paul D. Kyle and Georgean Z. Kyle. The directors of an eight-acre chimney swift sanctuary share their knowledge about the beneficial insect-eating birds.
TIMBER PRESS
Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods (Apr., $19.95) by Laura O. Foster explores the Oregon city's streets, stairs, trails and hidden passageways.
UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS
Snakes of the Southeast (May, $22.95) by Whit Gibbons and Mike Dorcas covers Southeastern snakes in more then 300 color photographs and 47 maps.
UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS
Nature's Panorama: Thoreau on the Seasons (July, $14.95), edited by Ronald A. Bosco, offers Thoreau's musings.
UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PRESS
Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works (Mar., $21.95) by Leslie Duram looks at the recent growth of organic production and consumption.
UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
Forged in Fire: Essays by Idaho Writers (Apr., $16.95), edited by Mary Clearman Blew and Phil Druker, presents essays by 20 writers who explore the element of fire.
UNIV. OF TENNESSEE PRESS
A Land Imperiled: The Declining Health of the Southern Appalachian Region (Apr., $26.95) by John Nolt reports on the region's health and how to reverse the damage.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
Peregrine Falcon: Stories of the Blue Meanie (Mar., $22.95) by James H. Enderson tells of their dramatic decline and recovery.
UNIV. PRESS OF COLORADO
Stepping Twice into the River (Mar.; $21.95, cloth $45) by Robert King reflects on the natural and human histories along the Sheyenne River as the author walks from the headwater to the river's end.
UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean (May, $20) by Scott B. Williams recounts a solo journey along Florida's west coast and through the West Indies in a kayak.
WESTCLIFFE
Guide to Colorado Insects (Apr., $19.95) by Whitney Cranshaw and Boris Kondratieff offers state-specific information.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Red Sky at Morning (Apr., $16) by James Gustave Speth recommends eight steps that governments and citizens can take to achieve a sustainable future.
