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2 books match the query 'Preserves'

cover of Places of Quiet Beauty: Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism

Places of Quiet Beauty

Parks, Preserves, and Environmentalism

Rebecca Conard

University of Iowa Press, 1997

Resource protection and public recreation policies have always been subject to the shifting winds of management philosophy governing both national and state parks. Somewhere in the balance, however, parks and preserves have endured as unique places of mind as well as matter. Places of Quiet Beauty allows us to see parks and preserves, forests and wildlife refuges—all those special places that the term “park” conjures up—as measures of our own commitment to caring for the environment. In this broad-ranging book, historian Rebecca Conard examines the complexity of American environmentalism in the twentieth century as manifest in Iowa's state parks and preserves.

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cover of Seeing Nature: Exploring 34 Parks and Preserves in Philadelphia and the Surrounding Delaware Valley

Seeing Nature

Exploring 34 Parks and Preserves in Philadelphia and the Surrounding Delaware Valley

Anne Sarah Bekker and Edward Sibley Barnard

Temple University Press, 2026

Seeing Nature is a guide to natural wonders found in 34 parks and preserves within Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Readers are introduced to a variety of habitats, which host an incredible diversity of animals, plants, and fungi. Beautifully illustrated with more than 1,500 captioned color photographs, this informative guide describes over 1,000 species, from grassland birds to carnivorous plants. Suggested routes and maps for each walk guide the way at each site. More in-depth looks at many special features within these places are offered through photographic spreads that illustrate: 

  • the ancient trees of Carpenter’s Woods 
  • the charismatic wading and marsh birds of John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
  • the life of the vernal pools and wetlands of Five Mile Woods
  • the dragonflies and damselflies of Piney Hollow Preservation Area
  • the new life after a fire at Tom’s Pond in Wharton State Forest
  • the riot of colorful mushrooms of Franklin Parker Preserve
  • the forest wildflowers of Manderfield Preserve
  • and much, much more.
     

New and seasoned naturalists alike will be inspired to explore and get involved in conserving the special places this region has to offer. Information about the ecology and conservation history of each park and preserve is also included. 

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