Ecosystems & Habitats - Rivers
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Following the Bend: How to Read a River and Understand Its Nature
$29.95 Add to cartAn engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river science
When we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing? Following the Bend takes reader- Author: Wohl, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0691272476
- Language: English
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How to Draw a River: From the Source to the Sea: A Step-By-Step Course for the Nature Artist
$19.99 Add to cartA Step-by-Step course for the Nature Artist
This compact guide to landscape drawing will show you how to capture the elements and detail of Rivers and create great artwork: from the Source to the Sea.
- Author: Boon, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1446314804
- Language: English
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In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings
$28.00 Add to cartJames C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit
“Informative, enjoyable, and provocative. . . . Scott’s [prose] is dry, cle- Series: Yale Agrarian Studies
- Author: Scott, James C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278497
- Language: English
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The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
$29.99 Add to cartThe Mississippi River lies at the heart of America, an undeniable life force that is intertwined with the nation’s culture and history. Its watershed spans almost half the country, Mark Twain’s travel
- Author: Upholt, Boyce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0393867870
- Language: English
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The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
$19.99 Add to cartThe Mississippi River lies at the heart of America, an undeniable life force that is intertwined with the nation’s culture and history. Its watershed spans almost half the country, Mark Twain’s travel
- Author: Upholt, Boyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1324110473
- Language: English
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What Rivers Know: Listening to the Voices of Global Waterways
$38.00 Add to cart” . . . a one-of-a-kind treasure.”–Library Journal Reviews
What if rivers could talk and tell their stories? What would they tell us? In What Rivers Know, artist Basia Irland insinuates herself as t- Author: Irland, Basia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432565
- Language: English
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Potomac Fever: Reflections on the Nation’s River
$17.99 Add to cartAn impassioned meditation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capital’s great waterway
As she walks the length of the Potomac River, clambering up its banks and sounding its depths, C
- Author: Fryar, Charlotte Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1954276346
- Language: English
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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
$18.00 Add to cartAward-winning journalist rafts down the Green River, revealing a multifaceted look at the present and future of water in the American West.
The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colo- Author: Hansman, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0226819973
- Language: English
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River Notes: Drought and the Twilight of the American West — A Natural and Human History of the Colorado
$17.95 Add to cartAt a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers “both a love song and a paean of regret to America’s most spectacular river” (Denver Post) and “a
- Author: Davis, Wade
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1778401422
- Language: English
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The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas
$60.00 Add to cartA stunningly illustrated atlas of the world’s rivers, estuaries, and deltas, and their ecosystems
From the Congo and the Mekong to the Seine and the Mississippi, Earth’s rivers carve through landscape- Author: Best, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 691244839
- Language: English
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River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin
$29.95 Add to cartRiver of Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest spanning the Oregon-California border. Indian reservations are at the headwaters, along the estuary,… [more below]
- Author: Most, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1962645185
- Language: English
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Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little River
$19.95 Add to cartJim O’Donnell sets off from his childhood home in Pueblo, Colorado exploring the history, ecology, and commodification of Fountain Creek–challenging us to reexamine how we relate to the world around … [more below]
- Author: O’Donnell, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 369
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Elwha: A River Reborn
$29.95 Add to cartA compelling exploration of one of the largest dam removal projects in the world–and the efforts to save a stunning Northwest ecosystem
* Co-published with The Seattle Times
* 125 color photographs,- Author: Mapes, Lynda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 171
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1594857342
- Language: English
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Rivers Run Through Us: A Natural and Human History of Great Rivers of North America
$38.00 Add to cartAn engaging, informative, and personal exploration of some of the great rivers of North America.
The physical nature of rivers has influenced the course of human history and development, whether it be
- Author: Taylor, Eric B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 24 2021
- ISBN10: 1771605111
- Language: English
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Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America’s Waterways
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Kelley, Tyler J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1501187066
- Language: English
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Rouge River Revived: How People Are Bringing Their River Back to Life
$24.95 Read moreThe Rouge River is a mostly urbanized watershed of about 500 square miles populated by nearly 1.4 million people. While not geographically large, the river has played an outsized role in the history o… [more below]
- Author: Hartig, John H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0472039083
- Language: English
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The River Knows: How Water and Land Can Shape Our Future
$24.95 Read moreWater, land, soil–any Midwesterner knows these resources shape our states; they define our economies, our culture, our social structure, and our politics. While we have made progress to a more modern… [more below]
- Author: Hamilton, Neil D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 194850944X
- Language: English
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The Wild Mississippi: A State-By-State Guide to the River’s Natural Wonders
$29.99 Read moreDiscover the amazing flora and fauna of the Mississippi River–and the best ways to explore it, state by state!
Did you know that one-quarter of all North American fish species are native to the Miss- Author: Klinkenberg, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1643261797
- Language: English
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Casting Homeward: An Angler and Naturalist’s Journey to America’s Legendary Rivers
$32.95 Add to cartIn Casting Homeward, writer, naturalist, and educator Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a physical and philosophical journey to some of the most legendary rivers and wild landscapes in America. Imbued
- Author: Ramirez, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077694
- Language: English
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Borne by the River: Canoeing the Delaware from Headwaters to Home
$18.95 Add to cartAfter a near-fatal stroke and a separation, amidst a global pandemic, Rick Van Noy decided to go for a paddle. In Borne by the River, he charts the story of discovery, and healing that came from this
- Author: Van Noy, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: May 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1501775111
- Language: English
