Wild LA

Zusatztext ?"You would be hard-pressed to find a group of people whose enthusiasm for nature is as infectious as the four authors of Wild LA . Los Angeles Times "Whether you're new to nature or an experienced hiker! just visiting or a lifelong Angeleno! I can almost guarantee you'll learn something new and fascinating about the world around you after thumbing through Wild LA . And you'll never look at the city the same way again." Casey Schreiner! Modern Hiker This travel companion will shed new light on all that flourishes and flowers! or creeps and crawls in the vast urban-yet-still-wild sprawl of the city and surrounding area. Publishers Weekly Equal parts natural history! field guide! and trip planner! Wild LA looks at the factors that shape local nature. KCRW Full of resources to help you get outside and experience L.A.'s local wildlife. Redlands Daily Facts Unbelievablewith ideas for day trips! field trips LA is often called a concrete jungle! but it's teeming with wild animals! insects! and plants. Press Play with Madeleine Brand Engagingly written and beautifully photographed Ideal for introducing Angelenos and tourists to the remarkable nature often overlooked when considering our city and region. . . the wonder and diversity of wild Los Angeles awaits you. LA Parent [ Wild LA ] does a great job telling the story of nature in and around Los Angeles in a way that is interesting and easy to understand Not only is the text reader-friendly! the book is also visually stunning I highly recommend Wild LA to anyone interested in learning more about nature in Los Angeles. Clement Lau! UrbDeZine Informationen zum Autor The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County include the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park (NHM), the La Brea Tar Pits in mid-Wilshire/Hancock Park, and the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall. They operate under the collective vision to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The museums hold one of the world's most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural historymore than 35 million objects. Using these collections for groundbreaking scientific and historic research, the museums also incorporate them into on- and offsite nature and culture exploration in L.A. neighborhoods, and in a slate of community science programs. This creates a new natural history museum experience that explores the past, but increasingly addresses the present and the future. Klappentext Get ready for the field trip of a lifetime, led by the experts from the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County. Discover mammoths underneath Wilshire Boulevard, glimpse bobcats in Griffith Park, and stalk red-eared slider turtles in a Franklin Canyon pond. Meet dozens of local residents, mostly of the animal and plant kind. Equal parts nature guide and trip planner, Wild LA unveils the hidden nature in every park and canyonand even your own neighborhood. Vorwort A dynamic, fact-filled guide to the natural world of Los Angeles from the experts at the Natural History Museum.This is a book that celebrates the nature all around us each and every hour of every day. Despite jokes that Los Angeles is a concrete wasteland, the truth is that it's actually an area of astounding biological diversity, with many powerful and interesting stories about how the wild and the urban are more interconnected than most people guess. What do we mean by LA nature? When we refer to Los Angeles or our area, we mean much more than city or county limitsour focus is on the Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds (plus some of...

Vorwort
A dynamic, fact-filled guide to the natural world of Los Angeles from the experts at the Natural History Museum.

Autorentext
The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County include the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park (NHM), the La Brea Tar Pits in mid-Wilshire/Hancock Park, and the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall. They operate under the collective vision to inspire wonder, discovery, and responsibility for our natural and cultural worlds. The museums hold one of the world’s most extensive and valuable collections of natural and cultural history—more than 35 million objects. Using these collections for groundbreaking scientific and historic research, the museums also incorporate them into on- and offsite nature and culture exploration in L.A. neighborhoods, and in a slate of community science programs. This creates a new natural history museum experience that explores the past, but increasingly addresses the present and the future.

Klappentext
Get ready for the field trip of a lifetime, led by the experts from the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County. Discover mammoths underneath Wilshire Boulevard, glimpse bobcats in Griffith Park, and stalk red-eared slider turtles in a Franklin Canyon pond. Meet dozens of local residents, mostly of the animal and plant kind. Equal parts nature guide and trip planner, Wild LA unveils the hidden nature in every park and canyon—and even your own neighborhood.

Zusammenfassung
“Put on your hiking shoes, pack your binoculars, and rediscover the City of Angels.” —Westways Magazine

Los Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it's full of amazing wildlife. You just need to know where to find it!  Equal parts natural history, field guide, and trip planner, Wild LA has something for everyone. It looks at the factors that shape local nature—including fire, floods, and climate—and profiles over 100 local species, from easy-to-spot squirrels and praying mantids to more elusive green sea turtles, bighorn sheep, and mountain lions. Also included are descriptions of day trips that help you explore natural wonders on hiking trails, in public parks, and in your own backyard. 

Leseprobe
This is a book that celebrates the nature all around us each and every hour of every day. Despite jokes that Los Angeles is a concrete wasteland, the truth is that it’s actually an area of astounding biological diversity, with many powerful and interesting stories about how the “wild” and the “urban” are more interconnected than most people guess.

What do we mean by “LA nature”? When we refer to “Los Angeles” or “our area,” we mean much more than city or county limits—our focus is on the Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River watersheds (plus some of the smaller coastal watersheds draining the Santa Monica Mountains). A watershed is an area whose streams, gullies, creeklets, and canyons all drain into the same place. If rain falls on the ground and eventually flows to the Pacific Ocean via the San Gabriel River, then this ground is within the San Gabriel watershed. “Our area” includes most of LA County, some of Orange County, and slivers of Riverside County and Ventura County. Our focus is on most of the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mountains, the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel Valley, and all of the main Los Angeles Basin from Malibu to northern Orange County. This is not a beach and tide pool book (though we do explain how to see wild sea turtles in Long Beach). Instead, we’re interested in nature on land—in our creeks, rivers, ponds, and air—all the plants and bugs and other animals you can discover from high in the mountains all the way down to the sand.

Biologists and naturalists have strong opinions, but the four writers of this book had to agree on some ground rules. We wanted it to be different from the usual natural history guide—easier to read, easier to understand. Our mission was to create a book that could live on …

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