CONSERVATION—YOU CAN HELP
If you are interested in the work of the National Park Service and in the cause of conservation in general, you can give active expression of this interest, and lend support by alining yourself with one of the numerous conservation organizations which act as spokesmen for those who wish our scenic heritage to be kept unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Names and addresses of conservation organizations may be obtained from the ranger.
This booklet is published in cooperation with the
National Park Service
by the
SOUTHWEST PARKS AND MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION
A non-profit publishing and distributing organization supporting historical, scientific and educational activities of the National Park Service.
We recommend the following items for additional information on the Southwest:
YOUR NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHWEST, IN WORDS AND COLOR. Jackson. 500 word articles on each National Park Service area in the huge Southwest region, with full-color photograph for each of 66 areas listed. Highly authoritative treatment with every text checked for accuracy by National Park Service. Also contains “How to Get There” appendix. 76 pages, 69 full-color illustrations, color cover, paper.
ARCHEOLOGY ON THE SHONTO PLATEAU, NORTHEAST ARIZONA, Keith Anderson. 1969. Scholarly report on archeological salvage work in 1963-4 along the new road right-of-way between U.S. Highway 64 and Navajo National Monument headquarters. Includes appendix report on Bird Remains from Vicinity of Navajo National Monument, by Lyndon L. Hargrave, XII plus 68 pp., 2 maps, 14 tables, 10 line drawings, 21 half-tones.
100 DESERT WILDFLOWERS IN NATURAL COLOR. Dodge. Descriptions and full-color portraits of 100 of the most interesting desert wildflowers. Photographic hints. 64 pp., full-color cover, paper.
100 ROADSIDE WILDFLOWERS OF SOUTHWEST UPLANDS IN NATURAL COLOR. Dodge. Companion book to author’s 100 Desert Wildflowers in Natural Color, but for higher elevation flowers. 64 pages and full-color cover, paper.
FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. Dodge and Janish. More than 140 of the most interesting and common desert plants beautifully drawn in 100 plates, with descriptive text. 112 pp., color cover, paper.
FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MESAS. Patraw and Janish. Companion volume to the Desert flowers booklet, but covering the plants of the plateau country of the Southwest. 112 pp., color cover, paper.
FLOWERS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. Amberger and Janish. Descriptions and illustrations of plants and trees of the southern Rocky Mountains and other Southwestern ranges above 7,000 feet elevation. 112 pp., plus 4-color centerfold, color cover, paper.
MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. Olin and Cannon. Handsome illustrations, full descriptions, and life habits of the 42 most interesting and common mammals of the lower desert country of the Southwest below the 4,500-foot elevation. 112 pp., 60 illustrations, 4-color centerfold of animal photos, color cover, paper.
MAMMALS OF SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND MESAS. Olin and Bierly. Companion volume to Mammals of Southwest Deserts. Fully illustrated in exquisitely done line and scratchboard drawings, and written in Olin’s masterfully lucid style. Gives description, range, and life habits of the better known Southwestern mammals of the uplands. Color cover, paper or cloth.
POISONOUS DWELLERS OF THE DESERT. Dodge. Invaluable handbook for any person living in the desert. Tells the facts about dangerous insects, snakes, etc., giving treatment for bites and stings and dispels myths about harmless creatures mistakenly believed poisonous. 48 pp.
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