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2009
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The Colorado Encyclopedia, is a twenty-first-century reference work on the Centennial State. From the start, a few principles have governed the development of the Encyclopedia: its entries and essays had to be authoritative but also accessible to a wide audience, and it had to be an online publication in order to remain up-to-date and reach as many people as possible. To ensure the Encyclopedia is relevant to students and educators in the state's...
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Twenty-five years ago David Petersen and his wife, Caroline, pulled up stakes, trading Laguna Beach, California for a snug handbuilt cabin in the wilderness. Today he knows that mountain land as intimately as anyone has ever known his family, his lover, or his own true self. He has become attuned to his environment, as this memoir reveals, that when a dead twig snaps, he knows what stepped on it, how much it weighed, and what its intentions were.
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©1993
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Colorado: The Place of Nature the Nature of Place is a timely natural history of Colorado that looks at various environments within the state and how they have been altered by human intervention. The twelve environments presented are unique yet representative samples of the natural world of Colorado and were chosen not for their popularity but for their pristine character. Their locations range from the sweeping grasslands and broad river valleys...
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"Long before men walked in Colorado, the land that would one day become the Centennial State, was already beginning to take shape. This book investigates the natural history of Colorado from the formation of the Rocky Mountains to the earliest flora and fauna. Using easy-to-follow text and full color photographs of Colorado's majestic landscape, the book will also consider the ways Colorado's human inhabitants have shaped and changed the environment...
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