From Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the Milnesand Prairie Preserve of New Mexico, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the western United States.America's Natural Places: Pacific and West examines over 50 of the most spectacular and important areas of this region, with each entry describing the importance of the area, the flora and fauna that it supports, threats to the survival of the region, and what is being done to protect it.Organized by state within the volume, this work informs readers about the wide variety of natural areas across the western part of the United States and identifies places that may be near them that demonstrate the importance of preserving such regions.

Illustrations depict 50 of the most treasured landscapes in the Pacific and Western regions of the United States, including Alaska and the Pacific Coast.

Series ForewordPrefaceIntroductionAlaskaAlaska Chilkat Bald Eagle PreserveAnan Creek Wildlife ObservatoryArctic National Wildlife RefugeBering Land Bridge National PreserveCreamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl RefugeGustavas ForelandsHomer Airport Critical Habitat AreaKatmai National Park and PreserveKenai Fjords National ParkKootznoowoo WildernessMcNeil River State Game Sanctuary and RefugeNational Petroleum ReserveWalrus Islands State Game Sanctuary: Round IslandArizonaAppleton-Whittell Research RanchAravaipa CanyonBuckelew Family LandsHassayampa River PreserveKofa National Wildlife RefugeSierra Vista Wastewater WetlandsCaliforniaBallona WetlandsCatalina IslandCosumnes River PreserveCrestridge Ecological ReserveDeath Valley National ParkFarallon WildernessFoote Botanical PreserveKern River PreserveMcCloud River PreserveMerced GrasslandsMount HamiltonPinnacles WildernessPoint Lobos State Natural ReserveWaddle RanchHawaiiHanauma Bay Nature PreserveHawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine SanctuaryKahoolawe Island ReserveKanaele BogKa'u PreserveKealia Pond National Wildlife ReservePalmyra AtollPapahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument/Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National MonumentPu'u Kukui Watershed PreserveNevadaAsh Meadows National Wildlife RefugeBlack Rock DesertJarbidge WildernessMcCarran RanchMoapa Valley National Wildlife RefugePahranagat National Wildlife RefugePyramid LakeNew MexicoBisti/De-Na-Zin WildernessBosque del Apache National Wildlife RefugeGila River PreserveOjito WildernessOtero MesaPlacitas Open SpaceSanta Fe Canyon PreserveWest Malpais WildernessOregonAudubon SanctuaryBoardman GrasslandsCascade Head Experimental Forest and Scenic Research AreaJohn Day Fossil Beds National MonumentOaks Bottom Wildlife RefugeOregon Islands National Wildlife RefugeOwens FarmSouth Slough National Estuarine Research ReserveSteens Mountain WildernessTable RocksTom McCall PreserveWashingtonDesert Wildlife AreaEllsworth Creek PreserveHalliday FenJulia Butler Hansen RefugeMima Mounds Natural Area PreserveMoccasin Lake RanchMoses Coulee-Beezley HillsPort Susan BayRose CreekWenas Wildlife AreaGlossaryBibliographyIndex