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Designing the Bayous
The Control of Water in the Atchafalaya Basin, 1800-1995
Av Martin Reuss
Häftad, 2004
444 kr
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The Louisiana Atchafalaya River Basin is one of the most dynamic and critical environments in the country. The river's immense floodway is the ancestral home of the American Cajun population; it sustains the nation's last cypress-tupelo wetland and provides habitat for many species of animals. …
Finding Birds on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail
Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast
Av Ted Eubanks, Robert A. Behrstock m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
244 kr
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The Texas coast offers rich avian treasures for expert birders and beginners alike, if only they know where to look. For those familiar with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's maps to the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, this book on the Upper Texas Coast offers more - more information, …
After Ike
Aerial Views from the No-fly Zone
Häftad, 2009
261 kr
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The day after Hurricane Ike made U.S. landfall at Galveston, Texas, photographer Bryan Carlile was in a helicopter, working a service contract as a first responder. He took with him a native Texan's good memories of the Gulf Coast but brought back images that tell the sobering story of this massive …
Lighthouses of Texas
Inbunden, 2001
453 kr
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The story of the lighthouses and lightships of Texas, illustrated with watercolours by Harold Phenix. After introducing readers to lighthouses and their keepers, there are chapters detailing the surviving Texas lighthouses and their keepers, engineers and inspectors.
Life on Matagorda Island
Häftad, 2004
215 kr
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From most people's point of view, a barrier beach is a paradox: appealing to visit but appalling to live on. An enjoyable day's excursion requires shade, dark glasses, sunblock, drinking water, food, and, of course, a shower afterward. Take all those amenities away and consider existing alone on …
Galveston Bay
Inbunden, 2005
489 kr
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Galveston Bay is the recreational center of the Texas coast - a fishing, boating, and birdwatching playground for the almost four million people who live on or near it. A shallow estuary of about 350,000 acres, the bay supports a rich assortment of wildlife and a commercial fishery that pulls …
Galveston Bay
Häftad, 2005
233 kr
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Galveston Bay is the recreational center of the Texas coast - a fishing, boating, and birdwatching playground for the almost four million people who live on or near it. A shallow estuary of about 350,000 acres, the bay supports a rich assortment of wildlife and a commercial fishery that pulls …
Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast
Av Ted Eubanks, Robert A. Behrstock m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
509 kr
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In the last thirty years, the Upper Texas Coast has become a ""must go"" destination for birders around the globe. This book will serve as an essential companion to the customary field guide and pair of binoculars for all visitors to Houston, High Island, Galveston, Freeport, or any of the area's …
Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast
A Geologist Answers Questions About Sand, Storms, and Living by the Sea
Häftad, 2007
272 kr
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With strong personal and professional ties to the Gulf of Mexico, marine geologist John B. Anderson has spent two decades studying the Texas coastline and continental shelf. In this book, he answers fundamental, frequently asked questions about the coast - how it evolved; how it operates; how …
Texas Coral Reefs
Inbunden, 2008
294 kr
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Just one hundred and ten miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border, beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, lie two coral reefs, together called the Flower Garden Banks. This coral community, the northernmost reef system in the United States and a national marine sanctuary, is home to hundreds of …
Storm Over the Bay
The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port
Inbunden, 2009
304 kr
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Since the late 1830s, the natural harbor at the mouth of South Texas' Nueces River has been a center of regional maritime trade. But by the early 1900s, a storm of political wrangling, cronyism, and corruption was threatening to scuttle the city's efforts toward securing a dependable deep water …
Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend
Häftad, 2009
328 kr
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Suitable for those who study or simply enjoy the impressive variety of wild plants that grow in the counties of Texas' coastal bend, this title offers a useful reference.
