Life on the Rocks: A Portrait of the American Mountain Goat - Hardcover

Smith, Bruce L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1607322919 ISBN 13: 9781607322917

Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 2014

Synopsis

The American mountain goat is one of the most elusive and least familiar species of hoofed mammals in North America. In their remote realm of cliffs and crags, few people have glimpsed these extraordinary mountaineers up close.
 
Through the eyes and lens of field biologist and photographer Bruce Smith, Life on the Rocks offers an intimate portrayal of this remarkable animal across the Rocky, Cascade, and Coast mountain ranges of the United States and Canada. Smith's stunning color photographs and  personal experiences living in Montana's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area accompany descriptions of the American mountain goat's natural history. Their physical and behavioral adaptations enable these alpine athletes to survive a host of dangers, including six-month-long winters, scarce food sources, thunderous avalanches, social strife, and predators like wolves, bears, lions, wolverines, and eagles. Smith also details the challenges mountain goats face as their territory is threatened by expanding motorized access, industrial activities, and a warming climate.

Life on the Rocks showcases the elegance and charm of this little-known creature, thriving in some of North America's harshest wilderness. Smith's volume will appeal to wildlife enthusiasts, wildland travelers, and conservationists interested in the future of the American mountain goat.
 

Winner of two National Outdoor Book Awards in the Nature & Environment and Design & Artistic Merit categories.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce L. Smith is a veteran wildlife manager and scientist of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, who has spent most of his 30-year federal career managing wildlife populations on the Wind River Indian Reservation and the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming.  His research has produced over 40 technical and popular papers and book chapters focused primarily on large mammal population ecology, diseases, migratory behavior, and predator-prey relationships. He is the author of five other books and recipient of a 2012 Montana Book Award for Where Elk Roam. Learn more about Bruce's life and work at:  brucesmithwildlife.com

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607322919
• ISBN 13: 9781607322917
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192