{"product_id":"wild-new-jersey-nature-adventures-in-the-garden-state-paperback-softback-9780813549217","title":"Wild New Jersey; Nature Adventures in the Garden State (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813549217","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWild New Jersey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNature Adventures in the Garden State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Wheeler (Author), Margaret O'Gorman (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813549217\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 53 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Wild New Jersey brings the reader on a real-life safari through the Garden State's wildlife and natural wonders.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Tom Gilmore (President, New Jersey Audubon Society) \u003cdiv\u003e\"What is wonderful about this book is it shows we still have wild places left even in the middle of our state's most developed urban areas. This book captures why we must preserve what's left of nature in New Jersey-and it reads like a page-turner you can't put down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Jeff Tittel (Director, New Jersey Sierra Club) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Wheeler provides an entertaining overview of the diversity of wildlife in New Jersey that challenges the notion that our state is merely a \u003cbr\u003ecrowded, overdeveloped stretch of toxic sites. He weaves carefully selected information into a fast-paced, hard-to-put-down story. It's not \u003cbr\u003eoften we can refer to a book about nature as a 'page turner.'\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Gregory A. Remaud (Deputy Director, NY\/NJ Baykeeper) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Full of exciting tales about New Jersey, from the crowded urban areas to the most remote places of the state.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Joanna Burger (author of A Naturalist Along the New Jersey Shore) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Once you read this book, don't be surprised if you find yourself going straight to the nearest outdoor adventure, whether it be boating and birding the Meadowlands, hiking the Appalachian Trail, or exploring the Pinelands.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Captain Bill Sheehan (Hackensack Riverkeeper) \u003cdiv\u003e\"As someone who has worked through many of the environmental challenges we face in New Jersey, I celebrate New Jersey's unique role in America's environmental movement. \u003ci\u003eWild New Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e captures what is at stake in our fight to clean up, restore, and protect our beautiful natural areas, from the pristine heart of the Pinelands to the ecological restorations of Superfund sites\"\u003c\/div\u003e - James Florio (former Governor of New Jersey) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWild New Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e may sound like fantasy-but this inspiring book is all reality. It's David Wheeler's great gift that he can continually see the treeline behind the skyline and hear the wild birds calling beyond the traffic's roar. He is the great champion and re-explorer of the state's magnificent wilderness and natural resoloence that 400 years of development has often threatened but never erased; he is also the cherisher and celebrator of those struggling natural areas that intrepod local residents are nursing back to like with great success. Here is a book that will change your understanding of where you are, and show you the wild strength and beauty that is still the heartheat of the nation's most urbanized state.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Tony Hiss (writer and author) \u003cdiv\u003e\"While many people view New Jersey as the as a kind of 'ground zero' in the conflict between development and preservation, David Wheeler reminds us in this beautifully written book that human efforts over the last 40 years to protect our environment and preserve open space-coupled with Nature's amazing resiliency-have made the Garden State an incredible place to enjoy wildlife both rare and common. Reading \u003ci\u003eWild New Jersey\u003c\/i\u003e will make you flush with pride to be a New Jerseyan, while you reach for your hiking boots and binoculars to follow in David's intrepid footsteps.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Michael Catania (Former Deputy Commissioner of NJDEP, and President of Conservation Resources) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is for anyone in the Garden State with the teeniest spark of adventure and enthusiasm. From your easy chair, Wheeler will take you places you've never been.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Star-Ledger)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe fastest animal on earth dive-bombs him from the skies. A young black bear bounds up a mountain trail a few yards away. Poisonous snakes swirl at his feet. A thousand bats careen past his head in a pitch-black roost. Pods of dolphins swim right past him by the scores. Who? Experienced naturalist David Wheeler. Where? In Wild New Jersey, of course.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWild New Jersey invites readers along Wheeler’s whirlwind year-long tour of the most ecologically diverse state for its size in America. Along with the expert guidance of charismatic wildlife biologists and local conservationists, he explores mountains, valleys, beaches, pine barrens, caves, rivers, marshlands, and more-breathtaking landscapes and the state’s Noah’s Ark of fascinating creatures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis isn’t your ordinary ride on the Jersey Turnpike. Fasten your seatbelts and join Wheeler as he . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKayaks through the Meadowlands under the watchful eye of the Empire State Building,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePans for cretaceous fossils in a hidden brook once home to mastodons and giant sloths, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRides a fishing boat in the frigid snows of winter on a high-seas quest for Atlantic puffins,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrudges through the eerie darkness of a bog on a mysterious night hike,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDogsleds across the windswept alpine slopes in the haunts of the porcupine and bobcat. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith Wheeler’s compelling narrative, in-depth background details, and eye for revealing the offbeat, you can count this as the first nature book to paint the extraordinary picture of New Jersey’s unlikely wilderness in all its glory. Come along for all the adventure and insight in Wild New Jersey!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part One. The Rugged Northwest\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. The Urban Northeast\u003cbr\u003e Part Three. The Jersey Shore\u003cbr\u003e Part Four. The Cape and Pines\u003cbr\u003e Part Five. The Heartland\u003cbr\u003e Nature Centers in New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e Suggested Reading\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rivergate Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716780224792,"sku":"9780813549217","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wild-new-jersey-nature-adventures-in-the-garden-state-paperback-softback-9780813549217","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}