Resource Building - Approved Candidate Book List

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Approved book list for Candidate Earth Path Studies.

I live in the Big River Gorge (Columbia River), at the border of the Cascades and Willamette Valley Level III Ecoregions. Specifically, Clark County Washington, about 45 minutes from Portland, Oregon.

I’m about a third of the way through After the Ice Age and would highly recommend it as a starting point for understanding the natural history of the North American continent. It includes a wealth of technical info that explains how we know what we know about prehistoric landscapes.

Main list of 9 books:

After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America by E. C. Pielou

Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of the Pacific Northwest by Ellen Morris Bishop

Indians, Fire, and the Land in the Pacific Northwest by Robert Boyd

Natural History of the Columbia River Gorge by Robert Hogfoss

Healing the Big River: Salmon Dreams and the Columbia River Treaty by Peter Marbach

The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem by Jon R. Luoma

Northwest Trees by Stephen F. Arno and Ramona P. Hammerly

Mammals of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coast to the High Cascades by Chris Maser

Boundary Layer: Exploring the Genius Between Worlds by Kem Luther

Bonus books: field guides

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska by Jim Pojar & Andy MacKinnon

Roadside Geology of Washington by Marlu B. Miller & Darrel S. Cowan

National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest

Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains by Daniel Mathews

Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington by Jerry F. Franklin and C.T. Dyrness

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Hello, I’ve seen some posts for Maryland that focus on the bay region or the Appalachians, so here are some if you’re in MD and not by either of those. I’m in ecoregion 8.3.1, Northern Piedmont.

Approved books:

  1. Field Guide to the Piedmont, by Michael A. Godfrey
  2. Field Guide to Eastern Forests, by John C. Kricher
  3. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America by Alan Bessette, Arleen Bessette, and David W. Fischer
  4. Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History, by Carol Gracie and Eric Lamont
  5. The Bees in Your Backyard, by Joseph Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril
  6. Wildlife of the Mid-Atlantic: A Complete Reference Manual, by John H. Rappole
  7. The American Crow and the Common Raven, by Joan Waltermire, illustrated by Lawrence Kilham
  8. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman
  9. Maryland’s Geology, by Martin F. Schmidt
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I live just north of Binghamton. I am going to look at your book list.

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As a fair warning, The Finger Lakes Region: Its Origin and Nature is extremely dry and a bit hard to get through - I gave up after a few chapters. It’s mostly about the geology and rock formations, though, so if that interests you, you may like it more than I did.

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I have this book it’s an old textbook

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Textbooks are some of the best to read. Guides are another great source. Best sources are people though. I just wish more classes were offered around here.

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Ohh I know there aren’t so many Aussies here, but that also makes it trickier for folks who are, here’s mine (Perth, Western Australia: Swan Coastal Plain)

Dixon, K. (2011) Coastal Plants: A Guide to the Identification and Restoration of Plants of the Greater Perth Coast. CSIRO Publishing.

Entwisle, T. (2014) Sprinter and Sprummer: Australia’s Changing Seasons. CSIRO Publishing.

Gozzard, B. (2007) Geology and Landforms of the Perth Region. GSWA Publications.

Hansen, V. (2016) Noongar Bush Medicine: Medicinal Plants of the South-West of Western Australia. UWA Publishing.

Hansen, V. (2019) Noongar Bush Tucker: Bush Food Plants and Fungi of the South-West of Western Australia. UWA Publishing.

Neville, S. (2018) Guide to the Wildlife of Perth and the South West. Woodslane.

Robin, L. et al (2009) Boom & Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country. CSIRO Publishing.

Webb, E.K. (1997) Windows on Meteorology: Australian Perspective. CSIRO Publishing.

Webb, M. (2013) Australian Native Plants: The Kings Park Experience. CSIRO Publishing.

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