Resource Building - Approved Candidate Book List

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Thanks for sharing! These are excellent! I absolutely adore the Appalachian mountains. My current reading list is getting so long I’m going to have plenty to read even after I finish the nine required books.

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My book list was just approved for Indiana.

  1. Habitats and Ecological Communities of Indiana :Presettlement to Present edited by John O. Whitaker, Jr. and Charles J. Amlaner, Jr. ; Marion T. Jackson, George R. Parker, and Peter E. Scott, associate editors. Indiana University Press 2012-07-11

  2. 101 Trees of Indiana: A Field Guide (Indiana Natural Science) by Marion Jackson and Katherine Harrington 2004

  3. The Wabash River ecosystem Gammon, James R. (James Robert), 1998

  4. Roadside Geology of Indiana Paperback by Mark J. Camp Graham T. Richardson 1999

  5. Mammals of Indiana by Whitaker, J. O. & Mumford, R. E. (2009) Indiana University Press.

  6. The Ecology and Silviculture Of Oaks by Johnson, Paul S et al.

  7. Climate change in the Midwest: impacts, risks, vulnerability, and adaptation by Pryor, S. C., 2013

  8. America’s Natural Places. The Midwest Ney, Jason; Nichols, Terri 2010

  9. Geology of Indiana by Hall Robert D. 1989

  10. Our Hoosier State Beneath Us Indiana Geological Survey 1992

  11. The Natural heritage of Indiana by Jackson, Marion T 1997

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i’m a stream scientist professionally (more the physical forms/processes than the ecology), but if you want to talk rivers while reading Wabash, let me know! they’re amazing

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Hello all-I live in Florida, a coastal tropical-sandy environment. I have had the following approved thus far

  1. Priceless Florida, Natural ecosystems and native species
  2. Ants of Florida, Identification and natural history
  3. A concise natural history of east and west Florida
  4. All things beautiful, wonders from the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History
  5. Swamp song: A natural history of Florida swamps
  6. Wildlife of the Florida Keys: a natural history
    Looking for those last two that will well round out my list.
    Considering these two:
  7. Florida’s Wetlands (Florida’s Natural Ecosystems and Native Species)
  8. Florida’s Waters (Florida’s Natural Ecosystems and Native Species)
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I live in Vancouver, BC. These books were approved:

  1. Vancouver Geology, Armstrong, 1990
  2. Living With Weather Along the British Columbia Coast: the Veil of Chaos, Lange, 2003.
  3. Parks and Nature Places Around Vancouver, Nature Vancouver. 2009.
  4. Bats of British Columbia, Lausen et al, 2022.
  5. Burns Bog Ecosystem Review Synthesis Report, Knopp, 2000
  6. A Field Guide to Species at Risk in the Coast Forest Region of British Columbia,
  7. Ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, Elliott A. Norse, 1990
  8. The Birder’s Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, Nature Vancouver, 2016
  9. Our Sylvan Heritage: a Guide to the Magnificent Trees of the South Fraser, Murray, 2004
  10. Carnivores of British Columbia, Hatler et al, 2008

Bats of British Columbia and Carnivores of British Columbia are part of a series put out by the BC Museum, and I suspect any of the books from the series would be appropriate.

Another book that I didn’t list was Plants of Coastal British Columbia by Pojar and MacKinnon. I’ve seen it listed up-thread, and it is an excellent reference. The only reason I didn’t include it is that I’m already fairly familiar with it!

Also a shout-out to Living With Weather Along the British Columbia Coast: the Veil of Chaos. This is a very serious book about meteorology, published by Environment Canada, and yet is full of subtle esoteric references. (The author was into Anthroposopy, in addition to being a Serious Meteorologist.)

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I live in the Piedmont of South Carolina, and I am a stones throw from the Appalachia Mountains of North Carolina, in the Eastern Temperate Forest Region.

  1. Eastern Deciduous Forest, Second Edition: Ecology and Wildlife Conservation, by Richard H. Yahner

  2. Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains: A Guide for the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, and Neighboring Areas, by Marcus B. Simpson Jr.

  3. Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians, by Scott Weidnesaul

  4. Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians, by Donald Edward Davis

  5. Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians, by Jennifer Frick-Ruper

  6. Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont, by Timothy Silver

  7. The Book of Forest and Thicket, by John Eastman

  8. Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston (Southern Gateways Guides), by Kevin Stewart & Mary-Russell Roberson

  9. How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World, by Ethan Tapper - This one is not region specific, but it was approved because they do allow one book that is general to how nature works.

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I’m in Baltimore, MD in the mid-Atlantic region of eastern US. Here are 7 books I’ve been approved for. I’m still waiting to hear about 2 others.
A Natural History of Quiet Waters: Swamps and Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Coast – Curtis J. Badger
Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada – William M. Harlow
A Year Across Maryland: A Week-by-Week Guide to Discovering Nature in the Chesapeake Region – Bryan MacKay
Maryland’s Geology – Martin F. Schmidt
Sugarloaf: The Mountain’s History, Geology, and Natural Lore – Melanie Choukas-Bradley
An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wild Flowers and Trees – Melanie Choukas-Bradley

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