Resource Building - Approved Candidate Book List

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I’ve seen your Youtube videos before! I absolutely love them!!! I’m totally geeking out right now lol

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Here’s my books for Southern Wisconsin, which just got approved this week:

  1. Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications - Softcover Weller, Milton W. Cambridge University Press, 1999
  2. Emmet J. Judziewicz, R. W. (2014). Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses. Madison, WI: UW Press. Retrieved from https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/Field-Guide-to-Wisconsin-Grasses
  3. Hipp, A. L. (2008). Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges. Madison, WI: UW Press. Retrieved from https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/Field-Guide-to-Wisconsin-Sedges2
  4. Hoffman, R. (2002). Wisconsin’s Natural Communities: How to Recognize Them, Where To Find Them. Madison, WI: UW Press. Retrieved from https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/W/Wisconsin-s-Natural-Communities
  5. Mickelson, D. M. (2007). Landscapes of Dane County. Educational Series(43). Madison, WI: UW Extension - Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.
  6. Miller, M. A. (2014). Field Guide to Wisconsin Streams. Madison, WI: UW Press. Retrieved from https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/F/Field-Guide-to-Wisconsin-Streams
  7. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. (2023). Major Landforms of Wisconsin. Madison, WI. Retrieved February 2, 2026, from https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5ab43153ca734507a703bb900a0365cc
  8. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. (n.d.). Springs. Madison, WI: University of WI-Madison. Retrieved 2026, from https://home.wgnhs.wisc.edu/water/springs/
  9. Yahara Waterways: Water Trail Guide. (2007). Madison, WI: Dane County Environmental Council.
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My Approved Candidate Book List

Region - Cumbria, UK

  1. Revealing the Foundations: The geology and landscape of the Westmorland Dales - Elizabeth Pickett

  2. The Trees of Burneside: A Survey and Field Guide - Sue Shiels

  3. Cumbrian Wildlife in the Twentieth Century - Carlisle Natural History Society

  4. Drizzle, Midges & Moss - Ben Averis

  5. Cumbria’s Weather - Peter Johnson

  6. RSPB Birding Year - Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

  7. Windermere: Restoring the health of England’s Largest Lake - AD Pickering

  8. A Flora of Cumbria - Geoffrey Halliday

  9. Bloomsbury Concise Seashore Wildlife Guide

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Getting that reading list is the hardest part.

Looking at some of those books, I wish someone had written THE MOJAVE’S WEATHER!

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@JosephHall, maybe that book is waiting for you to write it.

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If you go to the National Weather Service’s local office’s website for the area you live in, you’ll probably find detailed info on local weather and climate, as well as a Forecast Discussion in which the meteorologists discuss current and predicted weather at a more technical level than the forecasts provided to the public. I read the one for the area I live in daily.

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I think @Zita1 might be right.

This summer‘s writing project might be the beginning of a book that addresses the weather (and geology) changes in this region that led the Great Western Waterway (home of a probable ichthyosaur breeding ground) to become the Great Mojave Desert (home of an improbable Druid).

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Sounds fantastic, @JosephHall :+1:

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An approved list for central/southern tier NY:

Roadside NY geology Bradford B Van Diver

Geology of New York a simplified account Yngvar W. Isachsen

Trees of New York field guide Stan Tekiela

Winter tree finder May Theilgaard Watts

The natural history of New York Stan Freeman

The eastern deciduous forest Richard H Yahner

New York wildlife encyclopedia: an illustrated guide to birds fish mammals reptiles and amphibians Shupe S

The Nature of Oaks Douglas W Tallamy

Thanks to everyone who’s been posting their lists here over time. Had a few on my provisional list that were too general so it was great to find alternatives here. Thank you NYers :wink:

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I know we only had to pick 9 books, but my list includes 10 that were approved for the Piedmont area of North Carolina.

NATURAL HISTORY

  • North Carolina’s Wild Piedmont: A Natural History by Adam Morgan (2015, 6 4.5-stars, 6x9, $21.99)

GEOLOGY

  • Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston by Kevin G. Stewart (2007, 84 4.5-stars, 6x9, $29)

  • Wild North Carolina: Discovering the Wonders of Our State’s Natural Communities by David Blevins & Michael P. Schafale (2024, 49 4.5-stars, 10x9, $28.43)

ROCKS & MINERALS

  • National Geographic Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals of North America by Sarah Garlick (2014, 2,362 4.5-stars, 4.25x7.25, $12.07)

TREES

  • Trees of the Carolinas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (2020, 253 5-stars, 4.5x6, $14.59)

PLANTS

  • Wildflowers of the Carolinas Field Guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers & Stan Tekiela (2021, 69 5-stars, 4.5x6, $12.99)

  • Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont: A Naturalist’s Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia by Timothy P. Spira (2011, 211 4.5-stars, 6x9, $17.24)

  • A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas by Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette & Michael W. Hopping (2025, 5 5-stars, 6x9, $32.65 / 2018, 529 5-stars, 6x9, $23.51)

BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES

  • Birds of the Carolinas Field Guide by Stan Tekiela (2020, 1,386 5-stars, 4.5x6, $12.79)

  • Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia: A Field Guide by Harry E. LeGrand Jr., Jeffrey S. Pippin, Derb Carter Jr. & Pierre Howard (2024, 18 5-stars, 6x9, $28.67)

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Hi everyone, I wanted to share a new book resource for those in Maryland. The Maryland Native Plant Society has an inexpensive publication called the Piedmont Region Maryland Native Plant Guide: Maryland Native Plant Society - NEW Maryland Native Plant Guide Piedmont Region!.

It would also be useful for those who live in the Piedmont close to MD. Cheers!

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My book list for the Lower Mainland of British Columbia was just approved! I made a couple changes to my list through the process, so I have more than 9 here.

British Columbia: A Natural History of Its Origins, Ecology, and Diversity with a New Look at Climate Change (3rd ed.) – Richard & Sydney Cannings

The Restless Northwest - Hill Williams

Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest - Josephine Woolington

Plants of Coastal British Columbia – Jim Pojar & Andy MacKinnon

Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest - David Moskowitz

Mushrooms of British Columbia – Andy MacKinnon & Kem Luther

Pacific Northwest Insects - Merrill A. Peterson

Whelks to Whales (3rd ed) – Rick Harbo

Birds of the Pacific Northwest – John Shewey & Tim Blount

Bats of British Columbia (2nd ed. 2022) – Cori Lausen et al

Rocks, Minerals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest - Leslie Moclock & Jacob Selander

Return of the Sea Otter – Todd McLeish

Gifts of the Crow – Marzluff & Angell

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Here’s a link to a great set of books for those who live in North Carolina and the Southeast: For the Well-Read Naturalist – NC Master Naturalists

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That is an amazing resource! Thank you for sharing it!

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