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Compares the Pacific forest, home of the sequoias, to the more biologically diverse tropical rain forests and examines the geology, the climate, and the biological systems at work in one of North America's greatest treasures
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An impassioned study of the world's largest temperate rain forest, an environment that spans 2,000 miles from California's Bay Area to Alaska's panhandle. Kane's text explicates the geology, the climate, the animals, and the delicately balanced biological relationships that characterize the forest, while the 170 lovely color photographs by Ellis reveal both its natural beauty and human-engendered tragedies. 9x12
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