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For Everything There Is a Season: The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area
For Everything There Is a Season The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand TetonYellowstone Area Author:Jr., Frank C. Craighead Are there hidden patterns in the natural world? Do natural events take place at the same time every year? The answers are in For Everything There is a Season, a book unique in the literature of natural history. Dr. Frank C. Craighead, Jr., one of America's most distinguished field biologists, has studied the plants and animals of the Gre... more »ater Yellowstone Area for more than forty-five years. Keeping detailed journals, Dr. Craighead has recorded the patterns of life that revolve around the changing seasons, and he shares his discoveries in this fascinating book. For example, did you know... That grizzly bears are leaving their dens when the first dandelions appear. That salmon flies are hatching when wild strawberries begin to ripen. That bull elk are bugling when aspen leaves turn to gold. For naturalists, this book is a remarkable chronicle of the interrelationships between all living things. For anyone interested in the Teton-Yellowstone area and the entire Northern Rockies, this book opens the door to greater understanding-and amazement-of the natural cycles of one of America's last wild places.« less