Ebook: Wings for My Flight : The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock, Updated Edition
Author: Marcy Cottrell Houle
- Tags: Houle Marcy Cottrell -1953-, Peregrine falcon-Colorado-Chimney Rock (Archuleta County), Peregrine falcon.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- City: Albuquerque, United States
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- epub
"Blends adventure, romance, humor and pathos. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of her sky-diving subjects and the seductive beauty of the wilderness."--Chicago Sun-Times "Well crafted and compelling, a dramatization of the classic conflict between the legitimate interests of conservationists and developers. This is a fine book on several levels, as science, sociology, or a story. Highly recommended."--Library Journal Forty years ago, the peregrine falcon was on the U.S. endangered species list and many doubted that it would survive. Marcy Houle was a young wildlife biologist observing one of the last remaining pairs--located at a site in southwest Colorado slated for development as a major tourist site. First published in 1991 and winner of several national awards, this book chronicles her work at Chimney Rock along with the recovery of the species. A new preface examines the last thirty years of the peregrine population and its remarkable comeback and culminates with President Barack Obama's designation of Chimney Rock as a national monument.
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