Beaverland DVDs Converging on the enormous western

Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad

He celebrates the people whose ideas and actions protected the High Sierra for future generations

Those who visit this beautiful "Lake of the Sky" may share Mark Twain's impression of the place as he camped on its shore in 1861: "As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords

to a timber resource for the Comstock Lode

natural resources are all around you

Beaverland DVDs Converging on the enormous westernFrom award winning writer Leila Philip, Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history and contemporary storytelling, how this weird rodent plays an oversized role in American history and its future. She follows fur trappers who lead her through waist high water, fur traders and fur auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, PETA activists, Native American environmental vigilantes, scientists,