Field Guide Books

You can find these books in our library:

• Hiking Guides
• Flora (plant) guides
• Fauna (animal) guides

> Hiking Guides

• Wilderness Survival, Suzanne Swedo
  "The Essentials of Surviving a Wilderness Emergency"
  
  
• Sierra North 100 Backcountry Trips 7th Edition,
  Thomas Winnett, Lyn Habor, & Cathy Morey.
  "…This book contains the best 100 hikes in the area from the Rock Creek Lakes in John Muir Wilderness to Echo Summit…"
  
  
• Desolation Wilderness, Robert S. Wood
  "A complete guide to over 200 miles of trail and 140 trout streams and lakes."
  
  
• NOLS Wilderness Guide, Peter Simer & Jhon Sullivan "This book is a manual of three-season backcountry living techniques taught by the National Outdoors Leadership School."
  
  
• The Backpackers Handbook 2nd Edition,
  Chris Townsend
  "this is a 'how-to' book, an instructional volume on how to move about and live in wild country safely and in comfort."
  
  
• Leave No Trace, Will Harmon
  "The Essentials of the Leave-No-Trace Ethics."
  
  
• Hiking and Backpacking, Karen Berger
  " A complete guide" contains full color photos.
  
  
• The Bay Area Ridge Trail, Jean Rusmore
  "This book is the first guide to describe the Bay Area Ridge Trail" Contains "trail maps, trail descriptions and notes on natural and human history."
  
  
• Soft Paths, Bruce Hampton & David Cole
  "How to enjoy the wilderness without harming it."
  
  
• California Hiking, Tom Stienstra & Ann Marie Brown
  "Hiking guide to 1,000 hikes in the golden state."
  
  
• Best Hikes With Children; San Francisco North Bay,
  Bill & Kevin McMillion
  "The hikes in this guide are located in the North Bay counties of Marin, Napa, and Sonoma"
  
  
• Best Hikes With Children; San Francisco South Bay,
  Bill & Kevin McMillion
  "The hikes in this guide are located in the Bay Area counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, And Alameda"
  
  
• Sharing Nature With Children, Joseph Bharat Cornell
  "A parents and teachers nature awareness guide book."
  
  
• BAWT WLT 2001 Course Guide BAWT Guide to taking youths or almost anybody else out into the wilderness,
  YOP Leadership Training Manual AMC
  "Written specifically for participants the AMC Youth Opportunities Program. It is intended as a guide to planning & leading trips with young people."
  
  
• Team Building Institute, Dr. Chris Heunis & Erik Vermeulen
  "A comprehensive guide to facilitating adventure related experiential learning."
  
  
• Experiential Education The Quinn Leadership School & Group Effectiveness Training
  A binder that gives an in depth description of "group effectiveness training." meant to "Train the trainer."
  
  
• Teaching Outward Bound, Outward Bound
  Gives a straight forward description of Outward Bound teaching strategies.
  
  
• Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Outward Bound "..design for comprehensive school improvement that challenges k-12 to meet rigorous academic and character standards."
  
  
• Appalachian Mountain Club Field Instruction Manual 1997, AMC
  over-all trip manual as taught by the AMC 12 short Hikes; East Bay San Francisco Bay Area Nancy Salcedo A short book that leads you step by step through 12 short hikes in the Bay Area.

> Flora (plant) guides

• Pacific Coast Tree Finder, Tom Watts
  "A pocket manual for identifying Pacific coast trees."
  
  
• Redwood Region Flower Finder, Phoebe Watts
  Only identifies wildflowers growing in the range of the Redwood tree. Flowering tress, shrubs & plants growing on sea bluffs & beaches are omitted.
  
  
• Trees A Golden Guide,
  Alexander S. Zim & Alexander C. Martin
  "A Guide to Familiar American Trees."
  
  
• Peterson First Guide to Forest, John C. Kricher
  "A simplified field guide to the ecology of the forests of North America."
  
  
• National Audubon Field Guide to North American Trees,
  Elbert L. Little
  Written description on trees in the western region of North America, also contains full color photos.
  
  
• Wild Flowers of the American West, Rose Houk
  "A Photographic Celebration of Natures Beauty."

> Fauna (animal) guides

• Pacific Coast Mammals, Ron Russo & Pam OlHausen
  "A guide to mammals of the Pacific coast states, their tracks, skulls, and other signs."
  
  
• Pacific Coast Bird Finder, Roger J. Lederer
  "A pocket guide to some frequently seen birds"
  
  
• Discovering Sierra Birds, Edward C. Beedy
  Written description on birds of the Western Sierra, also contains full color pictures.