Leslie Patten had seen grizzly bears, wolves, coyotes, deer, elk, and many other species in her years living next to Yellowstone National Park. Yet, like most visitors, she had never seen a mountain lion—the charismatic yet enigmatic predator also known as a cougar, panther, or puma. She had only detected their ethereal presence on the landscape, which left her pondering where they were and what they were up to. After five years, through her serendipitous encounters with their tracks and s...

All the basics to begin a beautiful garden design, from understanding your topography and microclimates, to basic design principles. This eBook is designed to help the homeowner hone in on what they want, and need. Book includes site analysis, simple design basics, working with a designer or laying it out yourself as well as how to choose a competent contractor. What is the difference between a designer and a design/build company? How do you determine where patios go, or what design works ...

Want to transform your energy quickly in a way that boosts your health? Biocircuits draw your body and mind into deep relaxation and refreshment. Lie on these easy-to-use tools, and your natural energies flow strongly into balance, drawing you into profound states of cellular and neurological repair, realignment and rejuvenation.Developed in the early 20th Century by L.E. Eeman, Biocircuits are based on a simple but universal principle: when certain of the body's energy centers are ...

In this eBook, Patten, a veteran low water designer, describes step-by-step strategies to transform high water design situations. Produce gardens, proper zoning, irrigation, native low water lawns, tips for xeriscape design styles, advice on planting California natives and Mediterraneans, as well as how to take advantage of microclimates. These are just some of the topics covered. Special sections on native California Oaks, instructions on how to grow a native meadow, and a month-by-month ...

What do pikas, honey bees and grizzlies all have in common?Naturalist Leslie Patten explores the vanishing world of American wildlife, some common to city backyards, others found only in remote spaces of our country.Each story is a new tale. From California to the Southwest to the Rocky Mountain West, Patten relates encounters with wolves, bighorn sheep, and even mysterious howls from banshees. Along the way, as Patten learns of our outdated attitudes and laws towards Ameri...

Koda wants to tell his story of living next to Yellowstone National Park. Koda is a golden retriever who moved to Wyoming when he was a young dog. He had to learn lessons about grizzly bears, moose, and other wildlife. But Koda's main tale is what he learned from living among wolves. Koda works on a wolf study, and meets the most famous wolf in the world—Yellowstone's wolf 06. A true story told in a dog's voice

This eBook describes Decomposed Granite (DG) applications as well as other materials to use for patios and walkways. Includes 26 photos. Do-it-yourselfers will find a full description of how to install a proper, hard DG patio step-by-step. Homeowners who want to use a contractor will discover all the information to give their contractor to install proper drainage, and the exact methods for obtaining a beautiful DG patio or walkway. In addition, Patten looks at alternative materials, such a...

The Wild Excellence provides a personal look at an extraordinary landscape. Living on the edge of Yellowstone National Park, Leslie Patten weaves myth and science with history. She vividly relates her experiences as she digs out her clogged spring system, hikes and explores, copes with weather and isolation, and grows an intimate relationship with a place that her heart recognized on first sight as home. The author's curiosity leads her to investigate ancient Shoshone Indian sheep traps, h...

From the host of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within.”A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination.In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery permit to hunt for a wild buffalo, or American bison, in the Alaskan wilderness. Despite the odds—there’s only a 2 percent chance of drawing the permit, and fewer than 20 percent of those hunters are successful—Rinella managed to kill a buf...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and host of Netflix’s MeatEater comes “a unique and valuable alternate view of where our food comes from” (Anthony Bourdain).“Revelatory . . . With every chapter, you get a history lesson, a hunting lesson, a nature lesson, and a cooking lesson. . . . Meat Eater offers an overabundance to savor.”—The New York Times Book ReviewMeat Eater chronicles Ste...

From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals.Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the ...

For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion betwe...