"Pratt has lots of stories like this; she's spent three decades observing wildlife in Yosemite. Her deep understanding of the park's inhabitants is captured in her new book, Yosemite Wildlife. In this loving ode to the place she calls "her North Star," readers get a close-up look at the furry, scaled, feathered and chitinous creatures a casual tourist might not ever see."
"another decorative coffee-table tome. Pratt, who is the California director for the advocacy group the National Wildlife Federation, uses storytelling to paint intimate profiles of Yosemite's dwellers. She and photographer and co-author Robb Hirsch give every creature due reverence by highlighting its innate beauty - bears have gentle, googly eyes; coyotes are "songsters" of the Sierras; bat echolocation "is the music of starshine.""
A long-term Yosemite observer describes encountering piles of fresh scat along a creek and later seeing a black bear that sniffed then ambled away. Three decades of observations inform intimate profiles of the park's mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and other dwellers. Storytelling paired with photography highlights innate beauty—bears' gentle eyes, coyotes as Sierran songsters, and bat echolocation as music. The portraits carry warnings that habitat loss and reduced protections threaten these species. Recent rollbacks of public-land protections and National Park Service staffing and funding cuts exacerbate risks. Cultivating appreciation for wildlife encounters can motivate actions to safeguard habitats.
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