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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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The Parks of Colorado
The San Luis Valley
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816524242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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It is a high valley edged by serrated peaks, a remote expanse the size of Connecticut lying, as if forgotten, between two mountain ranges. Here, North AmericaÕs tallest sand dunes blow against glacier-gouged summits, the Rio Grande begins its long journey from snowflake to saltwater, and vast reaches of desert scrub hide verdant pocket wetlands. ColoradoÕs San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of natureÑand by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valleyÕs wetlandsÑinvisible except from the airÑand their cries temper the constant wind. Susan Tweit lives in the high desert of southern Colorado not far from the valleyÕs dunes and wetlands. With the precision of a scientist and the passion of a poet, she guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight. As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816524242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
It is a high valley edged by serrated peaks, a remote expanse the size of Connecticut lying, as if forgotten, between two mountain ranges. Here, North AmericaÕs tallest sand dunes blow against glacier-gouged summits, the Rio Grande begins its long journey from snowflake to saltwater, and vast reaches of desert scrub hide verdant pocket wetlands. ColoradoÕs San Luis Valley is not a place for the timid. Sizzling hot in summer, frigid cold in winter, this huge landscape is humbling in its openness, a place defined by the rhythms of natureÑand by the thrust and parry of male courting female in the ritual dance of sandhill cranes. These majestic birds arrive by the thousands twice a year to feed, rest, and socialize in the valleyÕs wetlandsÑinvisible except from the airÑand their cries temper the constant wind. Susan Tweit lives in the high desert of southern Colorado not far from the valleyÕs dunes and wetlands. With the precision of a scientist and the passion of a poet, she guides readers through this land of sand dunes and sandhill cranes, describing its natural features and tracing its human history from buffalo hunters and conquistadors to Hispanic farming communities and UFO observatories. And in stunning images, photographer Glenn Oakley brings his intimate feel for light and landscape to portraying not only the subtle beauty of this high-desert sanctuary but also the grandeur of the cranes in flight. As an intimate look at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, this book reveals a desert place as seductive and sobering as existence itself.
The San Luis Park, Colorado and Taos Valley, New Mexico ...
Author: Taos Valley Company
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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San Luis State Park
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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San Luis Park Transportation Company. Memorial of the Promoters of San Luis Park Transportation Company for Right of Way for a Railroad from San Luis Park to Great Colorado River
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Pacific Railroad
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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San Luis Park Transportation Company. Memorial of the Promoters of San Luis Park Transportation Company for Right of Way for a Railroad from San Luis Park to Great Colorado River. March 4, 1872. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Reports on Colorado
Author: James Aborn
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Category : San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Natural Areas Plan
Author: San Luis Obispo County (Calif.). Department of General Services
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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San Luis Park
Author: Colorado Land and Loan Company
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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Immigrants' Guide to the Great San Luis Park
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Category : Conejos County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Category : Conejos County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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