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Paperback Exploring the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur: A Nature and Hiking Guide: A Nature and Hiking Guide Book

ISBN: B09NGYCD3N

ISBN13: 9798985303803

Exploring the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur: A Nature and Hiking Guide: A Nature and Hiking Guide

Jeremy Arkes gives us the nature book he wanted to have when he moved to the Monterey Peninsula 14 years earlier. This book provides all you need to know for appreciating nature from Monterey through Carmel and to Big Sur - one of the most pristine, abundant, and diverse ecosystems in California. With a tinge of humor, Arkes:

describes the "nature" of the trees, whales, sea otters, seals, sea lions, egrets, herons, tide-pool critters, and moretells you how to find and recognize these speciesdiscusses the role of some of the species in the local and global ecosystemshelps you better appreciate a walk in the forestexplains in simple terms how the Big Sur mountains and Point Lobos rocks formedtells you where you can enjoy a calm or restless oceanprovides his own vivid photos of the species, the geology, and the best hikessuggests a photographic scavenger hunt and a photo contest you can have with friends (or with kids)fluidly weaves in how John Steinbeck, in Cannery Row, used Monterey nature as a metaphor for the harsh reality of post-Depression life.


In addition, Arkes draws connections between some animal (and tree!) behaviors and human behaviors, including some of the root causes of the divisiveness and dehumanizing behavior we have witnessed recently. Making these connections helps us understand the various species better. More importantly, it could help us better understand ourselves.


This is more than a nature guide. It is also a story on how various species are inter-connected and how removing a species from or introducing a species to an eco-system can disrupt a long-established harmony.

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