Wild California: Vanishing Lands, Vanishing Wildlife - Softcover

A. Starker Leopold was Professor of Zoology and Forestry at the University of California, Berkeley. By the time of his death in 1983, he had become a leading figure in the study of the land and wildlife, receiving honors for his contributions to biological science, conservation, and education. Both The California Quail and Wildlife of Mexico received the Wildlife Publication Award as best book of the year. Tupper Ansel Blake is a professional wildlife photographer. His photographs have been featured in numerous books and in such journals as Audubon, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Smithsonian, and Sierra. Exhibitions of his work have appeared in museums all over the country, including the Smithsonian Institution and the California Academy of Sciences. He has also received the Sierra Club's 1985 Ansel Adams photography award.

"What this book has to offer is perspective (both historical and visual (of what is truly wild in California." (San Francisco Chronicle) -- Source