The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast - Hardcover

McAllister, Ian; McAllister, Karen; Young, Cameron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578050111 ISBN 13: 9781578050116

Publisher: Sierra Club Books, 1998

Synopsis

Explores the area between Vancouver Island and the Alaska border

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

On Canada's west coast between the north end of Vancouver Island and the Alaska border, a wilderness region the size of two Switzerlands winds through 250 miles of forested islands and inlets. It is the largest tract of intact temperate rainforest left on earth. Now becoming known as the Great Bear Rainforest, this vast wilderness is laced with some eighty pristine river systems whose abundant runs of Pacific salmon support dense concentrations of rainforest wildlife, including Canada's largest grizzly bears and the rare all-white spirit bear. Only recently, the threat of devastation by clearcut logging has brought this last great stand of endangered rainforest to international notice.

The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast, by Ian McAllister and Karen McAllister with Cameron Young, offers the world its first in-depth view of this remarkable but long overlooked area. Combining an authoritative but readable text with over 150 breathtaking full-colour photographs of wild bears and never-before-seen landscapes, the book takes the reader on an unforgettable tour of one of the world's most amazing wilderness areas. After exploring the northern BC raincoast on these pages, no one will remain indifferent to the fate of this irreplaceable natural wonder.

About the Author:

Ian McAllister is a nature photographer, writer and conservationist who has dedicated his life to exploring the remote wilds of the BC coast. Ian is a founding member of the Raincoast Conservation Society, and his images have appeared in numerous publications including International Wildlife, BBC Wildlife, Audubon, Sierra, and Beautiful British Columbia. The Great Bear Rainforest is his first book.

Karen McAllister is a conservationist with a special interest in the flora of BC's mainland coast. Born and raised in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, she studied biology and environmental studies at the University of Victoria. She is a founding member of the Raincoast Conservation Society. The Great Bear Rainforest is her first book.

Cameron Young teaches journalism at the University of Victoria and is an environmental writier specializing in ancient temperate rainforest. He is the author of Clayoquot on the Wild Side and the award-winning Forests of British Columbia. He assisted Ian and Karen McAllister in the writing of The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's Forgotten Coast, the winner of the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award for BC Book of the Year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1578050111
• ISBN 13: 9781578050116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 143