{"product_id":"northwest-knowhow-trees-isbn-9781632173522","title":"Northwest Know-How: Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining and educational guide, \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Know-How: Trees\u003c\/i\u003e introduces 54 of the Pacific Northwest's most engaging and impressive varieties, providing key identification features, statistics, facts, and beautiful line-art renderings of the awe-inspiring sentinels that dot our landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrees in the Pacific Northwest are as varied as they are majestic. This celebratory guide features 54 of the most intriguing varieties in the region, providing identification tips, statistics, and fun facts for each. In addition, each profile will be paired with beautiful illustrations showing the full silhouette along with finer details such as a flower or leaf. Delighting both the curious observer and experienced arborist alike, this collection makes a perfect gift for the tree lover in your life.\"A great companion for hikers, gardeners, and park goers—or any lover of trees.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Bird's Books\u003c\/b\u003eKAREN GAUDETTE BREWER Karen was born, raised, and educated in Washington State, where she grew up playing beneath western red cedars, endlessly raking alder leaves, and skiing past forests of Pacific silver fir. She began her career as a journalist with the Associated Press and has worked as a writer and editor at the Seattle Times, PCC Community Markets, Allrecipes.com, Remedy Health Media, and NerdWallet. She lives in Seattle. This is her second book about the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEMILY POOLE was born and raised in the mountain town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. After receiving her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, she returned west to put down roots in the mossy hills of Oregon. She can be found exploring tidepools and cliffsides, gathering inspiration and making artwork about our fellow species and how to be better neighbors with them.To live in the Pacific Northwest is to dwell in a kind of\u003cbr\u003ebenevolent mystery.\u003cbr\u003eYou might spend an entire week here before it dawns\u003cbr\u003eon you, during a sunbreak, that a dormant volcano has\u003cbr\u003ebeen holding court behind the clouds all along. While hiking\u003cbr\u003eyou could easily wander past chanterelles like those\u003cbr\u003eyou’ll later savor at dinner, not recognizing their fanlike\u003cbr\u003eforms amid the camouflage of a plush carpet of pine needles.\u003cbr\u003eOn the water you might paddle in solitude—or yelp\u003cbr\u003ein surprise as a harbor seal pops up its whiskered face to\u003cbr\u003esee what you’re up to.\u003cbr\u003eBut the greatest secret keepers are our trees: tall, confident,\u003cbr\u003econstant. They shield our homes from neighbors,\u003cbr\u003eshade streams so the salmon can spawn in peace, muffle\u003cbr\u003eour voices with their branches, and offer our famously\u003cbr\u003eintroverted population a retreat from our rapidly growing\u003cbr\u003ecities. The lush woods that fringe our towns and cities with\u003cbr\u003eevery imaginable shade of green offer a warm, welcoming\u003cbr\u003eembrace and endless opportunities for exploration.\u003cbr\u003eThere are epic trees, ponderous evergreens far too\u003cbr\u003efat to hug, bathed in mist or sun, nourished by abundant\u003cbr\u003esnowmelt. There are otherworldly trees, larches whose\u003cbr\u003egolden glow gleams atop mountain crests each fall. Walk\u003cbr\u003ealong rocky beaches and you’ll glimpse madrones, their\u003cbr\u003eoddly smooth bark peeling in strips as they stand sentinel\u003cbr\u003eover waterways that once ferried explorers. That whoosh\u003cbr\u003eyou hear during winter is the wind combing the needles of\u003cbr\u003ehemlocks and pines, spruces and firs. Better pull up your\u003cbr\u003ehood: the rain may have paused, but you’ll be shocked\u003cbr\u003ewhen giant drops eventually descend from limbs high\u003cbr\u003eabove to trickle down your neck.\u003cbr\u003eIn town trees serve as landmarks. In the country the\u003cbr\u003etimberline forces us to hike ever higher to finally, finally\u003cbr\u003e(finally!) ascend beyond the conifer crowns to be able to\u003cbr\u003eglimpse the payoff: dazzling mountain lakes, a sweeping\u003cbr\u003eview of the valley below, a peek at Mount Baker or\u003cbr\u003eAdams or Hood, or Mount Rainier or Saint Helens or\u003cbr\u003eShasta shimmering in the distance.\u003cbr\u003eOur native trees loom large in our imaginations\u003cbr\u003ebecause they’ve seen more than many of us will ever see\u003cbr\u003ein our lifetimes. And when our time is past, they’ll remain\u003cbr\u003eto witness the future.\u003cbr\u003eWe hope this book helps you feel even more at home\u003cbr\u003eon your next hike, ski run, or picnic now that you’ll be\u003cbr\u003ebetter able to recognize your neighbors.","brand":"Sasquatch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305178026213,"sku":"NP9781632173522","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781632173522.jpg?v=1767733885","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/northwest-knowhow-trees-isbn-9781632173522","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}