California Desert Miracle- The Fight for Desert Parks and Wilderness southwest insects Plan your day using the

Plan your day using the sun/shade chart to stay comfortable

and Mammoth Lakes

revised edition 2004 available under title Mammals of California

the author and his photographer son Alex Fradkin revisit some of the same places they explored together in the early 1970s

Marvel at Wild Horse Canyon

California Desert Miracle- The Fight for Desert Parks and Wilderness southwest insects Plan your day using theCalifornia Desert Miracle is a story of how unpaid and under funded volunteers fought for the last large area of wildland left in California. Their efforts, lasting over 20 years, culminated in the enactment of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994. The story describes how masterful leadership helped work the Act through Congress despite filibusters, "holds", and other legislative mechanisms of delay and destruction arrayed against it. This