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Recommended Reading: June

Highline College's librarians recommend materials from the library collection on a wide variety of topics.

About this Guide

Celebrate warmer weather and kick off your summer with these outdoor-oriented reads. This month's recommend reading provides resources on nature and exploring the great outdoors.

Online Resources

National Park Service (NPS): Mount Rainier
Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning five major rivers. Subalpine wildflower meadows ring the icy volcano while ancient forest cloaks Mount Rainier’s lower slopes. Wildlife abounds in the park’s ecosystems. A lifetime of discovery awaits.
National Park Service (NPS): Olympic
With its incredible range of precipitation and elevation, diversity is the hallmark of Olympic National Park. Encompassing nearly a million acres, the park protects a vast wilderness, thousands of years of human history, and several distinctly different ecosystems, including glacier-capped mountains, old-growth temperate rain forests, and over 70 miles of wild coastline.
Washington Park Arboretum
The Arboretum is a hidden gem on the shores of Lake Washington. Jointly managed by the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and the City of Seattle, its 230 acres are a dynamic assortment of plants, some found nowhere else in the Northwest.
Washington Trails Association (WTA): Hiking Guide
WTA's hiking guide is the most comprehensive database of hikes in Washington, and comprises content from eight guidebooks, user submitted info, and data compiled by WTA.

Books in the Library

Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone
Call Number: 579.6 B715m 2011
ISBN: 9781605294070

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains: Plants, Animals, Fungi, Geology, Climate by Daniel Mathews
Call Number: 508.795 M429n 2016
ISBN: 9781604696356

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology by Beatrix Beisner; Christian Messier; Luc-Alain Giraldeau (editors)
Call Number: 307.76 N285b 2013
ISBN: 9780226922751

Main Collection--3rd Floor
The New Sunset Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide by Sunset Magazine Editors
Call Number: 635 N532 2012
ISBN: 9780376039217

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest by Mark Turner; Ellen Kuhlmann
Call Number: 582.1609795 T949w 2014
ISBN: 9781604692631

Main Collection--3rd Floor

eBooks

The Fish in the Forest: Salmon and the Web of Life by Dale Stokes; Doc White (photographer)
Call Number: 597.56 S874f 2014
ISBN: 9780520269200

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Also available online through EBSCO eBook Collection
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening by Steve Solomon
Call Number: 635.0484 S689g 2007
ISBN: 9781570618970

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From the Past by John R. K. Clark
Call Number: 797.32 C593h 2011
ISBN: 9780824834142

Main Collection--4th Floor
Also available online through EBSCO eBook Collection
How to Grow Perennial Vegetables: Low-maintenance, Low-impact Vegetable Gardening by Martin Crawford; Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781900322843
Publication Date: 2012

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography by David B. Williams
ISBN: 9780295995045
Publication Date: 2015

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
Touring the National Parks of the Northwest: Crater Lake, Craters of the Moon, Glacier, Hell's Canyon, Mt. Ranier, Mt. St. Helens, Olympic by Larry H. Ludmer
ISBN: 9781588437587
Publication Date: 2011

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access

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