The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
John Muir Laws, author and illustrator
Heyday Books
PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709
9781597140522, $24.95 www.heydaybooks.com 1-510-549-3564
Written and packed with over 2700 full-color illustrations by
naturalist
and educator John Muir Laws, The Laws Field Guide to the
Sierra Nevada is a pinpoint-accurate (through rigorous field testing)
guidebook to the wide variety of Sierra natural life, including trees,
wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds,
mammals, insects, and other small animals. Over 1700 species are
described with indications of their behavior, adaptations, and
interactions with other species. Additional information not found in
other wildlife guides includes notes on animal tracks, seasonal star
charts, weather patterns, cloud formations and much more. Highly
recommended; if you bring only one flora and fauna identification guide
to the Sierra Nevada, it should definitely be The Laws Field Guide!