The Colorado Trail in Crisis

The Colorado Trail in Crisis  addresses the sweeping transformation of western forests and wilderness ecosystems affected by climate change. This book is equal parts trail journal and synthesis of natural and human history. Karl Ford uses research on climate impacts to forests, wildlife, hydrology, and more to stress the urgent need for an action plan to reduce greenhouse gases and save forests and watersheds.   Using his hike along the popular five-hundred-mile Colorado Trail to prese