Exploring Wild Alabama: A Guide to the State's Publicly Accessible Natural Areas
Autor Kenneth M. Wills, Dr. L. J. Davenport Cuvânt înainte de Mr. Chris Oberholster M.S.en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 sep 2016 – vârsta ani
Exploring Wild Alabama is an exceptionally detailed guide to the most beautiful natural destinations in the state. From the rocky outcrops of the Appalachian plateaus to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coast’s Orange Beach and Dauphin Island, Alabama offers a wealth of remarkable sites to explore by car or canoe, bicycle or motorcycle, or on foot.
Intrepid explorers Kenneth M. Wills and L. J. Davenport divide Alabama into eleven geographic regions that feature state parks and preserves, national monuments and forests, wildlife management areas, Nature Conservancy and Forever Wild properties, botanical gardens and arboreta, as well as falls, caverns, and rock cliffs. Exploring Wild Alabama provides detailed site entries to one hundred and fifty destinations. Each section is beautifully illustrated with color photographs and area maps.
Exploring Wild Alabama includes a large state map and numerous local topographic maps to help readers locate each site. Individual site entries include
· written directions to each site and GPS coordinates;
· engaging notes about the ecology, landscape features, and local species of plants and animals of the sites; and
· international recreation symbols for hiking, fishing, boating, camping, hunting, and other fun outdoor activities.
Wills and Davenport guide travelers to Alabama jewels such as Sand Mountain’s Chitwood Barrens, which harbors the rare Green Pitcher Plant and other exotic botanical species; Blowing Springs Cave in Lauderdale County, named for the cool air and the clear spring flowing out of the cave opening; Jackson Prairies in the Lime Hills region; and Booker’s Mill in Conecuh County, offering diverse habitats and historic structures.
Long a favorite destination for outdoor sports enthusiasts, Alabama is fast becoming a major “ecotourism” destination, with thousands of travelers discovering the state’s unsung natural treasures. Exploring Wild Alabama will be used and trusted by anyone who loves the outdoors—birders, botanists, cave explorers, cyclists, hunters, fishermen, rock climbers, canoeists, teachers, and other outdoor enthusiasts.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817358303
ISBN-10: 0817358307
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 130 color figures - 27 color maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.97 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
ISBN-10: 0817358307
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: 130 color figures - 27 color maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.97 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Notă biografică
Kenneth M. Wills is president of the Friends of Moss Rock Preserve and works currently for the Jefferson County Health Department. He has traveled the entire state as a natural resource planner and biologist for the Alabama Environmental Council.
L. J. Davenport is a professor of biology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and a past Carnegie Foundation Alabama Professor of the Year. He is the author of Nature Journal and a forthcoming book on Alabama botanists.
L. J. Davenport is a professor of biology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and a past Carnegie Foundation Alabama Professor of the Year. He is the author of Nature Journal and a forthcoming book on Alabama botanists.
Cuprins
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Appalachian Plateau
Skyline Mountain Area
1. Russell Cave National Monument
2. Walls of Jericho and James D. Martin-Skyline WMA
3. Crow Creek and other nearby WMAs
4. Southeastern Cave Conservancy Properties
5. Paint Rock River
Huntsville Area
6. Keel Mountain
7. Flint River
8. Monte Sano Mountain
9. Shelta Cave and Huntsville Botanical Garden
10. Rainbow Mountain
Lower Sequatchie Valley/Guntersville Lake Area
11. Sauta Cave NWR
12. Pisgah Gorge
13. Buck’s Pocket State Park
14. Lake Guntersville State Park
15. High Falls County Park
16. Cathedral Caverns State Park
17. Cave Mountain SWA and Lake Guntersville Tailrace
Lookout Mountain Area
18. Fox Mountain
19. Sequoyah Caverns
20. DeSoto State Park and DeSoto Falls
21. Little River Canyon National Preserve
22. Jamestown Cliff
23. Yellow Creek Falls
24. Cherokee Rock Village
25. Noccalula Falls/James D. Martin Wildlife Park
Little Mountain Area
26. LaGrange College Site Park
27. Freedom Hills and Riverton WMAs
28. Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
Bankhead National Forest/Sipsey Wilderness Area
29. Flint Creek Botanical Area
30. High Town Path/Indian Tomb Hollow
31. Brushy Fork Drainage
32. Sipsey Headwaters and Kinlock Area
33. Sipsey Wilderness and its Wild and Scenic River
34. Southern Bankhead National Forest
Sand Mountain Area
35. Chitwood Barrens Preserve
36. Hurricane Creek Park
North-Central Alabama Area
37. Natural Bridge Park
38. Mulberry and Locust Forks
39. Blount Springs
40. Rickwood Caverns State Park
41. Chandler Mountain
42. Blackwater Creek
43. Lower Village Creek, Five Mile Creek, and Others
44. Turkey Creek Falls
45. Holt Lake
Interior Low Plateau
Highland Rim and Tennessee River Valley Area
46. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
47. Blowing Springs Cave
48. Joe Wheeler State Park
49. Prairie Grove Glades
50. Shoal Creek Preserve
51. Natchez Trace/Rock Spring Trail
52. Lauderdale County WMA
Ridge and Valley
Coosa River Area
53. Coosa Bog and Cornwall Furnace
54. Coosa Prairies
Birmingham Area
55. Dry Creek Preserve
56. Coosa Lakes
57. DeSoto Caverns/Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge
58. Red Mountain
59. Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
60. Tannehill Historical State Park
61. Shades Mountain/Shades Creek
62. Moss Rock Preserve
63. Oak Mountain State Park
64. Camp Winnataska
65. Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve
66. Limestone Park
67. Metro Birmingham Cahaba Access/Parks
68. Lake Purdy/Little Cahaba River Corridor
69. Cahaba WMA and Living River
70. Cahaba River NWR
Blue Ridge Outliers
Talladega Uplands Area
71. Terrapin Creek Valley
72. Dugger Mountain Wilderness
73. Choccolocco WMA
74. Cheaha Mountain
75. Southern Talladega Mountains
76. Choccolocco Mountain
77. Coldwater Mountain
78. Flag Mountain, Weogufka State Forest, and Coosa County WMA
79. Hatchet Creek
Piedmont
Anniston Area
80. Tallapoosa River
81. Granite Outcrops
82. West Point Lake
Fall Line Hills
Florence Area
83. Muscle Shoals/Coffee Slough
84. Coastal Plain Hemlock Canyon Streams
Tuscaloosa Area
85. Sipsey River Swamp
86. Tom Bevill Lock and Dam
87. Lake Lurleen State Park
88. University of Alabama Arboretum
89. Moundville Archeological Park
90. Oakmulgee Division of the Talladega National Forest
91. Fall Line at Centreville
92. Perry Lakes Park/Barton's Beach Preserve
Montgomery Area
93. Confederate Memorial Park
94. Roberta Case Pine Hills Preserve
95. Cooter’s Pond
96. Alabama Nature Center
97. Montgomery County Sites
98. Coosa River Fall Line
99. Meteor Crater
100. Fort Toulouse/Jackson State Historical Park and Bartram Arboretum
101. Yates Lake/Coon Creek/Tallassee Falls
Auburn Area
102. Tuskegee National Forest
103. Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve and Nature Center
104. Donald E. Davis Arboretum
105. Chewacla State Park
106. Chattahoochee River Fall Line
Black Belt
Limestone Prairie Area
107. Old Cahawba
108. Chalk Cliffs and Surroundings
109. University of West Alabama Blackland Prairie Restoration/Lake
110. Bluffport Preserve
111. Jones Bluff and the Alabama River
112. Lowndes County Sites
Chunnenuggee Ridge
Sandy Ridge Area
113. Roland Cooper State Park
114. Barbour County WMA
115. Robert G. Wehle Nature Center
116. Lakepoint Resort State Park
117. Eufaula NWR
Red Hills
Forks of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers Area 000
118. Choctaw NWR
119. St. Stephens Historical Park
120. Fred T. Stimpson Wildlife Sanctuary
121. Jackson Prairies
122. Haines Island Park
123. Red Hills Complex
124. Rikard’s Mill
Central Red Hills Area
125. Booker’s Mill
126. Chapman
127. Sherling Lake Park
128. Rivers of the Red Hills
129. Pocosin/Troy
Lower Coastal Plain
130. Escatawpa River
131. Big Creek Lake/Gopher Tortoise Conservation
132. Biophilia Nature Center
133. Splinter Hill Bog
Longleaf Pine Area
134. Turtle Point Environmental Science Center
135. Burnt Corn Creek Nature Park
136. Conecuh National Forest
137. Florala State Park
138. Landmark Park
139. Chattahoochee Park
Coastal Zone
Mobile Bay and Sound Area
140. Mobile–Tensaw Delta
141. Eastern Mobile Bay
142. Western Mobile Bay
143. Week’s Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
144. Grand Bay Savanna and Mississippi Sound
145. Perdido/Wolf Bay System
Beach and Barrier Island Area
146. Dauphin Island
147. Fort Morgan State Historic Site
148. Gulf State Park
149. Florida Point
150. Bon Secour NWR
References and Websites
Abbreviations and Symbols
Illustration Credits
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Appalachian Plateau
Skyline Mountain Area
1. Russell Cave National Monument
2. Walls of Jericho and James D. Martin-Skyline WMA
3. Crow Creek and other nearby WMAs
4. Southeastern Cave Conservancy Properties
5. Paint Rock River
Huntsville Area
6. Keel Mountain
7. Flint River
8. Monte Sano Mountain
9. Shelta Cave and Huntsville Botanical Garden
10. Rainbow Mountain
Lower Sequatchie Valley/Guntersville Lake Area
11. Sauta Cave NWR
12. Pisgah Gorge
13. Buck’s Pocket State Park
14. Lake Guntersville State Park
15. High Falls County Park
16. Cathedral Caverns State Park
17. Cave Mountain SWA and Lake Guntersville Tailrace
Lookout Mountain Area
18. Fox Mountain
19. Sequoyah Caverns
20. DeSoto State Park and DeSoto Falls
21. Little River Canyon National Preserve
22. Jamestown Cliff
23. Yellow Creek Falls
24. Cherokee Rock Village
25. Noccalula Falls/James D. Martin Wildlife Park
Little Mountain Area
26. LaGrange College Site Park
27. Freedom Hills and Riverton WMAs
28. Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
Bankhead National Forest/Sipsey Wilderness Area
29. Flint Creek Botanical Area
30. High Town Path/Indian Tomb Hollow
31. Brushy Fork Drainage
32. Sipsey Headwaters and Kinlock Area
33. Sipsey Wilderness and its Wild and Scenic River
34. Southern Bankhead National Forest
Sand Mountain Area
35. Chitwood Barrens Preserve
36. Hurricane Creek Park
North-Central Alabama Area
37. Natural Bridge Park
38. Mulberry and Locust Forks
39. Blount Springs
40. Rickwood Caverns State Park
41. Chandler Mountain
42. Blackwater Creek
43. Lower Village Creek, Five Mile Creek, and Others
44. Turkey Creek Falls
45. Holt Lake
Interior Low Plateau
Highland Rim and Tennessee River Valley Area
46. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
47. Blowing Springs Cave
48. Joe Wheeler State Park
49. Prairie Grove Glades
50. Shoal Creek Preserve
51. Natchez Trace/Rock Spring Trail
52. Lauderdale County WMA
Ridge and Valley
Coosa River Area
53. Coosa Bog and Cornwall Furnace
54. Coosa Prairies
Birmingham Area
55. Dry Creek Preserve
56. Coosa Lakes
57. DeSoto Caverns/Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge
58. Red Mountain
59. Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
60. Tannehill Historical State Park
61. Shades Mountain/Shades Creek
62. Moss Rock Preserve
63. Oak Mountain State Park
64. Camp Winnataska
65. Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve
66. Limestone Park
67. Metro Birmingham Cahaba Access/Parks
68. Lake Purdy/Little Cahaba River Corridor
69. Cahaba WMA and Living River
70. Cahaba River NWR
Blue Ridge Outliers
Talladega Uplands Area
71. Terrapin Creek Valley
72. Dugger Mountain Wilderness
73. Choccolocco WMA
74. Cheaha Mountain
75. Southern Talladega Mountains
76. Choccolocco Mountain
77. Coldwater Mountain
78. Flag Mountain, Weogufka State Forest, and Coosa County WMA
79. Hatchet Creek
Piedmont
Anniston Area
80. Tallapoosa River
81. Granite Outcrops
82. West Point Lake
Fall Line Hills
Florence Area
83. Muscle Shoals/Coffee Slough
84. Coastal Plain Hemlock Canyon Streams
Tuscaloosa Area
85. Sipsey River Swamp
86. Tom Bevill Lock and Dam
87. Lake Lurleen State Park
88. University of Alabama Arboretum
89. Moundville Archeological Park
90. Oakmulgee Division of the Talladega National Forest
91. Fall Line at Centreville
92. Perry Lakes Park/Barton's Beach Preserve
Montgomery Area
93. Confederate Memorial Park
94. Roberta Case Pine Hills Preserve
95. Cooter’s Pond
96. Alabama Nature Center
97. Montgomery County Sites
98. Coosa River Fall Line
99. Meteor Crater
100. Fort Toulouse/Jackson State Historical Park and Bartram Arboretum
101. Yates Lake/Coon Creek/Tallassee Falls
Auburn Area
102. Tuskegee National Forest
103. Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve and Nature Center
104. Donald E. Davis Arboretum
105. Chewacla State Park
106. Chattahoochee River Fall Line
Black Belt
Limestone Prairie Area
107. Old Cahawba
108. Chalk Cliffs and Surroundings
109. University of West Alabama Blackland Prairie Restoration/Lake
110. Bluffport Preserve
111. Jones Bluff and the Alabama River
112. Lowndes County Sites
Chunnenuggee Ridge
Sandy Ridge Area
113. Roland Cooper State Park
114. Barbour County WMA
115. Robert G. Wehle Nature Center
116. Lakepoint Resort State Park
117. Eufaula NWR
Red Hills
Forks of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers Area 000
118. Choctaw NWR
119. St. Stephens Historical Park
120. Fred T. Stimpson Wildlife Sanctuary
121. Jackson Prairies
122. Haines Island Park
123. Red Hills Complex
124. Rikard’s Mill
Central Red Hills Area
125. Booker’s Mill
126. Chapman
127. Sherling Lake Park
128. Rivers of the Red Hills
129. Pocosin/Troy
Lower Coastal Plain
130. Escatawpa River
131. Big Creek Lake/Gopher Tortoise Conservation
132. Biophilia Nature Center
133. Splinter Hill Bog
Longleaf Pine Area
134. Turtle Point Environmental Science Center
135. Burnt Corn Creek Nature Park
136. Conecuh National Forest
137. Florala State Park
138. Landmark Park
139. Chattahoochee Park
Coastal Zone
Mobile Bay and Sound Area
140. Mobile–Tensaw Delta
141. Eastern Mobile Bay
142. Western Mobile Bay
143. Week’s Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
144. Grand Bay Savanna and Mississippi Sound
145. Perdido/Wolf Bay System
Beach and Barrier Island Area
146. Dauphin Island
147. Fort Morgan State Historic Site
148. Gulf State Park
149. Florida Point
150. Bon Secour NWR
References and Websites
Abbreviations and Symbols
Illustration Credits
Index
Recenzii
“In Exploring Wild Alabama Kenneth M. Wills and L. J. Davenport have put together a remarkably detailed guide to some of our state's most impressive places [ . . .] This book tells you when, where, how, and even what time of year to visit them along with informed notes about why you should.”
—Birmingham magazine
“Exploring Wild Alabama goes beyond the classic guidebook for seeing many of the natural wonders our great state has to offer. It represents the culmination of extensive field research and exploration that brings the knowledge of natural sciences and history to the general public. The work is exceptionally well-written and includes detailed descriptions of the geology, geography, flora, and fauna of each location, as well as various activities to enjoy. I look forward to seeing this book on the shelves of bookstores, gift shops, and outdoor stores throughout Alabama.”
—Randy Mecredy, former director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History
"Exploring Wild Alabama is a much needed resource. The authors have done a superlative job of describing and depicting the physiographic and ecological diversity of Alabama. To my knowledge, this is the first book to provide a statewide guide to actual places for the reader to visit. The writing is accessible to a general readership without being simplistic. I can't wait to have it on my own bookshelf!"
—Mark A. Bailey, coauthor of Turtles of Alabama
—Birmingham magazine
“Exploring Wild Alabama goes beyond the classic guidebook for seeing many of the natural wonders our great state has to offer. It represents the culmination of extensive field research and exploration that brings the knowledge of natural sciences and history to the general public. The work is exceptionally well-written and includes detailed descriptions of the geology, geography, flora, and fauna of each location, as well as various activities to enjoy. I look forward to seeing this book on the shelves of bookstores, gift shops, and outdoor stores throughout Alabama.”
—Randy Mecredy, former director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History
"Exploring Wild Alabama is a much needed resource. The authors have done a superlative job of describing and depicting the physiographic and ecological diversity of Alabama. To my knowledge, this is the first book to provide a statewide guide to actual places for the reader to visit. The writing is accessible to a general readership without being simplistic. I can't wait to have it on my own bookshelf!"
—Mark A. Bailey, coauthor of Turtles of Alabama
Descriere
The most comprehensive guide available to Alabama’s publicly accessible natural destinations.