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Houston Atlas Of Biodiversity
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Available in March 2007


Book Description

The Houston metroplex and 24 surrounding counties possess
striking natural beauty, unique biodiversity, and globally important ecological resources. With lively, engaging text and vivid color
photographs and illustrations throughout, the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity highlights the variety, cultural importance, and global value of the natural environment found within the Houston Wilderness project area.
    Written by a consortium of authors in conjunction with the
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and Houston
Wilderness, the Houston Atlas of Biodiversity focuses on
habitats, animal and plant communities, and broad multi-county ecoregions. It demonstrates how local parks and preserves are part
of an interconnected, diverse natural world that transcends
traditional city or county jurisdictions.

The Atlas details each of the ten ecoregions in the Houston Wilderness area:
Bayou Wilderness, Big Thicket, Coastal Marshes, Coastal Prairies, Columbia Bottomlands, Estuaries and Bays, Gulf of Mexico, Piney Woods, Post Oak Savannah, and Trinity Bottomlands. Special attention is taken to portray these ecological treasures engagingly and accurately, gently encouraging the reader toward a sense of pride and appreciation.

The book is laced with stunning photography of places both familiar and unknown throughout the region and filled with detailed ecoregion maps. The Houston Atlas of Biodiversity is truly a one-of-a-kind publication that will alert the reader to the magnificent ecological treasures of the Houston Wilderness region.

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Houston Wilderness wishes to acknowledge the following for their generous support of the Houston Atlas od Biodiversity:

George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation
The Moody Foundation
The Powell Foundation
The Woodlands Development Company

Houston Wilderness would also like to thank the Houston Advanced Research Center for support of this publication through management of chapter content preparation and development of maps and geographic information systems (GIS) data.

Design and production by Dearwater Design.

Printing provided by ConocoPhillips company.