Wild Catalina Island : natural secrets and ecological triumphs
A year-round escape for one million annual tourists, Catalina Island is gaining popularity as a world-class eco-destination. 88% of the island is under the watch of the Catalina Island Conservancy, which preserves, manages and restores the island's unique wild lands. Bison, foxes and bald eagles are its best-known inhabitants, but Catalina is home to more than sixty other animal and plant species that exist nowhere else on earth. And they are all within the boundaries of Los Angeles County. Biologists Frank Hein and Carlos de la Rosa present a tour through the fascinating origins, mysterious quirks and ecological victories of one of the West Coast's most remarkable places.--From publisher description
eBook, English, 2013
Natural History Press, Charleston, SC, 2013