Book Information of Pacific Coastal Wildlife.

The Pacific Coastal Wildlife Region, as identified by the map, is a distinct geographical region which has certain typical plants and animals. It covers the cool and humid coastal belt, including redwood forests and the forested and semi-forested country of northwestern California to Monterey, western Oregon and Washington, and southwestern British Columbia. With the layman or student in mind, the text is concise and easily understood. For ease of identification, the illustrations are placed beside the descriptive text.

Habitats play a very important role in narrowing down a species since most plants and animals prefer only one or two environments. The plant section comes first, in six parts, one for each of the major habitats within the region, describing the most dominant plant species. At the end of each habitat section is a list of the most likely found animals. In the animal and bird chapters that follow, within each species description is listed the habitats each prefers.

Aside from descriptive text and habitat information, the fine animal drawings by Elizabeth Dasmann, an ardent wildlife enthusiast, and the plants illustrated by Dr.Yocom’s beautiful details are a plus toward identification. Charles F. Yocom, a fine plant illustrator, has been a game bird biologist and later was head of the Game Management Department at Humboldt State University. Raymond Dasmann, author of several ecology/conservation books had taught wildlife management at Humboldt State University, later becoming ecologist of the International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) traveling widely with major ecological concerns.