PROTECT AMERICAN RIVER CANYONS

The American River Confluence Parkway Map
Published by Protect American River Canyons

PARC's new American River Confluence Parkway Map & Brochure is a partial guide to the popular trails and flora and fauna of the Confluence Area. The ARC Park Map, drawn by Tom Petersen, features the roads and trails located in the Auburn dam site area now designated by California State Parks as the China Bar Area. The brochure side of the map offers a river-canyon profile with illustrations from John Muir Laws' "Guide to the Sierra Nevada" book. The ARC Park map also contains important historical facts, contact information and a partial list of ASRA Park rules and regulations. Mystic Design, who create the beautiful Confluence Festival art work each year, designed the ARC Park Map and brochure for quick easy reference.

You can also view the map side of the brochure online.

$6.00 - Price includes sales tax and shipping

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American River Canyon Hikes
Practical Guides to Trails in the Canyons of the North and Middle Forks American River
by Jim Ferris, Michael Lynch, and Sheila Toner
Revised and Expanded Editon, published July 2007 by Auburn State Recreation Area Canyon Keepers
68 pages

Practical trail guides for bikers, equestrians, and hikers. This book makes quick work of selecting and finding enjoyable trails in the spectacular American River canyons near Auburn.

The book includes 24 trail guides, and a convenient index to facilitate selecting an apporpriate trail based on designated usage (biking, hiking, or equestrian), locations, distance and difficulty rating. Specific directions to trailheads and trailhead parking as well as what you may expect to encounter along the trail. Also included is a description of the self-guided Confluence Interpretive Trail, which reveals a wealth of information about the history, geology and vegetation of the incredibly diverse confluence area.

$15.00 - Price includes sales tax and shipping

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Georgetown Hiking Trails: Trying to get lost off the Divide
Written and Illustrated by Tom Petersen
80 pages

Your guide to the best hiking near the Georgetown Divide. From Cool to the Desolation Wilderness. 42 hikes, 6 hiking areas, and 27 maps. with historical information, trail descriptions, and hiking tips.

Printed by Get Off Your Gass! Proceeds from this book are used to help maintain our local trails and keep them safe and available for eveyone to enjoy.

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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada
Written and Illustrated by John Muir Laws
368 pages

Heyday Books introduces the new Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. John Muir Laws brings to life the astonishing natural diversity of the "Range of Light" in this comprehensive 368 page guide book with 2,800 watercolor illustrations. Designed for quick and easy field use this richly illustrated guide covers Sierra trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, insects, other small amimals, stars and weather. It is intuitively organized using color tabs and simple keys. The book is the product of six years of intensive fieldwork, research, painting and fiedl-testing in collaboration with the California Academy of Sciences.

$35.00 - Price includes sales tax and shipping

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Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California
by the Redbud Chapter of California Native Plant Society

From the Great Valley grasslands to the rocky mountian peaks, northern Sierra Nevada wildflowers enchant all who stop to enjoy these gifts of nature. This versaltile new guide describes 520 species of wildflowers found in Nevada and Placer Counties, illustrating the plants and their diverse habitats with over 600 color photographs. Useful well beyond this two-county region, the area's complete plant checklist inludes 38 percent of the plants known to grow wild in California. Casual wanderers and avid botanists will appreciate the thorough plant descriptions, organization by plant families, Native American uses, and tips on places to see wildflowers.

Plus, look for wildflowers along 21 of the most accessible trails in Placer and Nevada Counties - driving distances and GPS coordinates included.

$35.00 - Price includes sales tax and shipping

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Auburn State Recreation Area Topographic Trail Map
Created by Sowarwe-Werher

The Auburn State Recreation Area Topographic Trail Map created by Sowarwe-Werher is a comprehensive guide to the hiking, bicycling, equestrian and whitewater routes found in the park. Each trail is numbered and a map key refers park visitors to the type of recreational use allowed by CA State Parks on the trail.

The map's topographic orientation provides valuable information on elevation changes. Map icons also identify facilities and services.

NOTE: The map does not include the recently opened China Bar Area.

$8.00 - Price includes sales tax and shipping

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The American River: a Recreational Guide Book
Published by Protect American River Canyons
336 pages

Swimming and sunbathing...trails for hikers, joggers, and mountain bikes...three of the nation's finest white water rafting runs...gentle water for canoeing and floating...canyonlands rich with history and wildlife. The North, Middle, and South Forks of the American River are easily accessible wilderness, waiting for you to explore.

A 336 page trails and whitewater guide. Maps - plants - geology - plus stories and songs from the Maidu Indians and Goldrush Era.

Sorry - Out of Stock. Currently working on revised edition, due out Winter 2008.