The Natural History of a City Creek Canyon Year
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Mountains, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Science
| Author: | Kurt Fisher | ISBN: | 9780692074435 |
| Publisher: | Kurt A. Fisher | Publication: | February 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kurt Fisher |
| ISBN: | 9780692074435 |
| Publisher: | Kurt A. Fisher |
| Publication: | February 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A daily journal of natural observations for one year with essays about a canyon's history and recent scientific research about species and geology observed. City Creek Canyon is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This book seeks to answer two questions: Can Henry David Thoreau's experience be replicated in modern urbanized America, and if so, how would that experience change one? Would it set you "aright" as Thoreau suggested? The second question explored here is how natural areas come to be preserved. Is this the result of city leaders planning for the future needs of a community or does the impetus to preserve come from the aggregate of the actions and emotions of ordinary citizens? The stage used to answer these questions is City Creek Canyon - a small canyon to the north of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
This book has four themes. First, it is a snapshot in time of changes in an undeveloped canyon close to an urban center over the course of year. Second, as common temperate zone natural events are seen, like the annual growth of leaves and their falling in autumn, recent scientific literature about that event is reviewed. Third, the history of the development of the adjacent city and the natural area is reviewed from an ecological perspective. Fourth, the limitations of the scientific method in guiding social and personal decision making are examined. That discussion emphasizes how citizens should use critical thinking skills to approach interpreting the many scientific study results in our daily news. A separate "Table of Essays" and "Table of Days" in the Appendices provides enhanced navigation to those scientific and historical discussions.
Finally, the book is a reference compendium about the history, geology and natural science of City Creek Canyon and northern Utah. Over 400 journal articles, books, reports, guides, and maps are cited. About 800 newspaper articles that refer or reference City Creek Canyon and its relationship to Salt Lake City, Utah going back to 1855 are cited.
Book discussion website: https://canopus56.wordpress.com/about/
A daily journal of natural observations for one year with essays about a canyon's history and recent scientific research about species and geology observed. City Creek Canyon is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This book seeks to answer two questions: Can Henry David Thoreau's experience be replicated in modern urbanized America, and if so, how would that experience change one? Would it set you "aright" as Thoreau suggested? The second question explored here is how natural areas come to be preserved. Is this the result of city leaders planning for the future needs of a community or does the impetus to preserve come from the aggregate of the actions and emotions of ordinary citizens? The stage used to answer these questions is City Creek Canyon - a small canyon to the north of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
This book has four themes. First, it is a snapshot in time of changes in an undeveloped canyon close to an urban center over the course of year. Second, as common temperate zone natural events are seen, like the annual growth of leaves and their falling in autumn, recent scientific literature about that event is reviewed. Third, the history of the development of the adjacent city and the natural area is reviewed from an ecological perspective. Fourth, the limitations of the scientific method in guiding social and personal decision making are examined. That discussion emphasizes how citizens should use critical thinking skills to approach interpreting the many scientific study results in our daily news. A separate "Table of Essays" and "Table of Days" in the Appendices provides enhanced navigation to those scientific and historical discussions.
Finally, the book is a reference compendium about the history, geology and natural science of City Creek Canyon and northern Utah. Over 400 journal articles, books, reports, guides, and maps are cited. About 800 newspaper articles that refer or reference City Creek Canyon and its relationship to Salt Lake City, Utah going back to 1855 are cited.
Book discussion website: https://canopus56.wordpress.com/about/
