"California is lucky to have this broad and comprehensive series--there's nothing quite like it anywhere else! Everyone ranging from interested members of the general public, to students, to professors benefits by this unique and wonderful series."

    -- Brent Mishler, Director of the Jepson Herbarium and professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley

 

"Each delightful California Natural History Guide is a pleasure to hold and to read--and their pages describe the treasures that surround us. There's no better window to California's world of beauty in any medium. In these handsome, sturdy, easy-to-read Guides, Californians can learn about the intricacy, the interconnections, and the fragility of our natural surroundings. Without those lessons, California's natural beauty is, indeed, at grave risk of being forever lost. If you care about California's natural surroundings, then you must have many more than just one of these books.

                 "-Michael L. Fischer, Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and former Executive Director, Sierra Club"

If you're vacationing in California this summer--camping out or just taking day trips to some of our great parks . . . some of the nicest things to pack along are the California Natural History Guides, published by the University of California Press. They're compact, scientifically precise but interestingly presented, and written so even elementary school children can read them with relative ease. They're illustrated with accurate line drawings and color plates, and best of all, they're relatively inexpensive."

                                                       -San Francisco Chronicle