Desert Wetlands - by Thomas Lowe Fleischner (Paperback)

About the Book

Over 150 color photos and accompanying text document wetland sites in the American Southwest and Mexico.

Book Synopsis

Over 150 color photos and accompanying text document wetland sites in the American Southwest and Mexico.

Review Quotes

""Desert Wetlands" is a jewel."

"["Desert Wetlands"] reveals the beauty and vibrant life of these vital and imperiled lands in the Southwestern United States and Mexico."

"[Fleischner] does a superb job interjecting interesting narratives and useful information on the subject of desert wetlands. . . . [Niemeyer's] work thrills the senses."

"This book exposes the raw natural beauty of desert wetlands and emphasizes their ecological necessity, as well as how human impact affects their existence. . . ["Desert Wetlands"] is filled to the brim with fascinating information."

""Desert Wetlands" is a serious environmental book wrapped in disarmingly beautiful imagery."

""Desert Wetlands" is an appealing photo essay with an extensive accompanying text."

""Desert Wetlands" is as beautiful as it is important."

"Ý"Desert Wetlands"¨ reveals the beauty and vibrant life of these vital and imperiled lands in the Southwestern United States and Mexico."

"ÝFleischner¨ does a superb job interjecting interesting narratives and useful information on the subject of desert wetlands. . . . ÝNiemeyer's¨ work thrills the senses."

"Fleisher provides an elegant and relevant essay that supposrts the visuals and also provides insight into why these are presious, and how they are becoming so few."

"Lucian Niemeyer's photographs capture all the beauty of the Southwest."

"Niemeyer's "Desert Wetlands" is luminous. The visually inclined will feast at this photographic table, as each color plate is more astonishing than the next, and each color plate is worthy of prolonged attention. For the literary, Fleischner's text is both informative and interesting; it is at varying times anecdotal and scientific, a personal tale of exploration and a discourse on the role and history of desert wetlands.

About the Author

Lucian Niemeyer is a professional photographer who operates out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has traveled the world, photographing human and environmental conditions. He is the author and photographer of numerous books, including Africa: The Holocausts of Rwanda and Sudan, Desert Wetlands, and Darfur, all published by the University of New Mexico Press.

ThomasLoweFleischnerteachesintheEnvironmentalStudiesProgramatPrescottCollegeinArizona.HeisalsotheauthorofSingingStone.