Catalog Search Results
Author
Physical Desc
274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of a bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing wilds of the American West"-- Provided by publisher.
The grizzly's range is diminished, but they're spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they'd known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. Andrews tells us about Millie, a typical mother: strong, cunning,...
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.
Author
Series
Orca wild volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This nonfiction book introduces middle-grade readers to grizzly bears. Featuring photos throughout, it discusses their biology, habitats, threats to survival and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect grizzly populations."-- Provided by publisher.
"Grizzlies are one of North America's most iconic wildlife species. They once roamed across half the continent, but today the grizzly population is declining at an alarming...
12) Open season 3
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Boog's pals choose family obligations over the annual guys' trip, a disappointed Boog takes a trip on his own, which leads him right into the middle of a circus ring. When he switches places with a devious circus grizzly and falls for a troupe member, he'll come to realize that maybe you don't have to choose between family and friendship after all. Bonus features include a progression reel, and a Runaway RV game.
Author
Physical Desc
xi, 207 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Casey Anderson, the host of National Geographic's 'Expedition Wild' met a month-old bear cub, whom he affectionately named Brutus, in a wildlife preserve in 2002. The cub was destined to remain in captivity or, more likely, to be euthanized, due to overpopulation at the preserve. Anderson just could not let that happen to little Brutus, who looked like 'a fuzzy Twinkie.' From the beginning, it was clear something special existed between the two......
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part of the massive Tongass National Forest, Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska supports the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world. Sustained by a wealth of salmon streams, isolated and protected by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of a unique circle of life that has played out here for centuries.
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
There was nothing left to eat in the woods. The Grizzly Bear with the Frizzly Hair had eaten it all! And that's why he's on the prowl looking for lunch. And that's when he comes face to face with the itzy-bitzy rabbit... Will the rabbit end up as a tasty snack, or will he outwit the bear?
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The grizzly bears near Yellowstone National Park in the United States have made a remarkable recovery after being listed as a threatened species in 1975. Learn about the bear's decline due to human interaction and habitat loss, and the strategies that helped it return.
Author
Physical Desc
xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Four decades ago, the areas around Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks sheltered the last few hundred surviving grizzlies in the Lower 48 states. Protected by the Endangered Species Act, their population has surged to more than 1,500, and this burgeoning number of grizzlies now collides with the increasingly populated landscape of the twenty-first-century American West. While humans and bears have long shared space, today's grizzlies navigate...
19) Swift
Author
Physical Desc
41 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Johnny has wanted to help Pa and their dog Swift hunt for the winter's meat almost since he was born, but when a grizzly's lightning attack mangles Pa's leg, Johnny and Swift have to make their way through the forest and down the river to bring back help--and a wounded bear attacks with no warning.
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 10 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion