Publisher's Synopsis
Featuring 200 black-and-white and color images, and 1215 short narrative essays on natural history, geology, cultural background and the region's communities as well as the threats and solutions to development and social challenges found in the foothills. Many of these essays are written in the first person, highlighting the author's deep passion for and relationship with this place and the special emphasis of the transboundary importance of this landscape, stressing the shared history and geography between Canada and the United States.