Preface

Introduction

A Working River

Virgin River

Canyon Formation

Return of the Peregrines

Peregrine Falcons

Plants of Coalpits Wash

Desert Plant Adaptations

Walk into Emerald Pools

Water Striders

Canyon Treefrogs

Spines and Flowers

Cactus Adaptations

Cottonwoods and Floods

Fremont Cottonwood

Springs and Ground Water

Weeping Rock Shrine

Black Rock and White Aspen

Lava Point

Zion’s Variety of Birds

Phainopepla,

Black-headed Grosbeak,

Black-throated Sparrow

and Hermit Thrush

Slickrock and Sand Dunes

Navajo Sandstone

A Dance of Flowers and Moths

Utah Yucca

Yucca Moth

Hidden Predators

Antlions

Plant Invaders

Tamarisk

Cheatgrass

Wading the Narrows

American Dippers

Slot Canyon Formation

Plants of the Anasazi

Sacred Datura, Buffalo Gourd,

Utah Yucca, Yellow Beeplant

Zion as Refuge

Mexican Spotted Owls

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Pines and Jays

Piñon Pines

Pinyon Jays

Bibliography