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"Seeing the Sourlands" is a book of photographs and essays that explore the natural world as it is found in the Sourland region of central New Jersey.
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This book includes sixty-four essays on topics that include birds, mammals, insects, trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, as well as topics such as the meaning of beauty in nature, plant succession over time, how plant communities work, and why it is important to know the names of plants.
The essays are 600-1200 words long and are written for the educated layman, not for specialists in botany or biology.
Every essay is illustrated by at least one photograph, taken by the author, who is an award-winning photographer.
About the author & photographer, Jim Amon:
For twenty nine years, Jim Amon was the Executive Director of the D&R Canal Commission, planning for and overseeing the development of the D&R Canal from its condition as an abandoned waterway to its present status as the most visited park in the State of New Jersey.
He spent ten years as the Director of Stewardship for the D&R Greenway Land Trust, doing ecological restoration work on over 100 nature preserves. Jim has also served as a Sourland Conservancy board member, volunteer and hike leader for several years.
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