Three Rivers: The Yukon's Great Boreal Wilderness

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This sumptuous volume offers an unforgettable tour of a natural wonderland sill rich in grizzly bears, wolves, caribou, peregrine falcons and wildlfowers -- one of the North's last great unspoiled places. This book is a prize to be cherished by anyone who appreciates great photography, fine writing and untrammelled nature, and a must-have for anyone who takes an interest in the fate of our beleaguered but still magnificent planet.

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The boreal forest of the north, which covers nearly 11 per cent of the Earth's surface, is vital to our ecosystem, but it is under threat as a result of escalating energy and mineral exploration. This book has been produced to raise awareness of the issue, but it is far from being a dry political tract. The writing is engaging and the photography is breathtaking; this is a book to return to again and again.
- Linda Bates, Vancouver Sun

The book is a prize to be cherished by anyone who appreciates great photography, fine writing and untrammelled nature.
--Edgar Dunning, The Delta Optimist

Author Bio

Juri Peepre coordinated the Three Rivers project and was Yukon Executive Director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society until 2004. Peepre led the Yukon's Endangered Spaces campaign, part of a national conservation effort. He has contributed numerous essays and photographs to books on the Yukon environment, including Yukon Wild, and was a contributing author to Parks and Protected Areas in Canada, Protecting Canada's Endangered Spaces and Unimpaired for Future Generations: Conserving Ecological Integrity with Canada's National Parks. He lives in Whitehorse, Yukon. Art and writings by such notables as Courtney Milne, Margaret Atwood and John Ralston Saul, Sarah Locke et al.