Located in the Texas Panhandle, Lake Meredith today is an angler's paradise. For centuries before the lake was created, Alibates flint was the prize that drew people to the bluffs of the Canadian River Valley.

The essential guide to the land and history of the US national historical parks and sites. It is the sequel to Exploring National Parks and Monuments.

Best Lake Hikes Texas is a guide to hikes with lakes and rivers across the Lone Star State. With captivating photography and up-to-date detailed directions, this visual trail guide allows readers and hikers to explore the natural grandeur that Texas has to offer. Hikes are divided into regions designated by the Texas department of tourism: Panhandle Plains, Big Bend Country, Hill Country, South Texas Plains, Prairies and Lakes, Pineywoods, and Gulf Coast. Users of this book, whether from Texas, neighboring states, or from other parts of the country will discover trails to hikes they never knew existed or ones they might have already visited in a fresh, updated way.

The CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference contains almost 30,000 concise ethnobotanical monographs of plant species characteristics and an inventory of claimed attributes and historical uses by cultures throughout the world-the most ambitious attempt to date to inventory plants on a global scale and match botanical information with historical and current uses.To obtain the same information about any species listed, you would have to thumb through hundreds of herbal guides, ethnobotanical manuals, and regional field guides. Sources for this index include the three largest U.S. Government ethnobotany databases, the U.S. National Park Service NPFlora plant inventory lists, and 18 leading works on the subject.