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Explore Your Natural History

Hello! Welcome to Backcountry Press. We’re on a mission to enhance the human connection with the natural world through easy to understand science and direct experience in nature.

California Trees, National Outdoor Book Award Winner 2025
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California Trees

Explore the majestic and diverse world of California’s largest organisms with 95 species.

Mushrooms of Cascadia
Best Seller

Mushrooms of Cascadia

Recognize and identify mushrooms across the Pacific Northwest with the best guide yet created

San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History by David D. Schmidt
New Release

San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History

A sweeping account by historian David D. Schmidt

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We’ve been independently publishing books that explore natural history, ecology, and the western landscape since 2012.

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You’re invited to learn firsthand from our wide variety of classes, both in person and online, featuring our authors and other experts in their fields.

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