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.
Meet our new book, The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History
READ UP. We’ve been independently publishing books that explore natural history, ecology, and the western landscape since 2012.
NEXT STEP. 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.
Recent News
California Book Award Gold Medal
The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History, edited by Michael Kauffmann and Justin Garwood, was…
Hiking Humboldt KIDS Released
This exciting new book, created to get kids and families outside exploring the natural…
Birds of the Klamath Mountains
GUEST POSTBella FratkinBella’s second post! Read her first HERE. She is an amazing work-study student…
Webcast: The Natural History of the Klamath Mountains
Take a journey through the biotic and abiotic wonders that define the Klamath Mountains…
Greed and Destruction: Klamath Mountains Mining History
GUEST POSTBella FratkinIs our first employee here at Backcountry Press. She is an amazing work-study…
Cultivating Place
A Podcast Interview with Jennifer Jewell This week Jennifer Jewell, with the Cultivating Place…
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