An independent publisher of web and print media. Printed ♻️ in the 🇺🇸.

Back Country Press logo

Cart

  • Classes
    • Botany Road Trip
    • Botanical Tales of the PCT
    • Arborist CEUs
    • Forest Mushrooms of the Pacific Coast
    • Klamath Mountains Winter Webinar 2022
      • Klamath Mountains Webinar Series
    • Magnificent five-needle pines of Western North America
    • Blue Collar Botany
    • Seaweed Classes
  • Products
    • Books
      • Hiking Humboldt KIDS
      • California Desert Plants
      • The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History
      • Field Guide to Manzanitas
      • Wildflowers of California’s Klamath Mountains
      • Conifers of the Pacific Slope
      • Conifer Country
      • Exploring the Berryessa Region
      • Hiking Humboldt Volume 1
      • Hiking Humboldt volume 2
      • Geology of the Lassen Country
      • Articulate Earth
    • Book Resources
    • Sale Items
    • Posters
    • ID Guides
    • Free Download
  • Authors
    • Michael Kauffmann
    • Rees Hughes
    • David Rains Wallace
    • Eldridge and Judy Moores
    • Phillip W. Rundel
    • Jason Barnes
    • Julie Kierstead
    • Tom Parker
    • Julie Knorr
    • Justin Garwood
    • Ken DeCamp
    • Kenneth Burton
    • Marc Hoshovsky
    • Michael Clynne
    • Michael Vasey
    • Peter Schiffman
    • Bob Schneider
    • Forrest Hopson
    • Robert J. Gustafson
    • Justin Rohde
  • Blog
    • Podcast
  • About
    • Calendar
    • Vendor Sales
    • Newsletter
    • Find Our Books
  • My account
    • Orders
    • Downloads
    • Checkout
    • Login
    • Lost Password
Exploring the Berryessa Region

Exploring the Berryessa Region

Rated 4.75 out of 5 based on 4 customer ratings
(4 customer reviews)

$19.95

If this is a gift, can we add a note?

— OR —

— OR —

Category: Paperback Tags: California, Geology, road guide
  • Description
  • Additional information
  • Reviews (4)

Description

A Geology, Nature, and History Tour

Exploring the Berryessa Region tells the story of a landscape, just west of Sacramento and north of San Francisco, born through plate tectonic forces. The Berryessa Region anchors the southern end of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and holds geologic wonders including subduction zones, thrust faults, ophiolites, turbidites, mud volcanoes, and pull apart basins. These features nurture world-renowned biological diversity which, over time, has fostered a rich history of human cultures—including Native Americans. Today recreational opportunities draw new visitors with hiking, camping, birding, botanizing, horse riding, boating, and managed off-highway vehicle use. Regional ecosystem services include water, forests, and ranchlands.

Full of rich details, this book helps visitors explore this fascinating region by car and discover how regional diversity developed. Readers can use the mile by mile descriptions as a field guide to explore these geological, ecological, and historical features for themselves.

Inside the pages:

  • Mile by mile driving descriptions showcasing geologic highlights
  • 70+ full-color figures and maps
  • Lively sidebars exploring region natural and cultural history
  • Introduction to regional geological concepts

Book Reviews

“Where a transform fault develops any kind of bend — which is not uncommon — the bend will pull apart as the two sides move, opening a sort of parallelogram, which, among soft mountains, will soon be vastly deeper than an ordinary water-sculpted valley. Lake Berryessa lies in a pull-apart basin, and so does Clear Lake.” … Those two sentences are mine, legally, but they belong, in a much deeper sense, to Eldridge Moores, who taught me their meaning beside Lake Berryessa.
– John McPhee, author of Assembling California

This is a beautiful example of what a community can do to protect, support, and explain a local region— in this case one of the most complex and interesting geologic and biological hotspots on the planet. It’s a guide for good actions of all kind, physical, political, spiritual. I know Eldridge Moores would have loved it, and now like him it can be an inspiration to us all.
– Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction writer examining Nature and Culture. Hugo and Nebula award winner.

Additional information

Weight 14 oz
Dimensions 8.5 × 11 × 1 in

4 reviews for Exploring the Berryessa Region

  1. Rated 4 out of 5

    Jennifer Nuovo (verified owner) – July 28, 2020

    I really enjoyed this! Well researched and full of detail. Especially enjoyed the history of the Native American people’s and how the geography informed their lives. If you are on a car or walking tour of the area this will give you mile by mile detail that makes the beautiful scenery all the more fascinating

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Brad Marston – July 29, 2020

    Exploration of the fascinating and complex geology of the region encompassed by the new Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. Beautiful geological maps and photos. This amateur geologist learned a lot from the book (and listening to a presentation by some of the authors). Co-author Eldridge Moores is the focus of John McPhee’s book “Assembling California” which could be read in conjunction.

  3. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kim Bartlett (verified owner) – July 29, 2020

    I LOVED this collaborative work and publication of the Lake Berryessa region. I also enjoyed very much the zoom/utube presentation promoting it. As an adult learner and geology major I was blown away by the research presented to the community at large. It is a book that keeps giving as one trip through either the book or the region will not be enough, one must return over and over to gain the deeper understanding of the region the authors present to the reader. Absolutely a gem:) of a book. A big thank you to the authors and BackCountry Press for it’s making!

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Charlene Simmons – July 29, 2020

    I am looking forward to slowly traveling on the byways of the Berryessa region, guided by the clear and informative descriptions on this lovely book. I will be well informed, because the beginning of the book offers a mini course in Geology, just what we need to understand the striations and faults that tilt in every direction in this geologically significant landscape.

Add a review Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may also like…

  • Sale!

    Geology Lover Book Bundle

    $44.90 $38.00
    Add to cart
  • Exploring the Berryessa Region paperback + eBook

    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $27.95
    Add to cart

Related products

  • Wildflowers of California’s Klamath Mountains paperback + eBook

    $34.95
    Add to cart
  • Wildflowers of California’s Klamath Mountains eBook

    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $14.95
    Add to cart
  • Articulate Earth

    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $14.95
    Add to cart
  • Hiking Humboldt Volume 2

    Rated 5.00 out of 5
    $22.95
    Add to cart

Join Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Our most recent Podcast

Trivia Challenge: Wildflowers of the Klamath Mountains

https://backcountrypress.com/podcast-player/21109/trivia-challenge-wildflowers-of-the-klamath-mountains.mp3

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 19:11 | Recorded on July 8, 2022

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

backcountrypress

Backcountry Press
🎉 New Book Day! 🎉 Our first bilingual book c 🎉 New Book Day! 🎉 Our first bilingual book created in partnership with @first5california Humboldt!

And for the extra amazing bit: First 5 Humboldt will be handing these out FOR FREE to families at their playgroups and library events. Three cheers for accessibility!

Humboldt folks will be able to pick this up at their favorite local bookstore over the next few days.

And our pre-sale is up at our L I N K for a few more days: your paperback comes with a free eBook!

#hikinghumboldt

#takeahike #humboldt #humboldtcounty #goplayoutside #naturehike #hikingwithkids @sequoiaparkzoo @cityofarcata @cityofeureka @cityoffortuna @benselman

https://backcountrypress.com/book/hiking-humboldt-kids/
Journey to the spectacular tide pools of the Lost Journey to the spectacular tide pools of the Lost Coast of Northern California!

>> Only 4 spots left! <<

You’ll bring the intertidal “seaweed blur” into focus by learning to identify and ethically harvest the bountiful sea vegetables that grow along their rocky shores: Nori, Kombu, Wakame, Sea lettuce, Bladderwrack, Sea cabbage, and many more. 

We'll camp along the gorgeous & serene Mattole River and create a dinner feast (including dessert!) with our foraged sea vegetables.

Campground class time includes hands on lessons on how to use common seaweeds for food, medicine, first aid, self care, and fun!

Class meets: 6pm Friday May 19 to noon on Sunday May 21 in Petrolia, CA for one of the best low tides of the year (a -1.4' at 6:40am Saturday)

$300 Tuition includes camping, product samples, and several meals

Find all the details and save your spot at our L I N K

#seaweed #seavegetables #lostcoast #wildfoods #humboldt #humboldtcounty

https://dandelionherb.com/product/seaweed-adventure/
Banana Slug party in the redwood forest today!
🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

🎤 Sing it with me now…

You know I love my baby (love my baby)
I love the way that she hugs (way that she hugs)
Some people don’t understand it (don’t understand it)
She’s a banana slug (banana slug)

BA-NA-NA SLUG!

He’s got just one foot
He ain’t got no toes
He hangs out in the forest
And helps it decompose.

#bananaslug #redwoodforest #humboldtcounty
Southern Oregon friends: we're coming to see you! Southern Oregon friends: we're coming to see you!

The Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon is sponsoring a FREE presentation (in person and via Zoom) with @michael.kauffmann on the Plant Communities of the Klamath Mountains.

Thurs., April 20, 7pm PT
Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, 569 Hanley Road, Central Point, OR

Tap our L I N K to register fo the Zoom

The Klamath Mountains contain some of the most exceptional temperate plant communities in the world. Within its geographic boundaries, over 3,500 taxa (species, subspecies, and varieties) of vascular plants occur, including 35 conifer species and 20 species of oak.

Michael will provide an overview of the Klamath Mountains, highlighting the plant communities across the region, and share photos of the rare and unusual plants that call the Klamath Mountains home.

Michael Kauffmann is an educator, author, publisher, and ecologist in Humboldt County who loves the Klamath Mountains and their native flora and fauna, including his favorite group of plants—conifers! He is the co-editor of a new book entitled The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History. 

#southernoregon #nativeplants #klamathmountains #oregonnativeplants #sou #osu #ecology #botany #medford #ashland #jacksonvilleoregon #exploregon

https://backcountrypress.com/calendar/?mc_id=20
We’re so pleased to announce our new book create We’re so pleased to announce our new book created in partnership with @first5california Humboldt!

🙌 en Español y Ingles 🙌

“Hiking Humboldt KIDS” by Rees Hughes

(and many book parents including Jennifer Gonzales, @benselman, @michael.kauffmann, @earth2allison, and talented local photographers)

Built for use with kids, this book will inspire family adventures with authentic experiences in nature that develop wonder in children and adults alike.

Research shows us that these shared experiences in early childhood have valuable and long-lasting positive effects on our health and wellbeing.

25 Hikes are grouped into four geographic regions of Humboldt County, CA. Each hike includes:

✅ Descriptions, driving and walking directions, and a custom map

✅ An activity for kids that highlights various flora, fauna, historical, or cultural aspects related to the hike

📗Paperbacks are coming to you in hand in early May! Preorder and eBooks are available now at our L I N K — and the eBook is FREE with your paperback preorder!

#hikinghumboldt #hikingwithkids #familyhike #goplayoutside #humboldt #humboldtcounty #redwoods #redwoodforest #takeahike #optoutside 

https://backcountrypress.com/book/hiking-humboldt-kids/?mc_cid=6f5a4ea575&mc_eid=UNIQID
❄️ Happiness is snowline at @backcountrypress ❄️ Happiness is snowline at @backcountrypress HQ ❄️

#humboldtcounty #redwoodforest
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Product tags

Botany Butterflies California Conifers Desert ecology ectotherms explorations Fire Fire Ecology Forest pathogens Fungi Geology Hat Hiking Hiking Guide Humboldt County Identification Card Invertebates Klamath Mountains Klamath Mountians Lassen Volcanic National Park Literature Mammals Natural History Oregon Pacific Crest Trail pathogens Pines Plant Exploring Plants redwood forest Rivers road guide Seaweed Trinity Alps Washington

GIft Card from BCP

bookstore

Subscribe to the Backcountry Press Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 212 other subscribers

FREE SHIPPING on orders of $75 or more Dismiss