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RainForest is for nature lovers of every stripe: bird watchers, gardeners, conservationists and anyone who would rather be outdoors.

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	Backyard Birds of Wisconsin by Walt & June P. · RainForest/Canopy Feeder tips, a checklist of the birds in our backyard and the latest sightings from outside Eau Claire.
	Monarch Waystation by Ellen Hagan, Kansas · RainForest/Vines Raising monarch butterflies from eggs on milkweed, and the fall migration through Kansas.
	Our Peace Corps Years: Ecuador 1994-96 by Tom and Julie Fredrickson · RainForest/Andes Two years in a highland village: the work, the food, the language and what they brought home.
	The Compost Pile by Arthur Blevins · RainForest/Jungle Everything about composting: browns and greens, the bin, turning, and what not to put in.
	Wildflowers of the Rockies by Helen Stockstill, botanist · RainForest/Mountains A field guide in progress: fifty alpine and subalpine wildflowers with bloom times and where to look.
	Frog Watch by The Stansfield family · RainForest/Wetlands Listening for frogs at the pond behind the house: species by call, the spring chorus and the fall quiet.
	Nature Trail Guidebooks BUSINESS RainForest/Canopy Self-published trail guides for a state's parks, sold by mail and at park stores.
	Stumps JOURNAL by Jess Carrow · RainForest/Mountains A young environmentalist in Oregon writes about her logger father, the mill closing and loving them both.
	Princeville Under Water JOURNAL by Lorraine Battle · RainForest/Wetlands A teacher writes from her sister's house after Hurricane Floyd put her historic Black hometown under the Tar River.
	Small Green Things by Ada Lindholm · RainForest/Vines A botanist who studies mosses writes about the small green things nobody looks at.
	The FeederCam by Dixie Stewart · RainForest/Jungle Dixie and Fred Stewart's bird feeder on the hill outside Ithaca, New York, live every five minutes, with this week's tally, Houdini the squirrel and a 41-bird yard list.
	Nine Days in the Ice - January 1998 by Sue Dorman · RainForest/Canopy The January 1998 ice storm left us in the dark for nine days in Watertown and took half our maples. Here's what it looked like.
	Emma's Autumn in Vermont by Emma Trammell · RainForest/Mountains My son drove me up Route 100 last October to see the Vermont maples once more: covered bridges, my old schoolhouse and a very good cider doughnut.
	Birding by Ear by William Hoyer · RainForest/Wetlands I can't see the birds anymore, but I can still hear them. Macular degeneration, the gadgets that help, and forty Nebraska birds I know by ear.
	Birch Hollow Lake Association by Ernest and Hazel Stratton · RainForest/Wetlands News for the 86 families on Birch Hollow Lake, northern Wisconsin: water clarity, the loons, milfoil watch, the boat parade and the ice-out contest.
	High Gap Hawk Watch - Fall Count 1999 by Bonnie Dyson · RainForest/Canopy Counting hawks from a lookout on the Kittatinny Ridge, August 15 to November 30: daily counts, our big broad-wing day, and how to start.
	Dad's Life List by Shawn Falkner · RainForest/Canopy My dad saw 547 species of birds in North America. He died last October. I'm keeping his list going, starting at the Cape May hawk watch.
	Grand River Mushroom Club - Fall Forays 1999 by Clifford Lichtenstein · RainForest/Jungle Hunting wild mushrooms in west Michigan's woods: the fall foray schedule and reports, spore prints, and the rules that keep our members alive.
	The Raccoon Nursery Cam - Five Orphans, One Garage by Donna Berning · RainForest/Wetlands Five orphaned raccoons, raised in my garage since spring, go back to the woods in October. Watch them sleep all day and wreck the place all night.
	Is Taal Smoking? - The Velarde VolcanoCam, Tagaytay by Gregorio and Lourdes Velarde · RainForest/Mountains Our veranda looks out over Taal Lake and the volcano, and our grandson put a camera on the windowsill. A new picture every half hour, unless Lola is on the phone.
	Field Notes: A Species Account by Pamela Akridge · RainForest/Andes Identification: medium-sized, often in a brown hat. Voice: a two-note 'oh, look'. Habitat: marshes at dawn, the reference desk at the library on Saturdays. A field guide entry for me.
	Keeper's Notes JOURNAL by Dennis Mastin · RainForest/Vines I've taken care of gorillas for five years. They know me better than some of my relatives do. A keeper's journal from a zoo in Ohio: a birth, a loss, a new exhibit, and a baby of my own.
	The Hungry Windowsill: Carnivorous Plants by Thomas Upton · RainForest/Jungle Venus flytraps grow wild only in the Carolinas, and I live where they do. My collection, how to keep them alive (hint: no tap water), and why you shouldn't poke the traps.
	El Nino Watch: A Rain Log from the Russian River by Alton Hunsucker · RainForest/Wetlands The biggest El Nino in memory, and I've got a rain gauge, a canoe and a house twelve feet above the river. My daily rain log, the flood watch, and what the sandbags are for.
	The Pet Rock Rescue League by Holly, 12 · RainForest/Mountains These rocks need homes!!! I found 23 of them in Colorado this summer and each one has a name and a personality. Read about them, pick one to adopt, and learn how to take care of your rock.

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