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Crown Of The Continent; The Wildest Rockies By Steven Gnam Braided River, an imprint of Mountaineers Books www.BraidedRiver.org ISBN 978-1-59485-772-0 $29.95 Photographer Steven Gnam takes the reader along as he explores the international ecosystem known as the Crown of the Continent. This area bordering the United States and Canada represents the natural migration path of many species that call the Rocky Mountains their home. Water from this area atop the continental divide flows westward to the Pacific Ocean, eastward to Hudson Bay, and southward ultimately reaching the Gulf of Mexico.

Images such as this from page 162 captioned “Headwaters of the Missouri River, which eventually flows to...

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Mike Williams, is a hobbyist photographer, sometimes art show participant, and works as the head librarian of the Central Library in downtown Indianapolis. A passionate technology explorer and early adopter his first digital camera was the Chinon ES-3000 in the mid 1990s. He and his wife Debbie enjoy traveling with their cameras as much as they can and hope to someday attend a Luminous Landscape workshop.
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