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 the Gulf of Mexico” will visually excite Luminous Landscape readers while the text throughout the book explains not the photographic how-tos Gnam used, but the reasons why people choose to live in this region and work together to protect it.

The Crown of the Rockies is a largely unbr...