Books
Want to get a head start?  Here are some books to read.  We'll use a few of these as "textbooks" (marked with *).  Click on an image for more information.
 
R. E. Brown, 1987.  Emergency/Survival Handbook.  American Outdoor Survival Leage, Bellevue, WA.
C. R. Biggs, 1999.  Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants: Alaska, Canada & Pacific Northwest Rainforest, Vol. 2.
J. Bull, J. Farrand, Jr. and L. Hogan, 1994.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region, 2nd Revised Edition.  Knopf Publishing.
M. R. Chartrand, 1991.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky.  Knopf Publishing.
J. L. Farrar, 1996.  Trees of the Northern United States and Canada.  Iowa State University Press.
P. Forey and C. Fitzsimons, 1999.  An Instant Guide to Wildflowers: The Most Familiar Species of North American Wildflowers Described and Illustrated in Color.  Bonanza Books.
P. G. Gill, Jr., 1997.  The Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guide to Wilderness Medicine and First Aid.  McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing.
D. Hayes.  Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest, Maps of Exploration and Discovery: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon.  Sasquatch Press.
J. Isaac, 1998.  The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook.  The Lyons Press.
E. Lawrence and P. Forey, 1999.  Instant Guide to Trees.  Bonanza Books.
R. D. Lawrence, 1994.  The Natural History of Canada. Key Porter Books.
D. B. Lellinger and A. M. Evans, 1985.  A Field Manual of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of the United States and Canada.  Smithsonian Institution Press.
E. L. Little, Jr., 1980.  Forest Trees of the United States and Canada and How to Identify Them.  Dover Publications.
*Elbert L.Little, Jr. and A. Lomeo, 1980.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region.  Knopf Publishing.
D. M. Ludlum, 1991.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather.  Knopf Publishing.
V. Lougheed, 1997.  Kluane National Park Hiking Guide, 2nd Edition.  New Star Books.
L. J. Milne and S. Rayfield, 1980.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders.  Knopf Publishing.
E. Molvar, 1996.  Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon.  Falcon Publishing.
G. A. Petrides, O. Petrides and J. Wehr, 1996.  FlashGuide to Trees: More Than 100 Species All the Trees Most Common ly Found Across the United States and Canada.  Houghton Mifflin Co.
G. Preston, 1997.  Wilderness First Aid.  Falcon Publishing Company.
G. Roy, 2000.  North Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.  Bradt Publications.
J. Shaw, 2000.  John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide.  Watson-Guptill Publications.
J. F. Schofield and R. Tyler, 1990.  Discovering Wild Plants: Alaska, Western Canada and the Northwest.  Alaska Northwest Books.
*R. Spellenberg, 2001.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region.  Knopf Publishing.
*M. D. F. Udvardy and J. Farrand, Jr., 1997.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region.  Knopf Publishing.
K. Van Tighem, 1996.  Wild Animals of Western Canada, 2nd Ed.  Altitude Publishing, Ltd.
*J. O. Whitaker, Jr., 1996.  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals.  Knopf Publishing.
A. Wolfe and M. Hill, 1993.  The Art of Photographing Nature.  Crown Publishing.
M. Zuehlke, 1998.  The Yukon Fact Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Yukon.  Whitecap Books.

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