The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland (Sierra Club Books Publication)

By Kenneth Brower

One winter day in 1988, as he surveyed his newly purchased land in California's wine country, Sam Sebastiani made a bold decision: he would plant vines on his hillside but he would restore the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578050588
• ISBN13: 9781578050581
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.4" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Great with Fowl!

Proof that our heroes are all around us. Stunning photographs affirm that we can save this planet from ourselves. The results of one person's efforts are reproduced in a neat, coffee table format that shows how even a mere 100 acre marsh (a former hay field!) can be transformed into a life-sustaining ecosytem that supports a diverse number of species. As in many of Ansel Adams photographs that encompass the reflection of the small landscape within the larger one--Michael Sewell has illustrated the importance of the "small place" as an ecological bell-weather of the greater environment. He proves that determined individual efforts do pay off, and gives us hope for the future. Text by the Browers, Father & Son, heighten this moving, life-affirming experience. Inspiring!