Colorado's 2005 Non-fiction Book of the Year - awarded by Colorado Humanities and the Colorado Center for the Book. This unique, all-in-one guidebook contains 670 beautiful color photos and covers 423 plants, 112 birds and 49 mammals of the wilderness areas in Central Colorado surrounding Snowmass Village and Aspen, Colorado. The content includes edible, medicinal, wildlife and gardening uses of plants, conservation status of birds and animals, tracking notes, and the ecology of various local life zones.