Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• A Working River
  • Virgin River
  • Canyon Formation
• Return of the Peregrines
  • Peregrine Falcons
• Plants of Coalpits Wash
  • Desert Plant Adaptations
• Walk into Emerald Pools
  • Water Striders
  • Canyon Treefrogs
• Spines and Flowers
  • Cactus Adaptations
• Cottonwoods and Floods
  • Fremont Cottonwood
• Springs and Ground Water
  • Weeping Rock Shrine
• Black Rock and White Aspen
  • Lava Point
• Zion’s Variety of Birds
  • Phainopepla,
  • Black-headed Grosbeak,
  • Black-throated Sparrow
  • and Hermit Thrush
• Slickrock and Sand Dunes
  • Navajo Sandstone
• A Dance of Flowers and Moths
  • Utah Yucca
  • Yucca Moth
• Hidden Predators
  • Antlions
• Plant Invaders
  • Tamarisk
  • Cheatgrass
• Wading the Narrows
  • American Dippers
  • Slot Canyon Formation
• Plants of the Anasazi
  • Sacred Datura, Buffalo Gourd,
  • Utah Yucca, Yellow Beeplant
• Zion as Refuge
  • Mexican Spotted Owls
  • Desert Bighorn Sheep
• Pines and Jays
  • Piñon Pines
  • Pinyon Jays
• Bibliography