“Galen Rowell’s Bay Area Wild is a vivid evocation, and a record of heritage… a book to dream over and an instruction manual on how to see.”
Robert Hass Former United States Poet Laureate
“As a big fan of Galen Rowell’s photography, I heartily welcome and recommend this magnificent collaborative collection. Michael Sewell’s photos are amazing–even to this lifelong resident. [This book] give[s] us so much of the native beauty of the Bay Area back country on the edge of our urban landscape.”
Diane Feinstein United States Senator and California Resident
“This work captures the extraordinary contrast between civilization and the wild that exists in the Bay Area. These beautiful photographs remind me of why I feel so lucky to call California my home.”
Barbara Boxer United States Senator and California Resident
“Galen Rowell’s brilliant photography brings us back to that wonderful world of nature that exists all around us here in the Bay Area–and it truly is a joy to behold.”
Willie L. Brown Mayor of San Francisco
“Bay Are Wild combines the intense excitement of world-class nature photography with the affection and intimacy of a lifelong resident. The images are at the same time startlingly new yet deeply familiar; what a welcome, much needed, invigorating book.”
Malcolm Margolin Author of “The Ohlone Way”
“A splendid look at the unrivaled natural beauty and diversity of the San Francisco metrolpolitan area–and a vivid story of its preservation by the energy and devotion of generations of citizens.”
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