GPS Nature Quest Bibliography 

• Cooke, D. 2005. Fun with GPS. ESRI, July 1, 2005.

ISBN  1589480872

Fun with GPS Chapter Updates:  http://www.funwithgps.com/ChapterUpdates.cfm

About the Author:http://www.funwithgps.com/AboutDon.cfm

• Miller, D. 1981 Track finder: A guide to mammal tracks of eastern North America.

Guide to mammal tracks of eastern US and Canada. Includes key to print shapes, key to track patterns, discussion of scat and other signs, habitat information, range maps, and drawings of the animals and their tracks. For identifying tracks in mud or snow. A favorite of young naturalists.

ISBN-13 978-0-912550-12-1, ISBN-10 0-912550-12-0

• Watts, M. 1998. Tree finder: A manual for the identification of trees by their leaves. Rochester, NY: Nature Study Guild Publishers.

According to Nature Study Guild Publishers...

Tree Finder, by May Theilgaard Watts, is the classic key to identifying trees by their leaves and needles. (Originally published under the title Master Tree Finder.) Covers native and commonly introduced trees of the U.S. and Canada east of the Rockies and north of Florida. Line drawings point out important features of plant structure. This is the one to put in your pocket and take for a walk in the woods.

ISBN-13 978-0-912550-01-5, ISBN-10 0-912550-01-5

Dismal Swamp State Park Ranger Signa Williams suggested the following resources:

Watts, M. Tree Finder.  - This book is included in your science kit.

Little, E. (1980) National Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Alfred A Knopf.

The following guide is available in print or as a free download (Pdf)

Common Forest Trees of North Carolina: How to Know Them.

by J. S. Holmes.

NCDENR- Division of Forest Resources, 1999 (revised) 17th edition.

PDF version available at: http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/stewardship/forest_stewardship.htm

This updated 17th edition of the classic tree identification pocket manual includes descriptions for each tree along with black & white illustrations, common & scientific names and range maps.

Gr. 4-12/Adult