Island visions.
(Book)

"Explore the Channel Islands with Island Visions - an illustrated encyclopedia of a special place and the creatures and plants that occupy it. Welcome to the Channel Islands! Island Visions is a tome of knowledge and tales from these finned, flippered, and footed sages. Diverse voices from the past, present, and future bring to life the importance of this tiny island chain on both a local and global level. Home to humans for over 10,000 years, the Channel Islands now serve as a model for how we can protect and conserve the most vulnerable spaces on our planet. Throw on your flippers, turn the page, and dive in." - from amazon.com

This project is a joint publication of Pedal Born Publications and Santa Barbara Middle School and Maps.com.

"Behind the Vision : This book started with Santa Barbara Middle School's annual 9th grade Channel Islands Expedition. Immersed in thte living classroom that is the islands, studens on these trips had the opportunity to learn from educators of all kinds : rangers to sea lions, fisherman to giant coreoposis. One of those educators was Mike deGruy, a world-renowned ocean filmmaker and storyteller. Mike inspired two SBMS graduates to work with their former teacher to gather knowledge from these diverse experts into a tome to share with the world" - from appendix.