{"product_id":"colorados-yampa-river-free-flowing-wild-from-the-flat-tops-to-the-green-9780991499045","title":"Colorado's Yampa River: Free Flowing \u0026 Wild from the Flat Tops to the Green","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Yampa River of northwest Colorado is considered the last major free flowing-river in the seven state Colorado River Basin. It cascades for 249 miles from high in the Rocky Mountains near Steamboat Springs and descends over 6 000 ft. from alpine tundra to parched desert. Bisecting local  state  and national parks  and at times enclosed in a 2 500 ft. deep canyon  it morphs from a cold trout stream to a warm water haven for endangered fish  evolving from placid meanders into famous whitewater rapids. Join Colorado nature photographer John Fielder and educator\/river rat Patrick Tierney as they photograph and write their way down the entire length of the river from the Yampas headwaters in the Flat Tops Wilderness at 11 500 ft. to its confluence with the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. Between Fielders sublime images of tundra wildflowers  eagles and elk  and the tributaries and canyons of the Yampa  and Tierneys discourse about the Yampas human  natural  and political history  you will feel like you are rowing along with the authors!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648086368309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0991499042","price":121.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780991499045.jpg?v=1781708993","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/colorados-yampa-river-free-flowing-wild-from-the-flat-tops-to-the-green-9780991499045","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}