A beautiful, photo-rich companion book to the internationally
distributed IMAX film of the same name, Wings Over Water celebrates
the prairie wetlands of North America and the birds that live and breed
in this critical habitat.
Covering 300,000 square miles stretching from Canada through Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa, the prairie wetlands
are one of Earth's most important, yet little-known, ecosystems. More
than half of all North American migratory waterfowl and 96 species of
songbirds breed and nest there, and more than 60 percent of the
continent's ducks are hatched there. Wings Over Water immerses readers
in this awe-inspiring, essential region, using more than 300
breathtaking photos and inspiring essays from some of North America's
foremost conservationists to shine a spotlight on these critical
breeding grounds and the need to protect them.
Wings Over Water is a joint venture of the Max McGraw Wildlife
Foundation, which works to secure the future of hunting, fishing, and
land management; Ducks Unlimited Inc., Wetlands America Trust, and Ducks
Unlimited Canada, the world's largest nonprofit organizations dedicated
to conserving North America's disappearing wetland and waterfowl
habitats; and the National Audubon Society, the world's oldest nonprofit
environmental organization dedicated to bird conservation.
