Jldry3t.{, virginia, is croser to that of New orleans than to west Virginia. The myths of. pranet Drum and Ecotiiio ,r, :ljv;-t:::\.,l::pl. of the pacific Coast.. },. aryr"r,"ir"r-i,rg ot eastern Montana has more to share with that-of the Texas Panhandle than with wesrern Montana. Regional fuuti""tion, are arising to further the sharing of our live"s and it. -..tirrg of our common needs. A sense "of ou, regions "na in.i, ..rrtu-res gives us a sense of place and of o.riroot, ", *.ii", of where we can find resources to answer our needs. Feb/Mar t977 RArN page t 3 Atlases such as the crimatic Atras of tbe u.s. by Stephen Visher can- give more de_tailed re.gional maps for topogrrpt y, geolo^gy, climate, soils, flora ancl-fauna-but tt.y ontf Uiin'g' into finer focus the general regional pattern. oiffererit regiins have distinctive features and tirour"is, and much to share with each other, but our lives are nourished and formed dominantly by what is offered and required of us by the region in which we live. Know it well. _To_ g.na., I tt, I I )4/> l r rO l---5:_ ,o t'cZ i-:2 "r0,_6r,,a I t. F J+qi (' \( \ SU OR UPLAND s", +o Y 2 4 z a a 'lt4 7 .J. ryCarolina \ Georgn i ---J\ \ \ I I I \ Florida ) ',, \ o'r vt \l\J Geo-cultural Regions g.,) IT ;*K#/ | b,) q- -^, ,J*r\.o [rZ- - Wyorning ?t) orr"*t6l ; Y:.r!d !19 gegSraObicat prouinces Map, 22" x 38", full cblor, $3 postpaid from, C o _E o o lut i o n e uarterly P.O. Box 428 Sausalito, CA 94965 Attempts to do on a world scale what Potential Vegetation. . . does so beauti_ fully for the U.S. A good first attempt, and, given funding and expertise equal to the American Geograpliical Socilty, would hopefully provlde a stunnins new imagi of meaningful world ,.fior,r. Population Distribution, (Irban and Rural, in tbe U.S. -1970, United States Maps, GE-70, No. 1 (Stock No. 0324OO224),35d from: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government printing Office lVashington, DC 2O4O2 This map shows population by white dots on a black map on a deep blue background. The U-.S. appeari as it does froq an airplane at night, with the necklaces of twinkling tights out of the darkness coalescing into -the fairyland of urban areas. Shortly after we first saw this, an issue of Astronomry LDpeared with an infra-red satelliie oho.ograph of the U.S. on the cover *hi"h looked exactly like this population map. Tbe Floor of tbe Oceans, $10 from: American Geographical Society Broadway at 156th St. New York, Ny 10032 Ocean Floor Maps, inquire for available maps and prices from: t-V3tjon al- leo graph ic Soc iety 17th and M Streets, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 The_maps from the American Geographi_ cal Society cost about ten times as"much as those from the National Geographic Society, but are incredibly more beauti_ ful and detailed. These map, deal with the two-thirds of our planet that is hidden from our eyes beneath alayer of water as well as an ocean of air.' . Rivers flow there, and vast mountains and-plains reveal the growing pains of a cooling planet. TherJare deieits and fertile valleys and vast migrations of sand, water, plants, animals, fish, heat and wind. These mapf give an amazing view into the geography of these regiJns. Bio-Region Maps Ih:n you.put these all together, you begin to discover a sense o-f bior.sionswhere geological, biological and c-ultural patterns coincide and co-evolve. These regions 'form a many times more useful organization for thinking and doing things than do the abstract ind historil cally accidental boundaries of states or federal regions.
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