In the book, "Hiking Sipsey-A Family\'s Fight for Eastern Wilderness," Rickey Butch Walker teams with Jim Manasco to produce an ultimate guide to the Bankhead National Forest which includes the Sipsey Wilderness Area.
Search for the herbal plants such as ginseng-but no digging allowed Let the great variety of moss amaze you, but in all this, be careful to preserve this treasure for future generations..
Read the messages left on the ancient Beech trees and recognize the different species of vegetation by examining the leaves and bark of the plant.
The book allows the reader to walk the trails of the forest and smell the wildflowers that grow in profusion within its boundaries-look but don\'t pick Through words you visualize the habitat of the forest, listen to birds sing, frogs croak and the hoot of an owl.
Follow the struggle to designate the heart of the Bankhead, the crown jewel of the forest, as a Wilderness area so that it might return to its primitive state, that which proceeded the effort to turn it into a pine plantation.
Meet the family of Jim and Ruth Manasco who have dedicated their life\'s work to preserve the natural beauties of the Warrior Mountains and the Rocky Plains.
With the attitude that anything of value this great is worth fighting for, the Sipsey Wilderness was established.
You will read of the efforts of those who cherished the unique treasures found in the Bankhead Forest and launched a determined and successful campaign to preserve it for this, and subsequent, generations.
It tells of the struggles to prevent the destruction of one of Nature\'s greatest gems which is located in the Warrior Mountains of Northwest Alabama.
In the book, "Hiking Sipsey-A Family\'s Fight for Eastern Wilderness," Rickey Butch Walker teams with Jim Manasco to produce an ultimate guide to the Bankhead National Forest which includes the Sipsey Wilderness Area
