Last Stand" takes readers from the tallgrass prairies of Kansas to the Arctictundra of Alaska to the deserts of the Southwest and bears passionate witnessto the last wildernesses, reminding why they must be preserved.

Annie Griffiths Belt's evocative colour and hand-tinted photographs capture the essence of these diverse bioregions. The images take you from the tallgrass prairies of Kansas and Nevada to the Arctic tundra of Alaska, from the endangered coral reefs off the Florida Keys to the Pacific-pounded coast of Oregon, from the deserts of the Southwest to the sky-piercing redwoods of California.