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Product Description Every Protege calendar features 24 stunning photographs by world-class photographers, including David Muench, Marc Muench, Kevin Adams, Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston, Fred Hirschmann, Todd Klassy, Rick Schafer, Mark Lisk, and others. Reaching some of the most scenic and remote areas of each state, the Protege calendars inspire you to experience the beauty and take pride in your favorite state. The calendar also includes a complete moon phase, solstice, and equinox schedule in addition to a year-end planning grid and diverse range of religious, secular, and ethnic holidays celebrated throughout North America. Full color, 12-month wall calendar12x12 foldedLarge monthly planning gridPrinted on paper from responsibly managed forests using soy based inksDesigned and manufactured in Portland, OR About the Author With seventeen large format coffee table books to his credit, including the titles America, Alaska, Bush Pilots of Alaska, Arizona, and Utah, outdoor photographer Fred Hirschmann travels the breadth of America capturing our country's grandeur. More than 12,500 of his images have been published, with his photos regularly appearing in hundreds of scenic calendars, as well as magazines such as National Geographic, LIFE, and National Parks. In addition to three decades as a professional photographer, Fred spent eleven years working for the National Park Service with park ranger positions in Yellowstone, Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Voyageurs, Death Valley, Petrified Forest, Lake Clark, and Florida's Everglades national parks. While at the Everglades, Fred lived at the Shark Valley Tower where he thoroughly enjoyed listening to the calls of Limpkins and barred owls while sleeping in the center of Florida's great River of Grass. Fred graduated with honors from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources in 1977. With his wife, Randi, also a photographer, and their two Australian Shepherds, Fred lives in a log cabin near Wasilla