Table of Contents

Series Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

Preface xvii

Introduction xxi

Colorado 1

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park 2

Brown's Park National Wildlife Refuge 3

Comanche National Grassland 4

Dinosaur National Monument 5

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 7

Garden of the Gods 8

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 9

Holy Cross Wilderness 11

Mount Elbert 12

Rocky Mountain National Park 13

Weminuche Wilderness 15

White River National Forest 16

Yampa River Valley 17

Idaho 19

Bitterroot National Forest 20

Caribou-Targhee National Forest 21

City of Rocks National Reserve 22

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve 23

Curlew National Grassland 24

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument 25

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness 27

Idaho Panhandle National Forests 28

Lost River Range 30

Salmon-Challis National Forest 31

Salmon National Scenic River 32

Sawtooth Range and Wilderness 33

Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area 34

Kansas 37

Big Basin Prairie Reserve 38

Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve 38

Cimarron National Grassland 40

Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge 41

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge 42

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 44

Montana 47

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness 48

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest 49

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area 50

Bob Marshall Wilderness 52

C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge 53

Flathead National Scenic River 54

Glacier National Park 56

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site 58

Mission Mountains Wilderness Complex 60

National Bison Range National Wildlife Refuge 61

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge 62

Nebraska 65

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument 66

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge 67

Homestead National Monument of America 68

Niobrara National Scenic River 70

Oglala National Grassland 71

Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 72

North Dakota 75

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge 76

Cross Ranch Preserve 77

Dakota Prairie National Grasslands 78

Denbigh Experimental Forest 79

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge 80

Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge Complex 81

Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge 82

Oklahoma 85

Black Kettle National Grassland 86

Black Mesa State Park and Nature Preserve 87

Chickasaw National Recreation Area 88

J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve 89

Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge 90

Tallgrass Prairie Preserve 92

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge 92

Soth Dakota 95

Badlands National Park 96

Black Hills National Forest 97

Buffalo Gap National Grassland 99

Jewel Cave National Monument 100

Missouri National Recreation River 101

Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge 103

Wind Cave National Park 104

Utah 107

Arches National Park 108

Bryce Canyon National Park 110

Canyonlands National Park 111

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 113

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument 114

Great Salt Lake 116

High Uintas Wilderness 118

Natural Bridges National Monument 119

Timpanogos Cave National Monument 121

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest 122

Zion National Park 123

Wyoming 127

Bighorn National Forest 128

Bridger-Teton National Forest 129

Fossil Butte National Monument 130

Grand Teton National Park 132

National Elk Refuge 134

Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite 135

Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Complex 136

Shoshone National Forest 137

Wind River Canyon 139

Yellowstone National Park 139

Glossary 143

Bibliography 149

Index 163