Making a Splash
One of the joys of a recent visit to Rocky Mountain National Park was watching a young elk buck splish-splash in one of the Sheep Lakes. Often, Bighorn Sheep visit the lakes for the salt deposits in the soil. There were no Bighorn Sheep this...
Diversity Stars at Ranger Congress
Shelton Johnson of Yosemite National Park and Ravis Henry of Canyon de Chelly National Monument helped put the National Park Service’s scant diversity on display during opening ceremonies of the 8th World Ranger Congress on Sunday, May 22, at YMCA of the Rockies in Estes...
A Grand Teton Tour
This may look like a week’s worth, but it was about a day and a half in October. The beauty simply is everywhere you look in Grand Teton National Park. NOTE: Clicking on an image will launch a larger viewer with the gallery.
North Cascades National Park
North CascadesNational Park State: Washington Est: Oct., 1968 HQ: Sedro Woolley Acreage: 504,780.94 Visitors (2014): 23,865 Trail Mileage: 394 Wilderness: 93 percent Don’t Miss: Gorge Creek Falls, Diablo Lake Overlook, North Cascades Highway. On the Way: Cascadian Farms, Visitor Center in Newhalem (west), Mazama Store...
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The Long and Short of Owls
Wintertime visits by Long- and Short-Eared Owls near Stanwood, Wash., as well as a visit by the little Northern Pygmy-Owl near Carnation, Wash. The appearance of the Long-Eareds, who favor shrub-steppe landscape in the eastern part of Washington state, was an infrequent occurrence. The Northern...