National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors: Northern Rockies

by Schmidt, Jeremy; Schmidt, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780792277415
• ISBN10: 0792277414
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: National Geographic

Summary

Idaho Wyoming Montana In this practical, informative, richly illustrated guide, National Geographic takes you to the best nature sites in the northern Rockies and tells you what you need to know -- about the landscape, plants, animals, activities, and recreation -- to experience them fully. * Over 75 major sites, plus many smaller ones, grouped by bioregion, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges; conservation areas and preserves; and wild and scenic rivers. * Guided hikes and drives. * Suggestions of where to hike, bike, camp, kayak, fish, see wildlife, and more. * Detailed resource listings, * 150 vivid, color photos and 25 detailed, full-color maps.

Table of Contents

Treading Lightly in the Wild	6	(2)
Regional Map	8	(2)
Call of the West	10	(2)
The Rockies Landscape	12	(6)
Yellowstone Ecosystem	18	(58)
Map	20	(4)
Yellowstone National Park	24	(14)
Absaroka and Beartooth Ranges	38	(6)
Island Park Area	44	(2)
Secrets to Successful Wildlife Observation	46	(4)
Madison River Canyon Earthquake Area	50	(1)
Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park	51	(1)
Missouri Headwaters State Park	52	(1)
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge	53	(1)
Grand Teton National Park	54	(10)
National Elk Refuge	64	(1)
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway	65	(1)
Jedediah Smith Wilderness	66	(1)
Teton Wilderness	67	(1)
Gros Ventre Wilderness	68	(1)
Wind River Range	69	(5)
Sinks Canyon State Park	74	(1)
Salt River and Wyoming Ranges	75	(1)
Wyoming's Basins and Mountains	76	(36)
Map	78	(4)
Bighorn Mountains	82	(7)
Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site	89	(1)
Big Canyon National Recreation Area	90	(2)
Laramie Range	92	(4)
Medicine Bow Mountains	96	(2)
North Platte River	98	(2)
Beyond the Trees: the Alpine Zone	100	(2)
The Sierra Madre	102	(1)
Great Divide Basin	103	(2)
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area	105	(3)
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge	108	(2)
Fossil Butte National Monument	110	(2)
Snake River Plain	112	(34)
Map	114	(4)
Craters of the Moon National Monument	118	(6)
Life in the Lava Beds	124	(2)
Pioneer Mountains and the Lost River and Lemhi Ranges	126	(6)
South Fork Snake River	132	(1)
Grays Lake and Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuges	133	(1)
Massacre Rocks State Park	134	(1)
City of Rocks National Reserve	135	(1)
Niagara Springs State Park	136	(2)
Malad Gorge State Park	138	(1)
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	138	(1)
Bruneau Dunes State Park	139	(2)
Owyhee Canyonlands	141	(3)
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area	144	(1)
Gooding City of Rocks	145	(1)
Central Idaho Rivers and Batholiths	146	(46)
Map	148	(4)
Sawtooth National Recreation Area	152	(6)
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness	158	(10)
Roads Less Traveled	168	(3)
Gospel Hump Wilderness	171	(1)
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness	172	(4)
Wilderness Rivers: The Salmon, Middle Fork Salmon, and Selway	176	(4)
Lochsa River Valley	180	(1)
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area	181	(5)
Ponderosa State Park	186	(1)
Payette River	187	(1)
Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness	188	(2)
Pioneer Mountains	190	(2)
Great Plains	192	(34)
Map	194	(4)
Great Falls Area	198	(2)
Upper Missouri Wild and Scenic River	200	(5)
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge	205	(3)
Prairie Potholes and Migrant Species	208	(2)
Prairie Wildlife Refuges	210	(2)
Yellowstone River	212	(1)
Pompeys Pillar National Historical Landmark	213	(1)
Pictograph Cave State Park	214	(1)
Howrey Island and Other Bottomlands	215	(1)
Terry Badlands	216	(1)
Makoshika State Park	217	(1)
Southeastern Montana and Medicine Rocks State Park	218	(1)
Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers	219	(1)
Devils Tower National Monument	220	(3)
Thunder Basin National Grassland	223	(3)
Glacier-Panhandle	226	(52)
Map	228	(4)
Glacier and Waterton National Parks	232	(19)
Jewel Basin Hiking Area	251	(1)
Classic Backcountry Trips	252	(2)
Flathead Lake State Park	254	(3)
National Bison Range	257	(2)
Mission Mountains Wilderness	259	(3)
Blackfoot River	262	(1)
Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex	263	(4)
Missouri River Recreation Road	267	(1)
Gates of the Rocky Mountains	268	(3)
Cabinet Mountains Wilderness	271	(2)
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge	273	(1)
Farragut State Park	274	(1)
Heyburn State Park	274	(1)
Priest Lake	275	(3)
Resources	278	(5)
About the Authors / Illustrations Credits	283	(1)
Index	284	(4)
Credits	288