Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
by Edwin C. Alberts
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About this eBook
- Author
- Alberts, Edwin C. (Edwin Cameron), 1912-2000
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Natural history -- Colorado -- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58561
- Release Date
- December 28, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK · COLORADO — NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Natural History Handbook Series — Administration — America’s Natural Resources
- 2.Contents
- 3.THE MOUNTAINS ARE MADE
- 4.THE WORK OF GLACIERS
- 5.THE MOUNTAINS ARE MANTLED WITH PLANTS
- 6.PLANT COMMUNITIES — Below 9,000 Feet — The Middle Belt — Above Treeline
- 7.ANIMAL LIFE — Hoofed Mammals — Predatory Mammals — Gnawing Mammals — Coldblooded Vertebrates — Birds
- 8.MAN IN THE ROCKIES
- 9.CLIMATE
- 10.PARK SEASON
- 11.WHAT TO DO — Automobile Trips — Trail Trips — Trails from Bear Lake. — Glacier Gorge Trails. — Fern Lake Trail. — Wild Basin Trails. — Western Slope Trails. — Trails in the Estes Park Vicinity. — Trails near Trail Ridge Road.
- 12.SUGGESTED READINGS — Birds — Plants — Fishes — Geology — Mammals — Mountain Climbing and Hiking — Parks in General
- 13.APPENDIX A—GUIDE TO MAMMAL OBSERVATION — Hoofed Mammals — Predatory Mammals — Gnawing Mammals
- 14.APPENDIX B—GUIDE TO BIRD OBSERVATION
- 15.APPENDIX C—COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS — Trees and Shrubs — Wildflowers
- 16.Transcriber’s Notes
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