Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University
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Shuttle back to Missoula, arriving about 5.30 p.m. Osprey on nest on telephone pole on the way<br />
back.<br />
Supper with Andrew Light, and friend from <strong>University</strong> of Alberta, Edmonton, in medical ethics.<br />
August 7, Thursday. Bill caught the shuttle to the airport, and I drove home. Left 6.00 a.m., and<br />
drove 875 miles, arriving 9.20 p.m. Long drive. Nighthawks were striking in the sky over Wyoming<br />
<strong>at</strong> dusk.<br />
Arrive Ft. Collins to pick up the pieces after the flood.<br />
I had the fire in Montana while the flood was in Ft. Collins, and hope th<strong>at</strong> the pestilence and famine<br />
and other apocalyptic events can be postponed.<br />
Graetz, Rick, Bob Marshall Country. Helena, Mt: Rick Graetz, publisher, Montana Magazine, 1985.<br />
ISBN 0-938314-15-7. A good book. Copy in CSU library.<br />
Moore, Bud, The Lochsa Story: Land Ethics in the Bitterroot Mountains. Missoula, Mt: Mountain<br />
Press Publishing Co., 1996. The Lochsa country is a region of the Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho.<br />
Moore is a forester with the U.S. Forest Service.<br />
Flora seen on the trip:<br />
Abies lasiocarpa, subalpine fir<br />
Acer glabra, Rocky Mountain maple<br />
Achillea, yarrow<br />
Actaea rubra, baneberry<br />
Agroseris, false dandelion<br />
Allium, onion<br />
Alnus, alder<br />
Amelanchier, serviceberry<br />
Antennaria, pussy-toes. Didn't try to sort out the species.<br />
Aquilegia flavescens, columbine. All yellow up here, no blue ones.<br />
Arabis, sp. Rock cress<br />
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Kinnikinick, Bearberry<br />
Arenaria, sand-wort, several species<br />
Artemisia, sagebrush<br />
Aster, asters, several species, but I didn't try to separ<strong>at</strong>e them.<br />
Aulacomnium palustre, Bog moss<br />
Balsamorhiza sagitt<strong>at</strong>a, balsamroot, though not in flower<br />
Betula glandulosa, bog birch<br />
Campanula uniflora, harebell<br />
Campanula rotundifolia, harebell<br />
Castilleja, paintbrush<br />
Ceanothus velutinus, lots of it, often enough to give an odor to the woods.<br />
Cerastium sp. Mouse-ear chickweed<br />
Circium foliosum, elk thistle<br />
Claytonia, spring beauty<br />
Clem<strong>at</strong>is columbiana, clem<strong>at</strong>is<br />
Cornus stolifera. Dogwood