FLORA AND FAUNA
:lely varied geography and climate park is also the best place in the state te
e home to a huge range of plant mountain goats and bighorn sheep， though
--from the prairie grasses， yucca， probably need a good pair of binoculars a
;padefoot toads， and pronghom of perfect sense of timing. These elusive anil
sins to the aspen， spruce， black stay a bit further from the road， and if you
sheep， mountain goats， elk， and them at all， they ll probably appear as not
ocky Mountains. In addition， Colo- more than distant specks of white on a sl
~ilher pan- or furFlime， to many dif- cliffside.
~f birds--owls， pheasants， grouse， Colorado s watere~from the low-lying re
~agles， turkeys， and hundreds of volts of the eastern plains to the tumbring sr
~aff birds. Recent field research fed streams of the high mountains--hold m
~e San Juan Mountains of south- different species of warm- and cold-water I
ightbehometoahandfufofgdz. Bass， walleye， catfish， bluegil， crappie
~cies whose remaining numbers other sunf sh are found n the lOWer lakes，
tthe animals had eluded human tably John Martin Reservoir near Las Anir
e 1930s and were thought to be and Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Colli
the area.
Trout and kokanee salmon are found in
bry see at least a sampling of higher lakes and streams; the most comrr
n your visit， even if you never trout are rainbow and brown， while Mackin
car. Though you ve got to (lake) trout roam some of the I~
rd (and have a good bit of ~ r~-，..~
~~ er， deeper lakes (Grand L~
~o see bighorn sheep and // and Blue Mesa Reservoir，
chances are pretty good ~-
leer， pronghorn， and var- ~ \"\"，o example).
~. ~t~l..i~l~J:. ~ One of the great c
rey， including hawks and \"~\"-~i~ of visiting Cororado p.
，est places to ~ ticularly in the spring a
]ocky Moun- ~ \"~ i~iall early summer， is seeil
k， where elk ~ ~ the abundant wildflowers th
nyardso. ，ii!i.--ban~emeadowsan~mou
lune and I ~ ~..j[，~!~l~ tai，n， hillsides. Sheets of brig
tually had ~t~ \"J // ，~. /，t，j~ yellow， blue， and purple co，
;a big bull ~ f-，7~ ~\" ~ . ~ ~: ~ ~7 !rast dramatically with the bac
~/\" ~，~j/ drops of aspen fir， and spruo
I CrOssed ~\" L/ ~，/1 .
reed and I\" ~，~11i ~，，，~ as well as the great granite snov
harem the ~.~ ~ capped peaks looming in the di.，
e. Back- ~-:!~\" ~/ lance. Especially beautiful is Co
nd back-~ ~F ~f orado s state flower， the cofurr
the best ~:~ 18 !1~ bine， a delicate， commonly ligh
I wildlife in ~ i ~ blue to purplish flower that grows il
those sire- ~ i damp meadows either singly or il
I and stop- [i ~ i clusters. Though summer visitor.，
nated ][_i I~ i- -.-:~ are likely to see startling display.，
most .，~.~ of wildflowers throughout the
~rm of \".~ . .s just that have been particularly
The bighorn sheep memorable in my visits: the
meadows off Cuchara. Inde-
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