Above Hidden Lake, East Eagle Valley, South Wallowas (VIII.11.08). . .

Notice the healthy 4th of July snowpack! In an area that receives almost no rain
from June through September, that snow is 'money in the bank.' All
life in these mountains, from trees to nutctrackers—as do ranchers
further down stream—depends on it.

On the road in the American Northwest.

12 Emily Dickinson Poems
I know by heart . . .

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The avian soloist featured at the beginning of
this recording is a consort of Clark's Nutcrackers,
close associates of the Whitebark Pines,
counter-singing at 2600 m., South Wallowas

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All Photographs & texts by Cliff Crego © 2011 picture-poems.com
(created: VII.25.2009)