★GPO: 1990—262-098/20002

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering wise use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interest of all our people. The Department also promotes the goals of the Take Pride in America campaign by encouraging stewardship and citizen responsibility for the public lands and promoting citizen participation in their care. The Department also has major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under U.S. administration.

The National Park Service expresses its appreciation to all those persons who made the preparation and production of this handbook possible. Special thanks are due the Craters of the Moon Natural History Association for financial support. Unless credited below, photographs and illustrations come from the files of Craters of the Moon National Monument and the National Park Service.

Gary Braasch [28] top Bureau of Land Management [29] top Vern Crawford [30]-31 Jeff Gnass [4]-5, [6], [27] tree mold Charley Gurche [10]-11, [32]-33, [36] monkeyflower Russell Lamb [63] Nez Perce Roger McGehee [30] owl NASA [16] inset National Geographic Society [50]-51, [63] Grand Teton (David Alan Harvey) U.S. Geological Survey [25] both Glenn Van Nimwegen [34], [36]-37 Williams and Heintz Map Corporation [58]

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