Trail log - 2014
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2014
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
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Rolston accounts of 2014: wolves in Yellowstone, March 3-9, local hikes. Mongolia July 3-19, Ulaanbaatar, Buddhist monasteries, drive across steppe, ger camp Hoyor Zagal, Elsen Tasarkhai Scenic Area, sheep, goats, horses, birds, sand dunes, Munkh Genger ger camp, Orkon Valley, Naadam Festival, wrestling, horse racing, golden eagles, Khushuu Tsaidan Museum, Gokturk inscriptions, Lake Ögiy Nuur. Hustain Nuruu - Hustai National Park and Przewalski's horses (takhi), the only wild horse, once extinct and reintroduced to the wild. Genghis Khan Memorial, Gun-Guluut Nature Reserve, Steppe Nomads Camp, birds, wildflowers, yak and horse milking, argali sheep (Marco Polo sheep), Terelj area, Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, Khan Khentil Strictly Protected Area, Tuul River, flight to Gobi desert, drive across desert, Gobi Tour Camp at Bayan Zag, camel farm, camel riding, saksaul forest, dinosaur excavations. Montana, September 10-15, Michael Mansfield Conference celebrating 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Why Wilderness, hiking in Bitterroot Mountains, Blodgett Overlook, Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Reserve; local hikes, West Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Perry Lakes Park, Cahaba River Preserve.
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Przewalski's horses, takhi
Gobi desert, Montana
wilderness
Wilderness Act
Yellowstone
wolves
Mongolia