"Consisting of more than a million acres straddling the Continental Divide, Glacier is one of the largest, wildest, and most spectacular of our national parks. Ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 feet in elevation, with moist climates to the west and dry ones to the east, Glacier is rich in topographical and biological diversity, and although it attracts over 2 million visitors a year, it is still largely wilderness." "This wilderness was carved by glaciers the size of mountain ranges; they left their unmistakable signs on the landscape and made this one of the most scenic mountain terrains in the world. David Rockwell describes the forces that sculpted this wild place, as well as the lives of the diverse plants and animals who live here, from the trout to the grizzly bear. He also explains how the presence of humans has affected age-old cycles and profoundly altered the plant and animal communities of the Crown of the Continent."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved