Song of the High Peaks 1
Cycles and Seasons 5
Bedrock: The First Story 6
The Rising of the Sun and the Running of the Deer: A Glacier
Year 39
Plant-and-Animal Communities 43
Over Going-to-the-Sun Road 44
Groves and Grasslands: The Prairie Sea 46
The Forest 70
Scrub Forest 105
Tundra 109
Water Communities 114
Shooting Stars 121
Appendix 125
Pictorial Features
The Mountains of Glacier 10
The Forests of Glacier 48
The Vital Predator 78
Protective Coloration 84
_Ursus arctos horribilus:_ The Vulnerable King 88
Bald Eagles and Kokanee Salmon: A Recent Gathering 92
A Triumph of Many Colors 96
Fire Succession: Key to Continuity 100
Illustrations by Celia Strain/Morgan-Burchette Assoc.
[Illustration: Soaring eagle]