NATIONAL PARK SERVICE A Proposed Lewis and Clark National Wilderness Waterway

COVER

Cover: "The Stone Walls on the Upper Missouri" sketch by Karl Bodmer, artist with the Maximilian Expedition, 1833

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"...we saw a large herd of the big-horned animals, which were bounding among the rocks on the opposite cliff with great agility."

--Lewis and Clark Journals

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FOREWORD

SUMMARY

THE AREA

Scenic Features and Setting
Geology
Vegetation
Wildlife
Archeology
History
Present Pattern of Use

THE OPPORTUNITY

National Significance
Suitability
Feasibility

THE PROPOSAL

Conclusions
Recommendations
The Area and Its Administration
Development and Use

"Go forth, under the open sky, and list to nature's teachings." --William Cullen Bryant

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This Report is a Supplement to Appendix VII, Corps of Engineers-Department of the Interior Joint Report on the Missouri River between Fort Peck Reservoir and Fort Benton, Missouri.

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