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Camas and Cranes

10,000 Birds

Highway 12, as it takes you from Montana into Idaho, has been the road to some of my greatest adventures during my time here. Today, the camas fields rest protected in the vast bosom of the Clearwater National Forest. That was then. But the highlight, of course, was the camas fields.

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Visitors on the Range

10,000 Birds

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals.