CHAPTER 6: NATURAL HISTORY: MESA VERDE'S WILD SIDE.

Chapter 6 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. It discusses the preservation of Mesa Verde National Park's wealth of flora and fauna such as the bighorn sheep, mule deer, and elk. The park also boasts of piñon-juniper forests, rare marine fossils and endemic insects. It has become a challenge for scientists, interpreters, and administrators to preserve the park's many natural wonders. Paul Franke became Mesa Verde's first ranger-naturalist in 1930 who established the first Mesa Verde Library Association.