FLORA AND FAUNA<br >:lely varied geography and climate park is also the best place in the state te<br >e home to a huge range of plant mountain goats and bighorn sheep， though<br >--from the prairie grasses， yucca， probably need a good pair of binoculars a<br >;padefoot toads， and pronghom of perfect sense of timing. These elusive anil<br >sins to the aspen， spruce， black stay a bit further from the road， and if you<br >sheep， mountain goats， elk， and them at all， they ll probably appear as not<br > ocky Mountains. In addition， Colo- more than distant specks of white on a sl<br >~ilher pan- or furFlime， to many dif- cliffside.<br >~f birds--owls， pheasants， grouse， Colorado s watere~from the low-lying re<br >~agles， turkeys， and hundreds of volts of the eastern plains to the tumbring sr<br >~aff birds. Recent field research fed streams of the high mountains--hold m<br >~e San Juan Mountains of south- different species of warm- and cold-water I<br >ightbehometoahandfufofgdz. Bass， walleye， catfish， bluegil， crappie<br >~cies whose remaining numbers other sunf sh are found n the lOWer lakes，<br >tthe animals had eluded human tably John Martin Reservoir near Las Anir<br >e 1930s and were thought to be and Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Colli<br >the area.<br > Trout and kokanee salmon are found in<br >bry see at least a sampling of higher lakes and streams; the most comrr<br >n your visit， even if you never trout are rainbow and brown， while Mackin<br >car. Though you ve got to (lake) trout roam some of the I~<br >rd (and have a good bit of ~ r~-，..~<br > ~~ er， deeper lakes (Grand L~<br >~o see bighorn sheep and // and Blue Mesa Reservoir，<br >chances are pretty good ~-<br >leer， pronghorn， and var- ~ ""，o example).<br > ~. ~t~l..i~l~J:. ~ One of the great c<br >rey， including hawks and "~"-~i~ of visiting Cororado p.<br >，est places to ~ ticularly in the spring a<br >]ocky Moun- ~ "~ i~iall early summer， is seeil<br >k， where elk ~ ~ the abundant wildflowers th<br >nyardso. ，ii!i.--ban~emeadowsan~mou<br >lune and I ~ ~..j[，~!~l~ tai，n， hillsides. Sheets of brig<br >tually had ~t~ "J // ，~. /，t，j~ yellow， blue， and purple co，<br >;a big bull ~ f-，7~ ~" ~ . ~ ~: ~ ~7 !rast dramatically with the bac<br > ~/" ~，~j/ drops of aspen fir， and spruo<br >I CrOssed ~" L/ ~，/1 .<br > reed and I" ~，~11i ~，，，~ as well as the great granite snov<br >harem the ~.~ ~ capped peaks looming in the di.，<br >e. Back- ~-:!~" ~/ lance. Especially beautiful is Co<br > nd back-~ ~F ~f orado s state flower， the cofurr<br >the best ~:~ 18 !1~ bine， a delicate， commonly ligh<br >I wildlife in ~ i ~ blue to purplish flower that grows il<br >those sire- ~ i damp meadows either singly or il<br >I and stop- [i ~ i clusters. Though summer visitor.，<br >nated ][_i I~ i- -.-:~ are likely to see startling display.，<br >most .，~.~ of wildflowers throughout the<br >~rm of ".~ . .<b_.~_ Rockies， here are some areas<br >s just that have been particularly<br > The bighorn sheep memorable in my visits: the<br > meadows off Cuchara. Inde-<br >