Park Puzzler

3. ____ can reproduce vegetatively, creating huge stands of genetically identical organisms
9. Bears and ____ are Rocky Mountain animals that hibernate through the winter—marmots
14. One of the earliest blooming wildflowers in RMNP, they have fuzzy, crocus-like flowers and are named for the Easter season
15. President that signed the Rocky Mountain National Park Act in 1915
16. Bird of RMNP that migrates in the winter and obtains red facial coloration from its diet
17. Animals that remain active in RMNP during the winter are called
18. Willow species contain ___, a precursor in the development of aspirin
19. Evergreen shrub also known as “bear berry” –

1. In mid to late 1800s, there were two main guides in Estes Park. One was named Griffith Evans, and the other who is described in Isabella Bird’s writings and was commonly known as “_____”
2. Flood that occurred in 1982
4. In RMNP, the northern range of mountains is called the ___ range
5. ___ sites measure the snowfall and other winter conditions to assess water supply and management throughout 11 western states, with 6 in RMNP
6. Ice climbing destination that can be reached from the Wild Basin entrance
7. All water that falls on the east side of the C.D. will flow into this ocean
8. Ruth Ewald was Rocky Mountain National Park’s first female ___
10. Colorado has the most mountains over 14,000 feet tall with 56 exceeding that height, ____ follows in second with 29 14er’s
11. Bighorn sheep, elk, and coyote exhibit this form of migration
12. Geologic feature that resulted from the last glacier period; a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier as lateral ridges
13. Type of native cutthroat trout that lives in alpine streams and lakes
18. One way that tolerators survive the harsh winters in Rocky is by living underneath the snow in the ____ zone