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Section: Photos
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 | Wild Horses |  | Not often you see wild horses, so we assumed that there was a fence somewhere. After driving a bit further without seeing a fence, we decided that they must have been real live *wild* horses. Wild. |
 | Prarie dog sign |  | Sign text: Prairie Dog Town Prairie dogs were once abundant on the plains and foothills. Poisoning campaigns to preserve grazing lands have left only remnant population. Here they are protected. Remarkable social animals, Prairie dogs live together in permanent "towns". Numerous mounds mark burrow entrances. "Dogs" eat grass and scoop up soil for their mounds making the townsite almost barren. Through community cooperation, they survive the constant threat of their enemies. These include hawks, snakes, badgers and coyotes. Sentries bark upon sensing danger. Those nearest danger plunge underground. Others sit and bark, relaying a warning across the "town." Wild animals need wild food. Please don't feed them! Dependent on your handouts, they lose their natural ability to survive the long winter. |
 | Prarie dogs | | |
 | Hills beyond the campground | | |
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 | Horseback riding | | |
 | Hills | | |
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 | Hills & Road | | Between the hills you can see the loop road winding around. |
 | Hills & Road | | You can see the painted hills along the main loop road. |
 | Badlands Vista | | |
 | Badlands Vista | | |
 | Badlands Vista | | |
 | Badlands Vista | | |
 | Buffalo in the Hills | | |
 | Beef Corral Bottom | | Sign text: Beef Corral Bottom In the era of the open range cattle industry of the late 1800's, ranchers would work together to round up their free-ranging cattle in the spring and fall. During roundups the cattle would be driven to a wide river bottom like this one, where they could be worked and sorted. Locally called "Beef Corral Bottom," this area was reportedly the site of a large corral constructed in 1883 for the operations of the Marquis de MOres. The corral may have been a holding place for cattle destined for the Marquis's slaughterhouse in Medora. Disturbed land such as this provides and ideal location for the establishment of a prairie dog town. The low growing vegetation is preferred by prairie dogs, which depend on the "many eyes" and vocalizations of the colony to escape predators. |
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