They finally arrived in New Mexico, Pie Town, which officially marked the end of the
Continental Divide and, from a photographic point of view, this had been a remarkable journey and one full of interest.
states and Canadian provinces with territory east of the
Continental Divide, including Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Alberta (Canada) and all states/provinces east." Previously, the section included "all states east of the western boundaries of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana, and the Canadian provinces east of the Ontario-Manitoba border."
Michael Kleps said he graduated from law school in May 2004 but took some time off to sail across the Indian Ocean and hike the Pacific Crest and
Continental Divide trails.
On a recent trip for educators only, Sarah Durfee, an Oregon science teacher, put on her waders in the North Cascades of Washington to map and record conditions in streams along the
Continental Divide to help find out if they could sustain salmon.
Re Paul Rudnick's "
Continental Divide" [July 1], not all the East Coast thinks that way about marriage by any means!
Together with his old university pal, Simon Cook of London, Paul is walking across the USA following the
Continental Divide Trail.
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Continental Divide: a continent's "backbone" (highest region), which divides the direction of waterways.
Glacier also plays a significant role in our cover story about the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative--a move to create wildlife corridors along the
Continental Divide.
Tall, lanky Hugh McNeal stretched his long legs until he stood with one foot on either side of the creek and exclaimed, "I thank God that I have lived to bestride the Missouri." The expedition earlier had been forced to leave the boats behind and horses were now used for the trip over the
Continental Divide. Lewis and Clark learned firsthand that there was no Northwest Passage, the much hoped-for all-water route across the continent.
Bear experts say the northern
Continental Divide ecosystem can lose no more than four female grizzlies without risk to the entire population.
Sam Reimer, Evangelicals and the
Continental Divide: The Conservative Protestant Subculture in Canada and the United States.
The
Continental Divide Research Learning Center organizes most of the volunteers, who range from professional geoscientists to retirees, from amateur naturalists to an enthusiastic Girl Scout troop.