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	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve became a United States National Park by an act of Congress on September 13, 2004.
		The sand dunes form because as the wind blows sand and small rocks across the valley and up against Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the wind slows and drops the debris.
		The sand dunes rise close to about 750 feet (230 m) from the floor of the San Luis Valley on the western base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, covering about 19,000 acres (78 km²).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Park (822 words)

	Colorado dunes captivate visitors
		Last year, the dunes earned a promotion to national park from their former rank as national monument, due to some land acquisition and a few new national park-level facilities.
		This park encompasses mounds of sand that go on for 30 square miles, right up against the expected Colorado landscape: snow-capped mountains, rushing creeks, sagebrush, aspens, cottonwoods and ranchland dotted with grazing bison.
		Hiking on sand thoroughly engages the calves and thighs; the footing shifts constantly and often abruptly.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0616dunes0616.html (798 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Air Resources Division–Permits:ARIS: Great Sand Dunes NP & P
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is located in south-central Colorado, was first established as a national monument in 1932 to protect the impressive sand dunes that are the highest in the U.S. In 1976, a portion of the monument was declared a national wilderness area.
		The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 increased the total size of the area to nearly 84,000 acres, and increased the size of the wilderness portion to 75,225 acres.
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
	www2.nature.nps.gov /air/permits/ARIS/grsa (750 words)

	Stories: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve/Baca Ranch Purchase
		During the battles with Cabeza de Vaca, San Luis Valley residents and TNC convinced Colorado's congressional delegation, including Sen. Wayne Allard and Rep. Scott McInnis, to draft the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act.
		The refuge is adjacent to Great Sand Dunes National Park
		The national park—home to the tallest sand dunes in North America and eight species of insects found nowhere else in the world—will protect a unique ecosystem and seek to prevent for-profit attempts to export water from the local aquifer.
	www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org /stories/greatsanddunes.html (2002 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Monument
		With the passage of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000, resources now also include alpine lakes and tundra, six peaks over 13,000', ancient spruce and pine forests, large stands of aspen and cottonwood, grasslands, and wetlands--all habitat for diverse wildlife and Rocky Mountain plant species.
		CAR - Great Sand Dunes National Monument is located 35 miles northeast of Alamosa,Colorado, reached by US Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 150 from the south.
		There is a great deal of sand movement with each wind storm, but moisture in the dunes seems to have a stabilizing effect, maintaining the height, contours and shape of the sand in the main dune mass.
	www.usparkinfo.com /greatdune.html (1134 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve Fact Sheet
		Designated a National Monument in 1932, Great Sand Dunes National Preserve was created in November 2000 with the passage of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000.
		Great Sand Dunes National Monument protects most of the dunes and approximately 40,000 acres of high mountain valley habitats; the National Preserve includes several 13,000-foot peaks and watersheds critical to the dunes system and host to wilderness recreation opportunities for the public.
		For additional information about the funding needs of Great Sand Dunes National Monument, contact Tara Harmon, Colorado Field Organizer, at 303-650-5818, ext.111.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/americansfornationalparks/learn_more/great_sand_dunes.asp (340 words)

	20TH CENTURY DUNE MOVEMENTS AT THE GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, COLORADO AND RELATION TO DROUGHT VARIABILITY
		The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (GRSA), located in the San Luis Valley (southern Colorado), contains one of the largest and climatically sensitive, but least studied dune systems in North America.
		A large dune mass is banked against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and is bounded for 100’s of km by a vegetated low relief sand sheet.
		The clear morphology of these dunes, the formation by unidirectional wind from the southwest and the unambiguous identification of these forms in remotely sensed-images provide straightforward targets to assess changes in dune position.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_75405.htm (524 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Park - The Colorado Directory
		Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park is located in Southern Colorado.
		The water seems to disappear in the sand - only to reappear as ponds and verdant wetlands on the west side of the dunes.
		Attracting about 300,000 visitors a year, the dunes cover 30 square miles and are nestled right next to the Sangre de Cristo mountains, 35 miles north east of Alamosa.
	www.coloradodirectory.com /nationalparks/sanddunes.html (767 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is America’s newest National Park, which officially came to be in September 2004.
		The Eureka Dunes in Death Valley National Park have also been said to be North America’s tallest by some accounts, though the tallest dune in its one-mile wide, three-mile long strip is 680 feet.
		In the spring and early summer, Medano (the Spanish word for sand dune, and locally pronounced med-en-oh) Creek makes its way down from the pass of the same name and flows down the east and south perimeter of the dunes.
	mycolorado.org /sand_dunes.html (2056 words)

	Great Sand Dunes Oasis- Great Sand Dunes National Monument
		Great Sand Dunes Oasis- Great Sand Dunes National Monument
		On the eastern side of the remote, high-mountain San Luis Valley, between the Blanca Massif and Crestone Needle, are the Great Sand Dunes, the tallest sand dunes in North America.
		The dunes are the product of the wind and rain eroding the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo Mountains that ring the San Luis Valley.
	www.greatdunes.com (204 words)

	Great sand dunes national park Information
		Great Sand Dunes National Park are great for when you're looking to get better at great sand dunes national park for selfish purposes.
		Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light and Shadow by Weller, John B.; Weller, John B. for just $13.97 at eCampus.com.
		Great Sand Dunes National Monument is located 35 miles northeast of Alamosa,...
	nationalpark.2greatsite9.info /trails-in-glacier-bay-national-park/great-sand-dunes-national-park.html (339 words)

	Hiking Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado - CompassMonkey.com
		Hiking Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado- CompassMonkey.com
		Watch for animal tracks and signs of insect life in the damp sand — there are 6 species of insects living in the dunes which are found nowhere else on earth!
		Medano Creek exhibits a phenomenon called "surge flow." Each time a surge occurs, a mound of sand (which had temporarily damned some of the water in the creek bed), collapses.
	www.compassmonkey.com /activities/activities.php/388 (142 words)

	GORP - US National Monuments - Great Sand Dunes National Monument - Colorado
		GORP - US National Monuments - Great Sand Dunes National Monument - Colorado
		Yet while heavy winds move the sand around quite a bit (you don't want to get caught in a sandstorm), moisture acts as a stabilizer, maintaining the height and even the contours of the dunes.
		The dunes themselves are not a haven for tons of flora or fauna, but you will find some 20 species of plants (pinon pine, juniper) and several more of animals (rabbits, mule deer) and birds (like the green-tailed towhee).
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/co_great.htm (492 words)

	Baca National Wildlife Refuge
		In approving The Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000, Congress determined that the lands to be acquired under the Act offered unique hydrological, educational, wildlife, recreational, and other diverse resources deserving preservation for the enjoyment of future generations.
		Establishment of the Baca NWR is scheduled to occur in 2003 upon the acceptance by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of approximately 3,300 acres of land in Saugache County, Colorado, from the Bureau of Reclamation (BaR).
		Of the remaining 36,000 acres of land to be acquired for the Refuge, 20,000 acres are owned by the State of Colorado and the balance of approximately 16,000 acres is privately-owned.
	www.fws.gov /alamosa/BacaNWR.html (656 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
		The name will change to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve when sufficient lands are acquired within the new boundary.
		General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve, Colorado
		Specific dates, times, and locations will be announced in the local media and will also be available by contacting the Superintendent of Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/January/Day-16/i1004.htm (642 words)

	USATODAY.com - A sandy, spectacular surprise in the Rockies
		Though much of the dune field has been designated a national monument since 1932, it was the addition of this ranch to the west, two others to the south and portions of the Rio Grande National Forest to the east that allowed this geological oddity to be upgraded to a national park.
		The dunes spread across the eastern side of the San Luis Valley, a 50-mile-wide pocket of high-altitude ranchland in the southern Rockies miles from the nearest major highway.
		Line is determined, however, and falling onto her hands and knees, she claws her way up the last few feet of almost vertical sand to the top of High Dune, which rises 750 feet from the floor of the surrounding San Luis Valley.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2004-12-09-sand-dunes_x.htm (1049 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
		, explore the recently-expanded Great Sand Dunes National Park, the National Preserve, and the surrounding Sangre de Cristo mountains (including several "Fourteeners" - peaks over 14,000' high).
		Images from Great Sand Dunes and surrounding area
		Choose among over 40 hikes and mountaineering adventures, ranging from short strolls along a nature trail, to adventures on the Sand Dunes, to visits to intriguing high-elevation caves, to a technical rock climb of The Prow on Kit Carson Peak.
	www.greatsanddunes.info (397 words)

	Great Sand Dunes NP & Pres, CO GMP - Superintendent's Note
		We would like to make you aware of two planning initiatives at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, a unit of the National Park System.
		The wilderness review, which is required by law and National Park Service policy, will examine areas within the expanded Great Sand Dunes boundary to determine whether they are suitable for, and should be proposed as, wilderness.
		The Great Sand Dunes general management plan will provide management direction for resource stewardship, visitor understanding and appreciation, partnerships, facilities, and operations for the next 15-20 years.
	planning.nps.gov /parkweb/default.cfm?RecordID=118 (257 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
		In addition to small mines and prospects within the boundary of Great Sand Dunes National Monument, there are numerous mine and prospect excavations upstream of and in watershed that drain into the Monument.
		Activity of the dunes is subject to numerous controlling factors, including aridity, sand supply, wind and its variability, topography of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and surface flow in streams on the dune field perimeter.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/grsa (4762 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve - History
		On November 22, 2000, President Clinton signed the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000, which authorized the expansion of the National Monument into a National Park almost four times its original size.
		Tucked against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in south-central Colorado, the San Luis Valley is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America.
		With this new addition the park’s resources now include alpine lakes and tundra, six peaks over 13,000', ancient spruce and pine forests, and large stands of aspen and cottonwood, grasslands, and wetlands.
	www.classbrain.com /artmonument/publish/printer_great_sand_dunes_monument_history.shtml (472 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light And Shadow And Fall Party Flower Pack - 8 Centerpieces
		Great Sand Dunes National Park: Between Light And Shadow
		For three years, John Weller captured the Great Sand Dunes with his extraordinary photography and vivid stories.
		Here is his masterly result in a phenominal book to celebrate our nation's newest national park.
	www.petranationaltrust.com /greatp.htm (342 words)

	Valley Courier Online
		One significant man-made change to the park took place during Chaney’s tenure as superintendent — the transition of the Sand Dunes from a national monument to a national park.
		There is an idea of these parks collectively representing something more than a single park.” But it’s not hard to see, the Sand Dunes holds a special place for Chaney.
		The journey to becoming the superintendent of the Sand Dunes began when Chaney was young, developing his love of the outdoors in his native Arkansas.
	www.alamosanews.com /main.php?story_id=6957&page=39 (715 words)

	Alamosa and Great Sand Dunes National Monument : Great Sand Dunes National Monument
		For further information, contact Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, 11999 Colo. 150, Mosca, CO 81146-9798 (tel.
		Alamosa and Great Sand Dunes National Monument (Great Sand Dunes National Monument)
		From Alamosa, there are two main routes to Great Sand Dunes: east 14 miles on U.S. 160, then north on Colo. 150; or north 14 miles on Colo. 17 to Mosca, then east on Six Mile Lane to the junction of Colo. 150.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1483&catID=1483024528 (552 words)

	Profile: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve - Hands on the Land
		Classrooms visit the park daily in the spring and fall and are provided with lessons in geology, hydrology and ecology by a park ranger.
		Wedged against the shoulders of Southern Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains, sand has accumulated over the past many thousands of years to become the tallest dune system in North America.
		When snowmelt fills area creeks, visitors are provided with the refreshing waters of Medano Creek as it pulsates beside the eastern flanks of the main dune field.
	www.handsontheland.org /profiles/profile_details.cfm?sitecode=grsa (94 words)

	Secretary Norton Creates Great Sand Dunes National Park
		Completing the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is 14,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service Land that includes a 14,000-foot peak that forms part of the majestic skyline for this area.
		This led to the enactment of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act.
		MOSCA, Colorado--- Amid the tallest sand dunes in North America with breathtaking views, rare plant and animal life and rich geological and cultural history, Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton today signed historic documents creating the Great Sand Dunes National Park, the nation's 58th national park.
	www.doi.gov /news/040913c (935 words)

	THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE
		This book is the essential guide to the newly established Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (in 2003), and the first in an exciting new series of guides, Jewels of the Rockies, from the Colorado Mountain Club Press, showcasing the spectacular national parks and monuments of Colorado.
		The Wingers cover pertinent information and interesting tidbits that help the visitor understand the region, history, geology, ecology, and present population in and around Great Sand Dunes…[This guide] should be the first place you look and could possibly be the only place you need to look to plan your trip.
		The Wingers share tips derived from their own firsthand experiences exploring the dunes region-and they're not afraid to inject a little levity and life into the information-laden text.
	www.mountaineersbooks.org /productdetails.cfm?PC=543 (281 words)

	Colorado's Great Sand Dunes becomes national park
		The sand sheet, surrounding watershed and underground aquifer all contribute to the water flow and sand replenishment that maintains the dunes.
		The designation is contigent upon the completion of land acquisitions to increase the size of the park, which is now a national monument.
		President Hoover established the area as a national monument in 1932 and it was later enlarged by Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.
	www.cyberwest.com /cw19/great_sand_dunes.html (629 words)

	Articles - Colorado
		South Park is the headwaters of the South Platte River.
		In the north, on the east side of the continental divide is North Park.
		North Park is drained by the North Platte River which flows north into Wyoming.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Colorado (2100 words)

	Colorado - Congress Passes Final Appropriation for Great Sand Dunes National Park
		The law creating the new national park, the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000, was authored by Senator Allard and Representative McInnis and became law in November of 2000.
		Shortly thereafter, The Great Sand Dunes National Park was declared by Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton as the nation’s 58th national park.
		Great Outdoors Colorado gave a $3 million loan to The Nature Conservancy to close the deal until federal dollars were made available.
	nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/colorado/press/press1672.html (686 words)

	Colorado Parks organization state & national park information guide to vacations, guided tours, hiking tours, rocky mountain adventures and colorado skiing!
		Over ten million visitors visit the many Colorado State and National Parks each year.
		The Western part of the state is the rugged Rocky Mountains and is a great getaway for rock climbers and campers in the summer.
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	www.coloradoparks.org (552 words)

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