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Nez Perce National Historical ParkMonitoring Camas on Weippe Prairie in cooperation with the Upper Colulmbia Basin Network and local High School Students
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Nez Perce National Historical Park
Natural Features & Ecosystems

Park sites exist on varied geography consisting of mountains, plains, prairies, and river corridors. The natural features extend across most of the eastern pacific northwest, through the north central Rocky Mountains, and into the great plains.

Drawing of mammoth skeleton  

Did You Know?
In 1994 the Idaho Fish and Game Department drained Tolo Lake, a site of Nez Perce National Historical Park, for a restoration project. In the lake bottom, six to eight Columbian mammoth skeletons were found. A replica skeleton is on display in Grangeville, Idaho

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST