The National Park Service expresses its appreciation to all those persons who made the preparation and production of this handbook possible. The Service also gratefully acknowledges the financial support given this handbook project by the Oregon Trail Museum Association, a nonprofit group that assists interpretive efforts at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument.

Texts

James R. and Laurie J. Macdonald, authors of “A Landscape Rich With Life” in Part 2, are paleontologists who live in Sunnyvale, California, and teach nearby.

Doris B. Gates, writer of “Birding Along the Niobrara” in Part 3, is a retired biology professor who lives in Chadron, Nebraska.

Maps

R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co. 79.

Illustrations

Jay H. Matternes, who painted the wildlife panoramas and animal features on the cover and in Part 2, is a paleontological reconstruction artist who lives in Fairfax, Virginia. In Part 2 his illustrations appear on pages 20-21, 24, 25, 27-33, 54-59, 64-69.

American Museum of Natural History 9 Cope.

Greg Beaumont 14, 81-84.

Carnegie Museum 38-41.

Library of Congress 43-45.

James O. Milmoe 12-13, 15, 16, 76.

Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University 8.

All other illustrations are from the files of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument and the National Park Service.