Mountain Refuge -- Big Bend NP TX
N 29° 16.207 W 103° 18.143
13R E 664928 N 3239108
Second of three flora and fauna information signs along the Window Trail near the Chisos Basin Visitor Center
Waymark Code: WMTZVR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2017
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This particular sign discusses the multiple species of wildlife that make their homes in the Chisos Mountain basin.
The sign reads as follows:
"A MOUNTAIN REFUGE
The woodland around you once extended to the banks of the Rio Grande, over 3000 feet lower in elevation than where you now stand. Around 8000 years ago the climate began getting warmer and drier, stranding these trees- and the animals that live among them - in the cool, moist shelter of the Chisos Mountains and other nearby ranges.
These “mountain islands” separated by an ocean of desert, protect small populations of Woodland species, living relics of the last Ice Age.
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Canyon tree frogs live near pools of water high in the Chisos Mountains
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The southernmost and of quaking aspens in the United States grows on Emory peak, the highest point in the Chisos Mountains.
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Carmen Mountains white tailed deer are rarely seen below 4500 feet elevation."
Visit Instructions:
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