Table of Contents

• Preface

• Aztec Butte

• Introduction

• Healthy Herds

• Desert Bighorn Sheep

• Grassland Partners

• Ord’s Kangaroo Rat and Indian Ricegrass

• Salt and Fins

• The Arches of Devil's Garden

• A Thinking Bird

• The Common Raven

• Dark pinnacles and Pink Sand

• Biological Crust

• Mythical Quicksand

• Courthouse Wash and Quicksand

• Temporary Worlds

• Potholes and Shrimp

• An Upheaval in Scientific Thought

• Upheaval Dome

• Cliff Dwellers

• Violet-green Swallows and White-throated Swifts

• Water, Plants and Cowboys

• The Plants of Cave Spring

• Sagebrush Landscape

• Big Sagebrush

• Cold War Legacy

•            Atlas Mill Tailings

• Dried Up Springs

• Neck Spring and Drought

• A Grand View

• Weathering and Landscapes

• Bibliography

• About the Author