It's that time of year. Up here in Denali, the animals have become more active. Including a couple of moose that have entertained park visitors around the winter visitor center all week.
The road crew has been working hard and today, the park road was opened to Mile 13 for the first time since last October. We have more than 12 hours of daylight here now, north of the Alaska Range and we've heard rumors that it *might* be warming up a bit during the daytime in the coming weeks. (But we're not holding our breath on that one.)
It's that time when I start thinking about all of the little pink and purple things that will eventually be popping their delicate heads above the forest floor and out into the moist tundra. I'm ready for green and wildflowers.
What's your favorite wild flower? Up here in Denali, I think mine are the little Gentians and Wooly Louseworts that grow up on the higher tundra around Polychrome and Eielson.
Look for Gentians and Louseworts - many species of each - to be featured in the app. These two groups of plants have representative species throughout Alaska and down through both the Cascades and Rocky Mountains. They are all beautiful and very unique!
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