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Denali...Home to the Dall Sheep

In 1903 gold was found in the Denali Region. Soon the news spread and there was a stampede for the Kantishna Hills. This created a demand for food to feed miners and explorers. Market and trophy hunters were killing anything in sight. Dall sheep were quick prey as their white color made them an easy target.

Around 1907, Charles Sheldon, a naturalist, made a visit to study the Dall sheep. He could see that the sheep would soon be decimated if the slaughter continued. He started a Bill to make the area a national park. On February 26, 1917, the wilderness area became Mount McKinley National Park. In 1980, the name was changed back to the original name of Denali (the high one). Denali National Park (6.2 million acres) has remained a wilderness area with only one road 92 miles long.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on October 11, 2019
Taken on August 15, 2010