Winegar Holes Wilderness Grizzly Bear Habitat in Yellowstone National Park

in #photography7 years ago

These remote wilderness lakes and streams are part of the Winegar Hole Wilderness and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest on the border with the Yellowstone National Forest in Wyoming. This area is just to the north of the Grand Tetons and to the west of Jackson Lake and Jackson Hole. Open the image full screen to see this beautiful wilderness area!

The Winegar Hole Wilderness was designated specifically to provide high quality habitat for the grizzly bear. Part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, this Wilderness is located on the southern boundary of Yellowstone National Park in western Wyoming. The low rolling hills with numerous wetlands, meadows and streams is volcanic in origin. A forest of lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, subalpine fir, and Engelmann spruce covers much of the area. The area is managed as a trailless area to provide maximum security for the grizzly bear except for one short trail that provides access to Yellowstone National Park.
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I lensed this image of these beautiful blue mountain lakes and the Falls River (on the left side of the image) while flying above the area waiting for the eclipse of 2017 to occur. I was circling overhead at 13,500 feet waiting for the moment and while circling I photographed a number of stunningly beautiful areas such as this. Fish Lake is at the top of the image while Junco Lake is right below it in the middle, Rock Lake is on the right side and Winegar Lake is at the bottom. All of this area is within the Falls River Basin.

I truly love the fact that these lakes and this wilderness still exists in such pristine condition and it is my goal to help increase public awareness of these areas. 


 This image is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.  

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.  

If you like what you see here upvote then resteemit so that others may experience these wondrous places as well. And if you'd like these images to be part of your feed then follow me. 

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Amazing shot! Let nature retain its wilderness!

Awesome photography. Thanks to share it steemit.

Great and nice post. Thanks for sharing. Keep it up. Please don't forget to follow me @shakirullah.udda

wow very very awsome photos my friend 💕

Wow, amazing photoshot and beautiful view!
You are happy to see those lands from that angle! :)
Keep steeming , brother )

Thanks for sharing @skypilot you are doing a excellent job showing your country.

There are so many exciting places I don't know about. Thank you for revealing them!

I'm glad you are sharing these pictures and trying to raise awareness for the unpopulated areas. I always had a good time on my trips to Jackson Hole.

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