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MONTANA TRAVEL INFORMATION

The Montana Experience is as rewarding as each visitor makes it. Here are some tips to make your trip more enjoyable and assure a quality experience for future visitors. Help preserve our heritage by leaving ghost towns, mining capms and other historical attractins intact. The only things that should be taken from these sites are your photographs. Leave Montana's natural features as you find them. Plants and flowers are best enjoyed in their natural state.

Respect the rights and property of others. Always get permission before entering private land. Dispose of trash properly. For your safety and theirs. enjoy wildlife from a distance. We're known for our friendliness. Respect our traditions, customs and local ordinances, and we'll keep smiling.

IN MONTANA, TRAVEL IS A JOURNEY OF TIME AND SPACE
It is an end in itself. In the chiseled faces of rock walls, it is a glimpse of eternity. In pristine waters that reflect vast, clear skies, it is cause for hope. In mile upon mile of natural landscapes, it is tonic for the world-weary traveler. Montana invites you to leave that world behind and rediscover your sould in big sky country.

In a land shaped by space and sky, the views are forever...uncluttered by society's diversions, Montana is a place to reconnect with the earth and its many gifts. Forests and badlands, river valleys and deserts, alpine meadows and grassy prairies are all part of the view in Montana. From the Eastern plains to the skytop peaks and mile-high valleys of the Rocky Mountains, Montana sets a stage of sweeping proportions.

WILDLIFE
Montana' parks and protected lands range from the heavenly peaks of Glacier National Park to the fiery caldrons of Yellowstone. In between are National forests and battlefields, historic ranches, canyons, wildlife preserves and a state park system that protects the best of Montana: Ghost Towns, Badlans, Buffalo Jumps, and a range of quality recreational opportunities. Montana has been described as one giant park. But it's not true. Montana's landscape and history are too varied to be confined to just one!

Montanans are in good company with the wildlife that actualy outnumber them. Montana supports the largest Grizzly Bear population south of Cananda, the largest migratory Elk herd in the nation, the largest breeding population of Trumpeter Swans in the lower 48 and the nations's largest native herd of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep - all in all, a magnificent array of wildlife whose very survival depends on unspoiled habitat. With patience and a pair of binoculars, people can view these and many other species in the wild.

ADVENTURE
Adventure travel in Montana is the journey made personal. Somehow, it is not enough to merely see Big Sky Country. This land of peaks and canyons, whitewater gorges and meandering streams, powder snow and sunshine begs to be experienced. Montana is the perfect place to fulfill your passion. Whether it is floating or fly fishing, biking, hiking or skiing, it can should be done in Montana!

For more information contact:

Montana Board of Tourism
1424 9th Ave.
Helena, Mt 59620

Phone: (800) VISIT-MT
Fax: (406) 444-1800

Or visit their web-site at http://www.travel.mt.gov.