Mesa Verde National ... park. Other wildlife includes coyote, gray fox, mountain lion, elk, marmot, and porcupines. If you see horses they have crossed the boundary from the Ute Mountain Ute ...

Seeking greater protection of the ruins, they asked the government to make Mesa Verde a national park. Their request was denied. News of the Wetherills' discoveries at Mesa Verde attracted an ...

Go back in time at Mesa Verde National Park. The park protects nearly 5,000 archaeological sites, preserving the heritage of the ancestral Pueblo people. The Pueblo settled in the region about ...