Elephants young and old gather at water holes in Kenya’s Masai Mara reserve, Rocky Mountains guarantees vast swaths of land virtually untouched by man

Elephants young and old gather at water holes in Kenya’s Masai Mara reserve.

An extension of the Serengeti Plain, the Mara is popular for its array of wildlife

perhaps too much so. It is not unusual for safari vehicles to crowd around a single

animal sighting

The sheer scale of Colorado’s

Rocky Mountains guarantees

vast swaths of land virtually

untouched by man, including

the cascading waterfalls and

rugged high meadows of

Porphyry Basin. But,

says one panelist, “the Front

Range is crowded, as are the

western slopes and ski areas.”