COUGAR
Like Cheetahs, Lions, and Orcas,
Cougars are major predators
and they are America's symbol of wild places and healthy watersheds.
This beautiful portrayal of the cougar and its mountain world is from
SNAKE TO THE SEA,
a Big Book created by students of Wilson School
in Wilson, Wyoming.
The book takes us on a journey from headwaters in the Rockies,
through deep canyons in Idaho,
to where the Snake meets the Columbia and flows on to the Pacific Ocean.
Each page unfolds in this magnificent accordion book to reveal
child art and writing that explore history, culture, and ecology
of the entire watershed.
Like any great piece of art, you have to see the book in person
to appreciate its special beauty - but even this small view does
let you look into the eyes of one of its most important pieces,
the cougar staring out from a mountain so connected
to all the rest of the world up and downstream.
Eagle, deer, beaver, people --- all are connected to the cougar
and so,
if we take care of each of their needs,
we can hope for a healthier world, from mountain to the sea.
Thanks to the students, staff, and parents at Wilson School.