WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00792R000700160001-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: MAP

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White Sands
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I'vlonument
SHIMMERING wavelike
dunes, fresh as a wilder-
ness snowfall, blanket a vast
area in the Tularo.sa Valley.
Ever growing, ever chang-
ing, the hills inch forward
before the prevailing south-
west winds.
The world's largest gyp-
sum desert was created mil-
lenniums ago when the min-
eral was washed from the
thinking San Andres Moun-
tains, deposited in dry lake
beds, and blown by winds
into dunes?a process still
going on. Established in
White Sands National
Mcmument pre:erves near-
ly 231) square miles of the
starkly beautiful landscape.
For the thousands of visi-
tors who come here each
year, the Park Service de-
vised sail-like picnic shelters..
(lower left). To keep a way
open for cars, employees
spend countless hours grad-
ing and scraping away the
sugar-fine sand.
Surprisingly, the desert
supports much plant life?
yucca, squawbush, rabbit-
brush, cottonwood. Many
animals, including badger,
skunk, fox, rabbit, coyote,
gopher, and kangaroo rat,
make excursions into it.
permanent inhabitant of the
dunes is the bleached earless
heard, Holbrookia macalata
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