Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Ted Turner's Ladder Ranch ensure it remains Rio de las Animas, the "River of Spirits." Wildlife research biologist Harley G. Shaw compiles a human and natural history of this remote ecosystem.
Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Ted Turner s Ladder Ranch ensure it remains Rio de las Animas, the River of Spirits. Wildlife research biologist Harley G. Shaw compiles a human and natural history of this remote ecosystem."
... Animas drainage in 1780, but he assigned it no name. Colonel Don Fernando de la Concha led troops against Apaches across Las Animas in 1788 and did not name the stream.21 He noted existence of a marsh, perhaps in the area where the ...