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The National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates its 100th anniversary this year. The 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Toyko's mayor to the city of Washington, DC. has helped cultivate a close relationship between the two countries.

 
  • Black bear cubs rest in the sun. Photo courtesy 'Beingmyself'
  • Black-eyed Susans and liatris in bloom. Photo: USFWS Midwest.
  • Rufous hummingbird in Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Roy W. Lowe, USFWS
  • Green Jays in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, TX
 Photo: C.V. Vick
  • Green Darner dragonflies at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM
. Photo: J.N. Stuart
  • Red-footed booby in Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Pacific Islands. Photo: Laura M. Beauregard, USFWS
  • Dahlia at sunrise at Cape May National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Laura Perlick / USFWS
  • Spring blossoms in Massachusetts. Courtesy USFWS
  • Yellow warbler at Trustom Pond Refuge (RI). Courtesy USFWS via Flickr
  • Pilot Rock, Bidahochi Formation, Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area. Courtesy NPS
  • Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area
  • Spring in Zion National Park. Courtesy 'BCourchesne' via Flickr
  • Spring in Zion National Park. Courtesy 'BCourchesne' via Flickr.
  • Cape Flattery, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Courtesy 'kquaas' via Flickr
  • Sequoia National Park. Courtesy 'wonderkris' via Flickr
  • Bear in Sequoia National Park. Photo courtesy 'MichaelGat' via Flickr.
  • Crater Lake, Oregon. Courtesy Liao Ming Chen via Flickr.
  • Bison calf - Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Great Horned Owl in Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Bison on the National Bison Range in Montana.
  • Ross' bentgrass (Agrostis rossiae) is a small annual grass endemic to glacial deposits that border active geysers and hot springs within the west-central portion of Yellowstone National Park. Ross' bentgrass takes advantage of its geothermal- influenced environment and germinates from December to January. Teton County, WY.
  • Yosemite Falls, Yosemite NP. Photo courtesy 'jonkriz'.
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Cherry Blossoms at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Photo courtesy 'Alexander Kafka' via Flickr.
  • Midway Geyser Basin, 
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Courtesy 'Nomadic Lass' via Flickr.
  • Gorgeous blooms and baby animals signal spring's arrival.
  • The big head of pinkish purple ray flowers of this flower attracts many kinds of insects and can be found flowering most of the year. The spiny leaves and bracts discourage close contact with the plant, however.
  • The Logan Pass area in spring is alive with glacier lilies. Here, a carpet of them is backed by Mt. Reynolds
 
 

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