America’s Backyard Home Take Action! Games and Activities Photography For Educators Journey, Summer 2002 Tell Us! Public Lands Facts and Figures Resources and Links Events Calendar Related Products Program Partners Sponsors and Credits Geography Action! Home Explore America’s Backyard—one photo at a time. Wildlife Landscapes Human Land Use Historical/Cultural WILDLIFE ^BACK TO TOP    PHOTO GALLERY    America’s Backyard: Wildlife ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S PHOTO OF THE DAY Every picture is ready to be e-mailed, printed, or used as desktop wallpaper. Horseshoe Crabs, Delaware Humpback Whale, Alaska Kodiak Brown Bear, Kodiak Island, Alaska Prairie Dogs, Utah Prairie Dogs, Western U.S. Trumpeter Swan, Yellowstone National Park Photo of the Day Archive: Animals LANDSCAPES ^BACK TO TOP    PHOTO GALLERY    America’s Backyard: Landscapes ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S PHOTO OF THE DAY Every picture is ready to be e-mailed, printed, or used as desktop wallpaper. Boise National Forest, Idaho Crater Lake, Oregon Echo Park, Colorado Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Oregon Kodiak Island, Alaska Lake Willoughby, Vermont Limestone Pit, Jackson County, Alabama Missouri Breaks Region, Montana Mount Hood, Oregon Olympic National Park, Washington Ottawa National Forest, Michigan Second Beach, Washington Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Park, California Square Butte, Montana Toroweap Overlook, Grand Canyon Photo of the Day Archive: Landscapes HUMAN LAND USE ^BACK TO TOP    PHOTO GALLERY    America’s Backyard: Living Off the Land ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S PHOTO OF THE DAY Every picture is ready to be e-mailed, printed, or used as desktop wallpaper. Deer Valley, Utah Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah Lake McConaughy, Nebraska Monhegan Island, Maine HISTORICAL/CULTURAL ^BACK TO TOP    PHOTO GALLERY    America’s Backyard: Cultural Connections ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S PHOTO OF THE DAY Every picture is ready to be e-mailed, printed, or used as desktop wallpaper. Kaibab Paiute Indian Ojibwa Indian, Minnesota Petroglyph, Mojave Desert, California Photo of the Day Archive: Culture Photo of the Day Archive: History Photo of the Day Archive: Archaeology and Paleontology Visit our Photography Guide for other remarkable National Geographic photographs. Photographs (from left to right): from Reed Kaestner/CORBIS; by Sarah Leen; by Jodi Cobb Subscribe Online Your subscriptions help support National Geographic conservation efforts worldwide.