Album: Wildlife: Mammals

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

One can see mammals at Fort Union Trading Post? You better believe it. There's an amazing and often surprising variety of mammals or signs of them to be seen. Why? Because the historic fur trade fort faces the Missouri River and its partially wooded bottoms, which provides mammals with ready access to food, water, and shelter. The open and partially restored prairie that encompasses the fort's remaining three sides likewise offers mammals such as mule and white-tail deer food and easy access to the river.