最坏的荒地

在90号州际公路上向西行驶，当你在南达科他州大约四分之三的路程时，从驾驶者一侧往外看。这是你进入荒野西部的第一条线索：荒地国家公园广阔、层次分明的景观。自1939年以来，它一直受到政府的保护，最初是作为国家纪念碑，1978年这一天，它被提升为国家公园，之后更为完整。该公园保护着24.4万英亩被严重侵蚀的基岩，布满了化石层，以及美国最大的混草草原，这里有野牛、草原犬和濒危的黑脚雪貂。
原文：
Heading west on Interstate 90, peek out the driver's side when you're about three-quarters of the way across South Dakota. It's the first clue you've entered the Wild West: the expansive, layered landscape of Badlands National Park. It's enjoyed government protection since 1939, first as a national monument and more completely after it was upgraded to national park status on this day in 1978. The park protects 244,000 acres of dramatically eroded bedrock replete with fossil beds—as well as the nation's largest mixed-grass prairie, hosting bison, prairie dogs, and endangered black-footed ferrets.
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