Arco in Butte County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)
Get over it!
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
1. Get over it! Marker
To understand the West, you have to get over the color green; you have to quit associating beauty with gardens and lawns Wallace Stegner.
What was drinking up 80% of the water used in this park? Lawns.
Planting lawns encourages non-native plants to grow.
Lawns need toxic products to stay green.
Lawns lure deer across the highway.
Replacing lawns with native species saves water, and protects the plants and animals of the park.
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Double Yellow-In 1980, park researchers tagged a two-year old doe with yellow streamers on both her ears.
Over the next nine years, Double Yellow was sighted over 100 times, and gave birth to at least a dozen fawns.
In 1989, Double Yellow was killed by a car as she crossed the highway here. Her probable goal was the grass of the visitor center lawn.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1980.
Location. 43° 27.708′ N, 113° 33.714′ W. Marker is in Arco, Idaho, in Butte County. It is on Loop Road near the Park
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Regionally, this marker is in Central Idaho Sawtooth Range and in Eastern Idaho and the Yellowstone Fringe. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Where's the Volcano? (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Just Down The Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); North Crater Flow Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); North Crater Lava Flow (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vanishing Landmark (approx. 0.4 miles away); Devil's Orchard Trail (approx. 1.4 miles away); Silent Cone (approx. 1.4 miles away); Volcanoes Along the Rift (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arco.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
2. Get over it! Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 15,854 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
