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A statue of a moose watches over Highway 14 as it wends through ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:05:02 GMT

(AP) - A statue of a moose watches over Highway 14 as it wends through the tiny North Park community of Walden, Colo., April 20, 2007. Like numerous small towns whose traditional economic foundations are crumbling and populations are plummetting, Walden is trying to capitalize on the wildlife around it by offering tours to view the creatures. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The welcome sign stands outside the tiny hamlet of Walden to ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:05:00 GMT

(AP) - The welcome sign stands outside the tiny hamlet of Walden to greet visitors to the North Park community in north-central Colorado April 21, 2007. Walden, like many other small communities in the interior West, is enticing visitors by offering tours to view the local wildlife. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Bird watchers leave after watching the greater sage grouse in ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:04:54 GMT

(AP) - Bird watchers leave after watching the greater sage grouse in a blind near the North Park community of Walden, Colo., April 21, 2007. Small communities in the interior West such as Walden have turned to staging wildlife tours to bouy up the struggling local economies. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Bird watchers sit bundled up against sub-freezing temperatures ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:04:19 GMT

(AP) - Bird watchers sit bundled up against sub-freezing temperatures to get a look at the mating ritual of the greater sage grouse in a blind near the North Park community of Walden, Colo., April 21, 2007. Small communities like Walden in the interior West are turning to wildlife tours to drum up business in the communities. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

An unidentified bird watcher emerges from a blind to watch the ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:04:17 GMT

(AP) - An unidentified bird watcher emerges from a blind to watch the sun rise over the sagebrush where the greater sage grouse perform their annual mating ritual near the North Park community of Walden, Colo., April 21, 2007. Small communities such as Walden in the interior West are turning to wildlife tours to drum up business for struggling local economies. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Greater sage grouse perform their annual mating ritual near ...

(AP) — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:03:38 GMT

(AP) - Greater sage grouse perform their annual mating ritual near a blind south of the North Park community of Walden, Colo., April 21, 2007. Small communities such as Walden in the interior West have turned to staging wildlife tours to drum up dollars for their struggling local economies. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)