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http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/toad-river-canada-pod.html

Toad River Valley, Canada

Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Like curtains drawn across the landscape, the walls of the Toad River Valley yield to untracked forests and pure lakes in northeastern British Columbia. Years of compromise and careful planning defined the enormous Muskwa-Kechika Management Area here, where competing interests—from miners to outfitters, preservationists, and native peoples—coexist in delicate balance.

See more photographs from the November 2008 feature story "Northern Giant."

译文：

蟾蜍河谷，加拿大

摄影：Michael Christopher Brown

本月每日一图的主题是：国家地理杂志专题

不列颠哥伦比亚省东北部，蟾蜍河谷的峭壁在原始森林和纯净的湖泊间穿行，尤如在山水间拉起了一条帷幕。经过多年的协调和精心规划，这里成立了巨大的马斯夸-科奇卡管理区，这里充斥着利益竞争——从矿工到旅行用品商，自然保护主义者，以及原住民——共存在一个微妙的平衡下。