Marcelo Vommaro

 The snow creates an insulating blanket which keep heat from the earth in.
 By having this blanket of snow animals and plants can live in the snow.

 The most noticeable animals that live under the snow pack are voles, mice, squirrels, and grouse.
 They use the snow as shelter from the cold as well as shelter from predators.
 Voles and mice dig vents for air in the snowpack. It is dark in the tunnels but just enough light goes threw to make it comfortable to live.

 Small mammals living under the snowpack are still in danger.
 Shrews and ermine take advantage of there size and pursue voles into the snowpack.

 Red Squirrels hide some of there food in the snow.
 Red squirrels go under the snow pack to escape the cold temperatures.
 The grouse dig a hole and stay in it only coming out to eat tree buds

 Fish have the roughest time surviving.
Many fish die due to lost of oxygen.
 Fish have to completely change there way of living because of the low oxygen and low amount of food.

 Some plants tend to grow and flourish under the snowpacks.
 The plants have an excellent source of water and enough photosynthesis to live. Making them ideal food for small mammals traveling threw the snow packs.

 http://books.google.com
 http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_natur alists/snow/index.html