...Creation History of the National Park System with Three Presidents and an Artist The history of the National Park System (NPS) starts with a man named George Catlin an artist that proposed the first idea of the National Park System. He was traveling the Great Plains in the 1830s and discovered that people were killing bison, also known as buffalo, just to use their fur to make robes which would eventually lead to their extinction. In 1841 Catlin wrote a book about his discoveries and the North American Indians and he stated his concerns about the bison (buffalo) and the creation of a nations park. “What a beautiful and thrilling specimen for America to preserve and hold up to the view of her refined citizens and the world,...
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...National parks are traditionally a place where friends and family are able to bond in the natural elements. For over a century, national monuments and historical sites have provided fun and educational experiences for youths nationwide. These great experiences that are enjoyed in these national treasures are the product of the National Park Service’s fervent efforts to keep the park clean. Recently, the federal government has proposed to significantly cut the future budget of the Nation Park Service (NPS) organization. For the past century, the government has been providing necessary funding to preserve these precious historical sites, monuments and parks nationwide. However, if government funding is cut from the NPS it will have negative repercussions. Investing in the National Park Service should be a priority in our nation because of its historical significance and benefits for future generations....
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...Spanning in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the Yellowstone National Park is home to a multitude of diverse animals and geothermal areas that makes it a grandiose sight for onlookers who need some spark in their lives. Speaking of geothermal areas, Yellowstone is also home to 10,000 thermal features which contains more than 300 active geysers! This includes one of the world’s famous of the geysers, Old Faithful, that regularly erupts for visitors to watch in awe. The natural reserve is a great place for travelers to feel inspired and be at peace with Mother Nature, but what makes it so astonishing is its numerous geologic processes that makes Yellowstone unique as it is. To start off, the term “geology” means the study of Earth and how its processes...
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...Yosemite National Park is an extremely popular part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Due to volcanic activity between 60 and 250 million years ago, there are large granitic rocks in the Yosemite Area. About 70 million years ago, erosion began exposing these intrusive rocks to begin to form the mountains that we know today. Within the last five million years, the eastern side of the Sierras has lifted up due to shifting of major faults, creating the range that is well known today. This brought the beautiful mountains of Yosemite to what they are today. Between two and three million years ago, the Sierras had risen high enough for glaciers to accumulate in Yosemite. During periods of vast glaciation, the ice covered much of the higher...
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...Yellowstone National Park is one of the world's natural beauty from it's geysers, to animals that roam the park, and all the land that is on top of the giant super-volcano. Despite, the fact that Yellowstone is giant volcano overdue to explode, the beauty above the volcano let's people forget about such destruction that lurks underneath. However, many tourists weren't aware that Yellowstone was a national park that had a lot to explore. Photographs are what shaped this park to be known as a natural park and through those photos people were able to see that it was filled with outdoor sights. William Henry Jackson went on an expedition with the Hayden Expedition of 1871 and photographed Yellowstone's natural beauty. His photographs of the park...
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...Yellowstone National Park is a National Park that is located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho that welcomes three million visitors every year. In the past, there has been volcanic eruptions there that have been incredibly destructive and rank as some of the most astonishing volcanic eruptions in history. There is also steaming ground water moving beneath yellowstone national park's surface, this is called hydrothermal activity which results in the landscape being active with geysers, hot springs, and steam vents. Although the description of Yellowstone National Park sounds dangerous, Hank Heasler, one of the parks geologists at Yellowstone reassures us that the National park is a safe place to visit. Yellowstones National Park has three Volcanos...
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...With rocks as half as old as time, sights and sounds that excites and calms, and a weave of breathtaking water routes, Voyageurs National Park is Minnesota’s only national park. It is situated on the international border between Canada and the United States. This water-based park is named in honor of the French Canadian voyageurs who paddled its waters participating in the fur trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Voyageurs National Park covers 218,054 acres, miles and miles of undeveloped shoreline, and more than 900 islands. There are 84,000 acres of water, which consists of 30 lakes with Rainy Lake, Kabetogama Lake, Namakan Lake and Sand Pointis Lake as the four largest lakes. It is believed that the first native inhabitants...
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...Arches National Park "The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?" - Edward Abbey, 1968 (National Park Service). Arches National Park located in Moab, Utah, was established in April of 1929 when president Herbert Hoover signed presidential proclamation No.1875. This proclamation reserved 1,920 acres in the Windows and 2,600 acres acres in the Devil's Garden, these boundaries have expanded several times and in 1771 the park was recognized for over 10,00 years of human history that flourished in this now-famous landscape of rock (National Park Service). Today people visit Arches for the amazing views and tails, but those who came before sought wealth, solitude, adventure, or a home. There are the remains of the prehistoric people like the...
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...of Zion National Park Zion National Park, located in southwestern Utah, contains many “strange and remarkable landscapes” as described by the public who first saw paintings of the region in 1903, which then gained the attention of Congress, leading Zion to become a national park in 1919 (Harris et al., 2004). The park contains steep, almost vertical walls of rock cut by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The exposed rocks range from Permian to Cretaceous in age and contain many fossils and sedimentary features and represent both marine and terrestrial environments as the area was repeatedly exposed to transgressive and regressive sequences (Gregory, 1950). Each rock formation is unique in composition, texture, color, and sedimentary features, making Zion National Park a prime location for geologic research. The geologic history of Zion National Park begins where the geologic history of the Grand Canyon ends. The Grand Canyon consists of Precambrian and Paleozoic formations, covering two billion years of the history of the Earth, while Zion National Park contains mainly Mesozoic formations, covering 150 million years of Earth history (Harris et al., 2004). The Kaibab formation, which caps the steep cliffs of the Grand Canyon, can also be found exposed in the walls of Zion, specifically Hurricane Cliffs (Harris et al., 2004). The...
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...Yellowstone National Park is a very interesting place. It is in Wyoming, Eastern Idaho, and Southern Montana. The weather in Yellowstone National Park is oddly strange. In the summer, the temperature in the daytime is 70 degrees and sometimes 80 degrees in lower elevations and the temperature at night is usually cold and may drop below freezing in higher elevations. Thunder storms are common in the afternoon. In the winter, temperatures often range from zero to 20 degrees throughout the day. While the average snow is 150 inches per year, it is not uncommon for higher elevations to get twice that amount. In the fall and spring, Daytime temperatures range from the 30 degrees to the 60 degrees with overnight lows in the teens to single digits. Snow is common in the spring and fall with regular accumulations of 12" in of snow in a 24 hour period. At any time of year, be prepared for sudden changes....
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...Imagine, you're taking a vacation to the Everglades National Park when a vicious 200 pound Burmese python slithers right next to you! The Everglades National Park is being affected dramatically by burmese pythons,there are changes in animals,people, and ecosystems. To lead off, animals that live in the park for not being preserved as they should be exotic and special birds, mice and ducks that are being quenched by the jaws of a 23 foot snake.For instance,Source 2, paragraph one, states “With no natural predators these eating machines appear to be wiping out huge numbers of possums raccoons and Bobcats as well as many bird species.” Birds are being affected by the Burmese python specifically, so is it really worth...
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...Yellowstone is a National Park full of beautiful wildlife, including a variety of animals and plants, geysers, hot springs, and a fascinating history. This essay tells about the most well known geyser. It also explains the history of how hot springs and geysers were formed. It tells about the 1988 wildfires that raged through the National Park. It will also tell the geographical features and the wildlife you may see traveling through the park. Yellowstone National Park is the oldest of all National Parks and was officially established in 1872. The government didn’t want this beautiful land sold off, so in 1871 it was made illegal to settle in or sell as private property. Then, with the government’s attention already, when many artists came...
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...Each year, roughly three million people visit Yellowstone National Park to look at the magnificent beauty that is being presented to them. These tourists come to experience the vast range of wildlife and natural wonders. The National Park’s features were formed some 600,000 years ago. Yellowstone owns one of the most visited attractions in the United States, Old Faithful. Although the park may be fun to experience, it is also very dangerous due to the fact that the entire park is on a supervolcano. Yellowstone National Park was established March 1, 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication--years before Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming were even granted statehood. Most of Yellowstone’s landscape and geological features were formed by volcanic eruptions roughly 600,000 years ago. A large mass of molten rock from those eruptions still lies under the park’s surface, giving heat to the roughly 300 active geysers and thousands of hot springs. Yellowstone has something for everyone, whether it is to: see Old Faithful, witness the grazing animals, or experience a supervolcano up close. The park's most popular and most visited geyser, Old Faithful, is also one of the best known and most visited attractions in America. According to World Book Students’ Yellowstone...
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...It was July 1, 2011 and my parents told me that we were going to Sequoia National Park on a camping trip the next day. I was very excited! I had never been on a camping trip before. I had only seen people camping on tv. I also heard stories of people going camping. As I went to bed, I starting thinking about the pros and cons of going camping. One of the pros was that camping is very fun and I could spend more time my family. One of the cons was that there would be a lot of insects in the wild, which could bite me. My biggest fear is of spiders, especially tarantulas. If I get bitten by a tarantula, I could go to the ambulance. Moreover, the inside of the park is inaccessible for ambulances and is away from hospitals On the next day, I woke...
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...In terms of famous national parks within the United States, big name nature reserves such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Denali are primary destinations have been top destinations for many visitors year after year. With its stunning landscapes and limited tourists, Montana’s very own Glacier National Park is slowly becoming a top national park destination for individuals, families, and explorers from across the country. Situated amidst the stunning wilderness in the state of Montana, Glacier National Park has more than 700 miles of hiking trails, 563 streams, 175 mountains (the highest of which is Mt. Cleveland at 10,448 feet), and 25 glaciers. Established in May 1910, this park continues to awe everyone from nature visitors to local residents. 3. Medicine Take the time to visit Two Medicine, though, and you’ll discover the incredible views, extensive hiking trails, thundering waterfalls and picturesque lakes that appealed to those visitors years ago. The thundering waterfalls and the serene lakes are not only perfect for hiking, but also are great for brushing up on your photography skills. 4. Wooden boats One of the most memorable and iconic ways to see the glorious scenery of the park is to travel on a wooden boat from anywhere...
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