...Spanning across 629 square miles, Sequoia National Park is located in East Central California. Directly to Sequoia’s north is Kings Canyon National Park which covers approximately 722 square miles. Due to a large lumbering movement to destroy the sequoia trees, Sequoia National Park was established on September 25, 1890 with the help of John Muir. Later, on March 4, 1940, Kings Canyon was established, and the two adjacent parks began to be administered together. The parks together are a large natural environmental preservation. The largest assembly of giant sequoia trees can be seen in the Giant Forest named by John Muir in 1875 (Harris 739-753). During the Paleozoic Era, marine sedimentary rocks were deposited in the region of Sequoia and...
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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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...Have you ever thought about what would happen if we were to run out of forests? So did President Roosevelt and wilderness expert John Muir. More specifically, Yosemite Valley. John Muir had lived in Yosemite for thirty years, living off the grids, working as a nature expert. “He tried to persuade people to preserve the area, but it wasn’t that easy.” says paragraph two of the passage. When the loggers destroyed the Sequoias, Muir spoke up, “Any fool can destroy trees, But only Uncle Sam can save them!” the passage “Bully for Yosemite”, in paragraph four When the valley was at the lowest of its lows, the government had tried to preserve the valley. The government made Yosemite National Park, but the new park did not include Yosemite Valley,...
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...In March of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt met with John Muir to discuss protecting nature. The two met in Yosemite Valley and camped while in Yosemite Valley. While at Yosemite Valley they talked about protecting forests and preserving nature in America. In the article “Bully for Yosemite” by Candace Fleming, it tells about the time Roosevelt and Muir went camping in Yosemite Valley. Muir had lived in Yosemite for thirty years and had devoted his life to try to preserve nature. Muir finally got the government to take an attempt at helping, as stated in the article “In 1890 the government formed Yosemite National park, but the new park did not include Yosemite Valley”. In march of 1903, Muir received a letter from Theodore Roosevelt asking...
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...Northern California is known for its extensive vineries, luxurious colorful city San Francisco, and one of the most beautiful national parks, Yosemite. Yosemite National Park has an area of 〖1,169mi〗^2 and is visited by over millions of people yearly from all over the world. Yosemite waterfall is 2425ft high, it is the highest waterfall in America and the second highest in the world. After years of heavy industrial work in Yosemite, the homeland to the Native Americans (The Ahwahnechee). The americans were taking an interest on all the different landscapes and parks around the United States, but it all started with Yosemite. On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall was the first to find flakes of gold in Sutter’s Mill of the Sierra Nevada...
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...directors for thirty-seven years. He was a conservationist through and through. He believed in saving his beloved nature from being destroyed. He was dedicated the cause of environmentalism and he used his great writing abilities and his status to support the cause. He concentrated efforts on the coastline of Big Sur in California and worked to protect Yosemite from being used to much. In the 1930s he began using his photographs in the battle against wilderness preservation and to promote the objectives of the Sierra Club. In 1938, he created a book named Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, which was a photographic work of art. The book, as well as his testimony was used in front of Congress to help to designate the Sequoia Canyon and Kings Canyon as national parks in 1940. (Wikipedia Contributors). In 1927, Adams created his first portfolio. It contained his prominent image Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. This image was taken using his method of visualization and his Korona view camera with a dark red filter and glass plates; this enhanced the tonal contrasts. His portfolio was a success and he began to get commercial assignments from people who bought it. He found it extremely hard to delineate himself as an artist; however, his photography work became more established between 1929 and 1942. He was introduced to many notable people like Georgia O’Keeffe, John Martin and the photographer Paul Strand, among many others. Strand became a very significant and persuasive individual...
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...4. Marine wildlife off the coast of Oregon is managed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Answer; (B) False -The answer is false because Marine wildlife is managed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 6. The first “Earth Day” took place on April 22nd, 1970. In which era of wildlife management did this place? Answer; (B) The Era of Environmental Management -The answer is the era of environmental management because it began in 1965 and ended up in 1980. 9. The biggest problem in wildlife conservation today is: Answer; (D) Biologists need to do a better job of communicating scientific results - Wildlife and conservation professionals have the responsibility to advocate for good policy-making, based on knowledge, openness and explicitness 10. Which statement about the wildlife profession is not true? Answer; (B) Most wildlife biologists are game wardens -There are other common jobs such as big game biologist, waterfowl manager, refuge manager, state non-game coordinator, and education and outreach, so most wildlife biologists are not only game wardens. 13. Aldo Leopold defines “environmental ethics” as which of the following: Answer; (B) A self-imposed limitation on actions - Leopold was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. In his book, A Sand Country Almanac, he stated that an ethic, ecologically, is a limitation on freedom of action in the struggle for...
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...Park Design Guidelines & Data Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment Lands and Parks A NATURAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA’S PROVINCIAL PARKS BC PARKS: PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES & DATA Overview Simplicity in design and restraint in construction creates park facilities suited to what attracts visitors in the first place – recreation in the natural park landscape. q The aim of Park Design Guidelines & Data is to help BC Parks staff use their park expertise to produce appropriate facility landscapes. These guidelines identify design criteria and planning processes for BC Parks staff to provide sustainable, appropriate park recreation facilities. They promote facility design that requires the least visible development. q A design approach to visitor facilities is defined that: Recognizing the facilities are an integral part of a park means reducing the impact of use and basing planning and design decisions on local and regional considerations – for the park environment’s long term health. Maintaining natural park landscapes and environments will help ensure the quality of visitor experiences now and in the future. At neighbouring Bromley Rock Provincial Park and Stemwinder Provincial Park, illustrated left, natural site elements create facilities that blend into the natural park landscapes. These examples show the careful expenditure of resources and the thoughtful use of native materials...
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...Food Web Diagram Michael J. Getka, Vickie Jones, Brian Hobbs, Megan Hernandez, and Kwana Moody BIO/101 October 24, 2011 University of Phoenix Food Web Diagram Producers Cottonwood Aspen Lodgepole pines Douglas fir Subalpine Fir Engelmann spruce Blue spruce Whitebark Pine Glacier Lily Indian paintbrush Plains Prickly Pear Fringed Gentian Silky Phacelia Shooting Star Yellow Monkey Flower Fairyslipper Bitterroot Columbia Monkshood Marsh marigold Northern bedstraw White geranium Phlox Wild strawberry Cow parsnip Evening primrose GardinerLadies tresses Woodland star Yarrow Pussytoes Spring beauty Bistort Meadows Arnica Groundsel Yellow bell Hayden Glacier lily Cinquefoil Stonecrop Yellow monkey flower Rabbitbrush Balsamroot Prickly pear cactus Yellow pond lily Sulfur buckwheat Globeflower Helianthella Dunraven Yellow violet Shooting star Prairie smoke Coralroot Bitterroot Elephant head Twinflower Paintbrush Wild Rose Sticky geranium Fireweed Lewis Fringed gentian Harebell Wild flax Dry Penstemon Lupine Forget-me-not Phacelia Stickseed Bluebells Clematis Larkspur Monkshood Wild iris Pasque flower Fauna Flora Consumers Grizzly Bear Trumpeter Swan Gray Wolf Lynx Mountain Lion Black Bear Cutthroat Trout Bison Fox Bald Eagle Bighorn Sheep Ravens Badgers Pine Marten River Otter Wolverine Striped Skunk Marmot...
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...Yellowstone has been around for over a century being the home of what is now a national park, and is also home to a large variety of animals that all help to contribute to what goes on within the park. This involves animals such as Beavers, Coyotes, Grizzly Bears and Cougars including much more. All of these animals and plants have all been in the midst of a biological cascade that all has occurred thanks to the wolves of Yellowstone. During the early years of the park wolves roamed the lands, and when there food sources were being taken away they had to eat and what they chose to eat unintentionally got them to be hunted and killed. A large portion of the wolf population diminished and most of the wolves scattered to safer locations to live....
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...On average, Yellowstone Nation park sees a little less than one million people a year, with people visiting in the spring, summer, fall and winter. Billions of photographs are taken here, including traditional landscape photos, wedding photos, and even selfies. Within regulation, drone photography is even possible, allowing people to see the park from a whole new perspective. This mass accumulation of photos creates a new perspective of the national park, and preservers the memory for the rest of existence. However, the mass growth of this nature “repository” leaves many memories forgotten, and images often get buried under piles and piles of cute dog photos and implicit memes. While memes were not an issue back in the 1940’s, the rapid expansion...
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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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...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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...and activist Enos Mills claimed, “The establishment of Yellowstone National Park was a great incident in the scenic history of America—and in that of the world. For the first time, a scenic wonderland was dedicated ‘a public park…for the benefit and enjoyment of all the people.” Mills wasn’t the only person of his time who shared these beliefs, in fact he wasn’t the first. Many had to come before him to discover Yellowstone, as well as shape the park and establish something that people wanted to see. Yellowstone was the first of its kind and it created parks as we know them today. Today, Yellowstone National Park is one of our country's most celebrated landmarks. The discovery and establishment of Yellowstone...
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