...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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...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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...Yellowstone National Park: one of the most beautiful parks in the United States. Yellowstone is filled with tall, sunkissed, green trees and a mountainous area with an abundance of picture perfect animals. The snowy white, gentle, parched coyote slurping out of a sparkling, runty creak; a midnight black mama and baby bear wandering free in the open, patchy grass; and a peaceful herd of buffalo laying on the lushious, sun-drenched field are only a few of the majestic pictures caught at Yellowstone. This park has an abundance of geysers, hot springs and also one Supervolcano. Supervolcanoes have the ability to kill billions of people and destroy a whole continent; the magma of this volcano can reach up to 1000 cubic miles away. Although it is not to...
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...------------------------------------------------- Yellowstone Ecosystem Learning Team “C” 12/7/2015 Instructor: Dr. Ted Smith Yellowstone Ecosystem One of the largest and most complicated ecosystems on Earth is the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This ecosystem is home to everything from mountains, lakes, forests, geysers, rivers, and meadows. Because this area is so large, it is the habitat to thousands of different species of plants and animals. In this paper we will discuss the natural resources and energy initiatives of the ecosystem and the functions in place to actively sustain them. ------------------------------------------------- There have been many impacts associated with agriculture at the Yellowstone National Forest. Agriculture is significant part of the forest lands but it has declined over the years yet, the park continues agricultural crop. The Yellowstone ecosystem has very high plant productivity. There have been houses built in certain areas where biodiversity is most essential, exclusively around grizzly bear territory, bird habitat, and anywhere along rivers and streams. Over the last few years, climate change has impacted Yellowstone National Forest and not necessarily in a positive way. It is predicted that 25 years from now, climate change will most likely strip away from forest ecosystems, specifically the one that supports Yellowstone National Park due to rising temperatures increasing so much and having the high chance of catastrophic...
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...a bigoted Indian agent.” Important Animals- The crow nation worshipped 2 animals, they worshipped horses and buffalo. The crow would rice their horses into battle, they would steal horses from other tribes, and they would even race them. Buffalo was important to the crow because it was one of their main food sources. They grow more used buffalo for living purposes. The way they kill the buffalo is they find them near cliffs and they ride on horses and make them run off the cliff. The crow lived in tall buffalo-hide tipis. The crows favorite animals they like to hunt are deer, elk, and buffalo. The crow ate those animals very commonly. The crow used these animals for many things to help their tribe. Origin- The crow tribe originated in yellowstone river valley in montana, and now they live on a reservation located in crow agency, which is still in montana. It's hard to find when the tribe originated and how many members there were, but today there are fewer than 7000 members. The crow’s flag emblem is the same emblem they have used since the existence of the tribe. Today on the internet, it was difficult to find facts and information about the tribes origin, but what is well known is at one time, they were powerful people. Conclusion- Crow People, Plains Indians who originated in Montana, value buffalo and horses, have unique social and spiritual traditions, and sided with the US Military after warfare against other tribes. The Crow used to be very powerful people, and made a impact...
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...Name: ________________________________ Main Idea Directions: Read each passage and ask yourself, “What is the author doing in this paragraph?” Write your answer in the summary box and then think of an appropriate title for the passage based on the main idea of the passage. 1. A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny. Summarize this paragraph in one sentence. Be specific and clearly explain the main idea.| An appropriate title: _____________________________________________________________ 2. Before you put on that Angry Birds costume and exhaust yourself roving from door to door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on the tradition in which you are taking part. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts, so they celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be candy fueled costume ball that...
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...A special park?! Grizzly bears cannot be reintroduced to Idaho. But the can live in a special park. Then they would not be a danger for the people and the people will not be a danger for the bears. The grizzly bears are extinguishing. 50,000 grizzly bears used to live in America before European settlement. Today, however, only about 1,100 grizzly bears remain in scattered populations in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington. It is good that we are reintroduced to the grizzly bears. But the best way is to reintroduce them is in a special park. The bears should first survive in zoos, then it is easier to keep them alive in the wild. The zoo can work with different sorts of breeding programs. Through these breeding programs, the reproduction will be stimulated. That will have many benefits to increase the number of grizzly bears. Also the might die sooner in the wild. Another important reason to have a zoo is education. The education about nature and most important about the grizzly bears. Will be another way to introduce people to the bears. Also we can be a danger for them. We, as humans are very alienated from nature. The saying says: unknown, unloved. This means that we can be dangerous for bears. Just as we were in the 1940s. The bears could be eliminated again and could be shot at. This is the main reason to place a special zoo. If we would live in an ideal world, where animals still occur in large numbers and they would not be threatened by man. Then a...
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...Yellowstone National Park was named after the Yellowstone River. Native Americans called the river “Mi tsi a da zi,” which meant “Rock Yellow River,” and was translated by French fur trappers to “Yellow Rock” or “Yellow Stone,” hence the name Yellowstone. John Coltzer was one of the first people to have explored the Yellowstone area. Coltzer was from the Lewis and Clark expedition and he walked alone through this area in 1807 while in search of furs. Since 1827, though, Yellowstone has been a national park and it was actually the World’s First National Park. Yellowstone is also a World Heritage Site and a Biosphere Reserve Site. Yellowstone would not have been possible, though, without the act that was passed on March 1st, 1872 by Congress that set aside land for the first national park. The Yellowstone National Park is located 96% in Wyoming, 3% in Montana and 1% in Idaho. The Park has 5 entrances, 466 miles of roads (310 miles paved), 950 miles of trails, and 287 campsites. The entire park is 3,472 square miles and is 2,221,766 acres. The highest point in the park is Eagle Peak at 11,358 feet above sea level and the lowest point is Reese Creek at 5,282 feet above sea level. Yellowstone has many geological features, such as fumaroles. Fumaroles are vents that emit steam mixed with other volcanic gasses. Some fumaroles in Yellowstone include the Black Growler Steam Vent and the Norris Geyser Basin. Hot springs are also another feature in Yellowstone. The park contains...
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...has seriously threatened some species of wildlife. Here are a few examples. Herds of buffalo that once numbered in the millions were nearly wiped out by hunters in the 19th century. They were killed for enjoyment and profit. By 1895 only 400 remained in the United States. In the west pronghorn and deer populations were nearly wiped out to feed the growing population. Some game birds such as the passenger pigeon were hunted to extinction. After all of these animal populations were decimated some people began to take notice. The general public caused some states to pass laws protecting some animals. The government also started to set aside land for national parks and wildlife refuges. In 1872 Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill that created Yellowstone National Park. This was the first ever national park. Several other national parks were created shortly after. Other laws were passed to set dates for hunting seasons and set bag limits. These laws also outlawed inhumane hunting methods. Once protected by laws and regulations game animals began to flourish. The spreading of human settlements also helped animals flourish. The settlers killed off predatory animals like wolves and grizzly bears. The animals that spread the most were elk and deer. These animals spread so rapidly that the area they were living in became over populated. This caused many of them to die of starvation. In 1933 Aldo Leopold ,an American biologist, developed a theory that one unit of habitat can only support...
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...famed environmental writer 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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...me it is so magical, such a spiritual experience.” He was referring to the sight of a wild animal. Rebuttal Howling for Justice The author of this article could have made his impact greater if he had used statistics to bolster his opinion. He offers no supporting statistics, no bill numbers and no legal references to support his position against delisting wolves from the Endangered Species Act. The author speaks from a purely emotional point of view where he attacks the legislative assembly for their actions. By not offering any credible statistics his opinion will not sway the critical opinion of his readers. Montana is a very heavy ranching area, and the writer is close to Yellowstone National Park. The Re-introduction and effects Fourteen wolves were first re-introduced to Yellowstone in 1995 and have made their presence known to the ranchers through their offspring....
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...harmful human manipulation. I believe humans can harvest forest resources in an environmentally friendly way. Although not left in its natural state managed to do away with misuse and make the most of the natural resources for future generations to benefit from. Watching the Bridger Teton video and soaking in the spellbinding and breath taking scenery of Yellowstone; I can clearly see where the debate can become heated. The beauty of Bridger Teton is one of a kind, and the idea it will one day be gone or in a state nowhere its current grander is a frightening notion. However, so is the energy crisis America will face in the coming years and generations to that will follow. If the lands of the Greater Yellowstone, will be used for their natural oil and gas resources this will entail the drilling, construction of roads and pipelines the possibility of maintaining its current state seems impossible. I am inclined to believe as stated in the Bridger Teton piece “I’m not against oil and gas exploration, per se, in Wyoming. I am against it in some of these areas that are unique.” If we can preserve “the heart” of Yellowstone and conserve additional lands in Wyoming it is possible to reap the benefits of these luscious lands. If we can respectively understand there is a price for a dependency on foreign oil, but the price we pay for the destruction of these lands maybe far greater than anyone should be willing to...
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...Chapter 01 Environmental Interrelationships Multiple Choice Questions 1. An area of land in which there is little or no human development is referred to as a A. tract development. B. reserve. C. wilderness. D. multiple land use. 2. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary area of study that deals with all of the following except A. politics. B. economics. C. ethics. D. All of these are correct. 3. An ecosystem is A. the transition zone between grassland and desert. B. a group of interactive species and their environment. C. a body of freshwater. D. the lowland area on either side of a river. 4. The major benefit of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Management Plan is A. the creation of large regions of wilderness for animals such as bison and grizzly. B. the increase of cattle grazing on park land. C. the increase of mining and old-growth logging on park land. D. None of these are correct. 5. In the wilderness North much of the land A. is owned by individuals. B. has little economic value. C. is characterized by a long growing season. D. is owned by the government. 6. In which region has the original, natural ecosystem been replaced by agriculture? A. the Middle U.S. B. Northeastern Canada C. the Southwest U.S. D. the Pacific Northwest 7. Before 1993, the U.S. Forest Service sold timber-cutting rights A. only to foreign investors. B. at below cost. C. at a high profit. ...
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...26 BE 9063: Computing with R: Shiny Fall, 2015 MB Rao & Cole Brokamp Lecture 1: Introduction to the Shiny Shiny is an R package. Its purpose is enable one to develop an appropriate app fitting the requirements. The package has 11 built-in examples. In our first meeting, we will discuss one such an example. App 1: Plot a histogram with flexible number of bins under control. The display panel will have two sections. One section will have a slide bar, which you can use to control the number of bins. The other section will have the histogram which will respond instantaneously to your setting number of bins. The app is used on the ‘old faithful’ data. Old faithful is a warm water geyser in the Yellowstone National Park in the mid-west. The geyser erupts for a certain length of time and then becomes dormant for a certain length of time. This cycle of eruption and dormancy continues day and night. Someone collected data of these times and published. Let us watch the eruption, if any, live. Look at the data. > data(faithful) > dim(faithful) [1] 272 2 > head(faithful) eruptions waiting 1 3.600 79 2 1.800 54 3 3.333 74 4 2.283 62 5 4.533 85 6 2.883 55 Interpretation of the data: > hist(faithful[ , 2], col = "darkgray", xlab = "Waiting Time between Eruptions", + ylab = "Frequency", main = "Waiting Times Between Eruptions of Old Faithful") > summary(faithful) eruptions waiting...
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...changes, some that are irreversible. Arthur Middleton from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies denies the claims saying that wolves are solely responsible for bringing life back to Yellow Stone Park. The main source to support his argument is the experimental studies on willow plants found by the Colorado State University. After humans drove away the wolves Elk took over and grazed on the shrubs until they were all but gone. “Without willows to eat, beavers declined, without beaver dams, fast-flowing streams cut deeper into the terrain. The water table dropped below the reach of willow roots, now it’s too late for even high levels of wolf predation to restore the willows” (Did the Reintroduction of Wolves Truly Change Yellowstone?, Candice Gaukel Andrews). Elk numbers have declined but wolves are not the only predators responsible. “Human hunting, growing bear numbers, and severe drought have also reduced elk populations.” Also trout numbers have been declining forcing bears to find new sources for food, Elk. Other sources, such as the videos from George Monbiot, state that Elk stayed away from areas in the park that were dominated by wolves allowing the vegetation to grow. This is partially true as they avoided a few areas, however they still mostly went and grazed wherever they pleased. The wolves did not have as big of an impact on the Elk as many often claim. Overall there were many other more important factors that led to the re-growth of Yellow Stone besides...
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