What Is The Difference Between Theodore Roosevelt And National Parks
THEODORE ROOSEVELT &
THE NATIONAL PARK By: Maliek Perkins 11th grade Ms. Dozier 5th Period Jonesboro High School
President Theodore Roosevelt & National Parks
There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves if the giant sequoias and redwoods, the canyon or the Colorado, the canyon of Yellowstone, the three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and then children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all marred.
~ President Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt has contributed to the development of National Parks by creating the Antiquities Act of 1906 which gave him the power to declare lands as National Park or Monuments. Theodore Roosevelt is the 26th president of the United States. He was born and raised in New York. Due to his illnesses as a child, Roosevelt was home schooled. While at home, Roosevelt grew passionately fond of wild life, he also had …show more content…
a collection of old artifacts. As he grew older he flew with his parents to Egypt and Syria where he collected numerous birds. He, later on, skinned these birds in order to find out more about them. Roosevelt attended Harvard University from 1876- 1880 where he studied natural history and biology.
He realized he wouldn't be able make a career from his studies at Harvard University so he changed his studies. In 1880 he attended Columbia University where he intended to become a lawyer, however, Roosevelt dropped out in 1882 before obtaining his degree in law and becoming lawyer. On February 14, 1884 Roosevelt's wife, Alice Hathaway, dies from Bright's disease (inflammation of the kidneys) and just hours earlier in the same house his mother dies of Typhoid Fever. After these tragic events occurred Roosevelt moved to North Dakota where he became a well known hunter and naturalist. In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt became the governor of New York. On September, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes
president. Throughout his presidency Roosevelt had a lot of accomplishments, but the thing I remember him for was his passion for animals and land. Roosevelt worked actively to save wildlife and their homes. While residing in North Dakota Roosevelt realized that the animals were becoming endangered due to hunting and diseases. Roosevelt's experiences in North Dakota made him want to save animals and protect them from the harm of humans and diseases. Soon after becoming president in 1901 he used his authority to formulate the Antiquities Act. This law banned the removal of anything from federal lands without first getting a permit. Permits were only granted to archeologists and scientists. Archeologists were given permits to do excavations(remove rocks or soil by digging), record findings, establish collections of artifacts, and designate archaeological sites as national monuments. This Act also gives the president power to declare historic and prehistoric landmarks and structures as national monuments. The punishment for breaking this law is a $500 fee and up to ninety days in prison. The people of the United States at this particular time enjoyed the idea of having a conservational president in office. They supported President Roosevelt and his ideas to preserve the land and protect animals. However, overtime controversies arose. Issues have included the size of the areas and types of resources protected; the effects of monument designation on land uses; the level and types of threats to the areas; the inclusion of nonfederal lands within monument boundaries; the act’s limited process compared with the public participation and environmental review aspects of other laws; and the agency managing the monuments. Among the monument measures considered during recent Congresses were bills to impose restrictions on presidential authority, such as those to limit the size or duration of withdrawals; to prohibit or restrict withdrawals in particular states; to encourage public participation in the monument designation process; to revoke the President’s authority to designate monuments or require congressional approval of some or all monument designations; or to promote presidential creation of monuments in accordance with certain federal land management and environmental laws. Measures also were introduced to change land uses within monuments and to alter monument boundaries. Supporters of the Antiquities Act assert that changes to the act are neitherb warranted nor desirable. They contend that previous Congresses that focused on this issue were correct in not repealing the Antiquities Act. They note that Presidents of both parties have used the authority for over a century to protect valuable federal lands and resources expeditiously, and they defend the President’s ability to take prompt action to protect areas that may be vulnerable to looting, vandalism, commercial development, and other permanent changes. While the Secretary of the Interior can make temporary emergency withdrawals of BLM lands, 14 there is no comparable authority with respect to national forest lands or other federal lands. Defenders also note that some past designations that initially were contentious have come to be widely supported overtime. They contend that large segments of the public support land protection, such as through monument designations, for the recreational, preservation, and economic benefits that such designations often bring. A primary objection to national monuments is that the declaration changes the property from being federal land available for multiple uses to being a national monument with possible restricted uses. The legal challenge to the Grand Teton National Monument was premised on the state’s loss of revenue from taxes and grazing fees. Fifteen Courts have found that, for monuments established under the Antiquities Act, agencies are afforded broad rights to protect the resources of the site, and that the loss of income is not a legal basis to reject a monument designation. Roosevelt was a well known hunter and explorer. He got a lot of his support from hunters, fishermen, and outdoors men. Roosevelt used them to promote the national park system and the national forest system. People Opposing this Act worked hard to try to eliminate or limit the President's authority to proclaim monuments. In establishing a national monument, the President is required by the Antiquities Act to reserve “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. ”18 Many monuments have been quite small, but several Presidents have established large monuments. Examples of large monuments include Katmai, established in 1918 with 1.1 million acres; Glacier Bay, created in 1925 with 1.4 million acres; most of the Alaska monuments proclaimed in 1978, the largest being Wrangell-St. Elias, with nearly 11 million acres; and Grand Staircase-Escalante, established in 1996 with 1.7 million acres. Most recently, President George W. Bush established large marine monuments, namely the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, with approximately 89 million acres; the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, with 60.9 million acres; the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, with 55.6 million acres; and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, with 8.6 million acres. The Bush Administration claimed that the latter three areas formed the largest protected ocean area in the world. Critics assert that large monuments violate the Antiquities Act, in that the President’s authority regarding size was intended to be narrow and limited. They charge that Congress intended the act to protect specific items of interest, especially archaeological sites and the small areas surrounding them. They support this view with the legislative history of the act, in which proposals to limit a withdrawal to 320 or 640 acres were mentioned but not enacted. They contend that some of the monument designations were greater than needed to protect particular objects of value, and that the law was not intended to protect large swaths of land or ocean.
Defenders observe that the Antiquities Act gives the President discretion to determine the acreage necessary to ensure protection of the resources in question, which can be a particular archaeological site or larger features or resources. The Grand Canyon, for example, originally was a national monument measuring 0.8 million acres; President Theodore Roosevelt determined that this large size was necessary to protect the “object” in question—the canyon. Defenders also note that after considering the issue in the early 1900’s, Congress deliberately rejected proposals to restrict the President’s authority to set the size of the withdrawal. Further, they assert that preserving objects of interest may require withdrawal of sizeable tracts of surrounding land to preserve the integrity of the objects and the interactions and relationships among them. President Roosevelt founded five national parks which are: Crater Lake National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Sully's Hill National Park, Platt National Park, and Mesa Verde National Park. Crater Lake National Park was found in 1902 and it is the fifth oldest national park in the United States. Crater Lake is a six mile wide lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Crater Lake is only national park in Oregon and is the deepest lake in the U.S. Crater Lake is known for its beauty and the inspiration it gives to people. Wind Cave National Park was founded in 1903 and is located in South Dakota. Wind Cave in famous for its underground passages and lime-stone caverns. Sully's Hill National Park was founded in 1904 and is located in South Dakota. Sully's Hill later became a National Game Preserve in 1914. Sully's Hill is made to protect Elks and the American Bison but more than that it teaches outdoor education. Platt National Park was founded in 1906 in Oklahoma and later became a part of Chickasaw Nation Recreation Area. Mesa Verde National Park was also founded in 1906 and is located in Colorado. Mesa Verde is the site of Indian caves. President Roosevelt's approach to this problem was outstanding it made me blissful to know that someone cares about the lives and survival of other species. Roosevelt worked very hard to preserve historic grounds and to protect animals. He is a inspiration to many people who want to follow his leadership and help protect wildlife. Everything that Roosevelt accomplished during his presidency was respectable. There is nothing I would have changed or edited if I had the opportunity to. Everything he did was beneficial to something or someone. Roosevelt was admired by a lot of people from all over the world. He inspired people to stand up and protect special lands and to protect animals. As Theodore Roosevelt once said I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us.
Reference Page
1. http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/people/historical/roosevelt/
2. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
3. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/npshistory/teddy.htm
4. http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-outdoor-pp2-guide-cid9390.html
5. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
6. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
7. http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
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[ 1 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Biography ... http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
[ 2 ]. Theodore Roosevelt biography ... http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
[ 3 ]. National Monuments and the Antiquities Act .... http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 4 ]. Vincent Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 5 ]. Vincent, Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 6 ]. Vincent Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 7 ]. Carol Vincent http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 8 ]. Carol Vincent http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 9 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Conversationalist ... http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
[ 10 ]. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
[ 11 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Quotes... http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-quotes.htm
THE NATIONAL PARK By: Maliek Perkins 11th grade Ms. Dozier 5th Period Jonesboro High School
President Theodore Roosevelt & National Parks
There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves if the giant sequoias and redwoods, the canyon or the Colorado, the canyon of Yellowstone, the three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and then children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all marred.
~ President Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt has contributed to the development of National Parks by creating the Antiquities Act of 1906 which gave him the power to declare lands as National Park or Monuments. Theodore Roosevelt is the 26th president of the United States. He was born and raised in New York. Due to his illnesses as a child, Roosevelt was home schooled. While at home, Roosevelt grew passionately fond of wild life, he also had …show more content…
a collection of old artifacts. As he grew older he flew with his parents to Egypt and Syria where he collected numerous birds. He, later on, skinned these birds in order to find out more about them. Roosevelt attended Harvard University from 1876- 1880 where he studied natural history and biology.
He realized he wouldn't be able make a career from his studies at Harvard University so he changed his studies. In 1880 he attended Columbia University where he intended to become a lawyer, however, Roosevelt dropped out in 1882 before obtaining his degree in law and becoming lawyer. On February 14, 1884 Roosevelt's wife, Alice Hathaway, dies from Bright's disease (inflammation of the kidneys) and just hours earlier in the same house his mother dies of Typhoid Fever. After these tragic events occurred Roosevelt moved to North Dakota where he became a well known hunter and naturalist. In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt became the governor of New York. On September, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes
president. Throughout his presidency Roosevelt had a lot of accomplishments, but the thing I remember him for was his passion for animals and land. Roosevelt worked actively to save wildlife and their homes. While residing in North Dakota Roosevelt realized that the animals were becoming endangered due to hunting and diseases. Roosevelt's experiences in North Dakota made him want to save animals and protect them from the harm of humans and diseases. Soon after becoming president in 1901 he used his authority to formulate the Antiquities Act. This law banned the removal of anything from federal lands without first getting a permit. Permits were only granted to archeologists and scientists. Archeologists were given permits to do excavations(remove rocks or soil by digging), record findings, establish collections of artifacts, and designate archaeological sites as national monuments. This Act also gives the president power to declare historic and prehistoric landmarks and structures as national monuments. The punishment for breaking this law is a $500 fee and up to ninety days in prison. The people of the United States at this particular time enjoyed the idea of having a conservational president in office. They supported President Roosevelt and his ideas to preserve the land and protect animals. However, overtime controversies arose. Issues have included the size of the areas and types of resources protected; the effects of monument designation on land uses; the level and types of threats to the areas; the inclusion of nonfederal lands within monument boundaries; the act’s limited process compared with the public participation and environmental review aspects of other laws; and the agency managing the monuments. Among the monument measures considered during recent Congresses were bills to impose restrictions on presidential authority, such as those to limit the size or duration of withdrawals; to prohibit or restrict withdrawals in particular states; to encourage public participation in the monument designation process; to revoke the President’s authority to designate monuments or require congressional approval of some or all monument designations; or to promote presidential creation of monuments in accordance with certain federal land management and environmental laws. Measures also were introduced to change land uses within monuments and to alter monument boundaries. Supporters of the Antiquities Act assert that changes to the act are neitherb warranted nor desirable. They contend that previous Congresses that focused on this issue were correct in not repealing the Antiquities Act. They note that Presidents of both parties have used the authority for over a century to protect valuable federal lands and resources expeditiously, and they defend the President’s ability to take prompt action to protect areas that may be vulnerable to looting, vandalism, commercial development, and other permanent changes. While the Secretary of the Interior can make temporary emergency withdrawals of BLM lands, 14 there is no comparable authority with respect to national forest lands or other federal lands. Defenders also note that some past designations that initially were contentious have come to be widely supported overtime. They contend that large segments of the public support land protection, such as through monument designations, for the recreational, preservation, and economic benefits that such designations often bring. A primary objection to national monuments is that the declaration changes the property from being federal land available for multiple uses to being a national monument with possible restricted uses. The legal challenge to the Grand Teton National Monument was premised on the state’s loss of revenue from taxes and grazing fees. Fifteen Courts have found that, for monuments established under the Antiquities Act, agencies are afforded broad rights to protect the resources of the site, and that the loss of income is not a legal basis to reject a monument designation. Roosevelt was a well known hunter and explorer. He got a lot of his support from hunters, fishermen, and outdoors men. Roosevelt used them to promote the national park system and the national forest system. People Opposing this Act worked hard to try to eliminate or limit the President's authority to proclaim monuments. In establishing a national monument, the President is required by the Antiquities Act to reserve “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. ”18 Many monuments have been quite small, but several Presidents have established large monuments. Examples of large monuments include Katmai, established in 1918 with 1.1 million acres; Glacier Bay, created in 1925 with 1.4 million acres; most of the Alaska monuments proclaimed in 1978, the largest being Wrangell-St. Elias, with nearly 11 million acres; and Grand Staircase-Escalante, established in 1996 with 1.7 million acres. Most recently, President George W. Bush established large marine monuments, namely the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, with approximately 89 million acres; the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, with 60.9 million acres; the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, with 55.6 million acres; and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, with 8.6 million acres. The Bush Administration claimed that the latter three areas formed the largest protected ocean area in the world. Critics assert that large monuments violate the Antiquities Act, in that the President’s authority regarding size was intended to be narrow and limited. They charge that Congress intended the act to protect specific items of interest, especially archaeological sites and the small areas surrounding them. They support this view with the legislative history of the act, in which proposals to limit a withdrawal to 320 or 640 acres were mentioned but not enacted. They contend that some of the monument designations were greater than needed to protect particular objects of value, and that the law was not intended to protect large swaths of land or ocean.
Defenders observe that the Antiquities Act gives the President discretion to determine the acreage necessary to ensure protection of the resources in question, which can be a particular archaeological site or larger features or resources. The Grand Canyon, for example, originally was a national monument measuring 0.8 million acres; President Theodore Roosevelt determined that this large size was necessary to protect the “object” in question—the canyon. Defenders also note that after considering the issue in the early 1900’s, Congress deliberately rejected proposals to restrict the President’s authority to set the size of the withdrawal. Further, they assert that preserving objects of interest may require withdrawal of sizeable tracts of surrounding land to preserve the integrity of the objects and the interactions and relationships among them. President Roosevelt founded five national parks which are: Crater Lake National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Sully's Hill National Park, Platt National Park, and Mesa Verde National Park. Crater Lake National Park was found in 1902 and it is the fifth oldest national park in the United States. Crater Lake is a six mile wide lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Crater Lake is only national park in Oregon and is the deepest lake in the U.S. Crater Lake is known for its beauty and the inspiration it gives to people. Wind Cave National Park was founded in 1903 and is located in South Dakota. Wind Cave in famous for its underground passages and lime-stone caverns. Sully's Hill National Park was founded in 1904 and is located in South Dakota. Sully's Hill later became a National Game Preserve in 1914. Sully's Hill is made to protect Elks and the American Bison but more than that it teaches outdoor education. Platt National Park was founded in 1906 in Oklahoma and later became a part of Chickasaw Nation Recreation Area. Mesa Verde National Park was also founded in 1906 and is located in Colorado. Mesa Verde is the site of Indian caves. President Roosevelt's approach to this problem was outstanding it made me blissful to know that someone cares about the lives and survival of other species. Roosevelt worked very hard to preserve historic grounds and to protect animals. He is a inspiration to many people who want to follow his leadership and help protect wildlife. Everything that Roosevelt accomplished during his presidency was respectable. There is nothing I would have changed or edited if I had the opportunity to. Everything he did was beneficial to something or someone. Roosevelt was admired by a lot of people from all over the world. He inspired people to stand up and protect special lands and to protect animals. As Theodore Roosevelt once said I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us.
Reference Page
1. http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/people/historical/roosevelt/
2. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
3. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/npshistory/teddy.htm
4. http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/theodore-roosevelt-national-park-outdoor-pp2-guide-cid9390.html
5. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
6. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
7. http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
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[ 1 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Biography ... http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
[ 2 ]. Theodore Roosevelt biography ... http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424
[ 3 ]. National Monuments and the Antiquities Act .... http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 4 ]. Vincent Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 5 ]. Vincent, Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 6 ]. Vincent Carol http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 7 ]. Carol Vincent http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 8 ]. Carol Vincent http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41330.pdf
[ 9 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Conversationalist ... http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
[ 10 ]. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conNatPark.htm
[ 11 ]. Theodore Roosevelt Quotes... http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-quotes.htm