Have you visited a national park? Do you ever walk around and enjoy nature? You can thank a man named John Muir. John Muir was a naturalist who can be known as “The Father of Our National Parks”. He helped preserve many of our national parks that we see today. John Muir and his love for the wilderness helped the American people learn that they need to preserve the natural beauty around them. To understand how he helped the people learn to preserve the environment‚ we need to know about his childhood
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When most people think of a national park they think of Yellowstone or Yosemite or the Grand Canyon but what they should think of is the Isle Royale National Park. The reason is because the Isle Royale is what a national park should be which is wild‚ rugged‚ and buffered from the outside world. The Isle Royale lies in northwest Lake Superior and although its only just 18 miles of water that separate the island from its nearest mainland shore of the Minnesota-Ontario border‚ it is considered part
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The National Park Service was created to protect both natural and cultural resources side by side. Exploring the park’s human past can tell us things about our role as park stewards now and in the future. The stories of Rocky Mountain National Park began with the earliest inhabitants and will continue for generations. “The Rocky Mountain National Park was established January 26‚ 1950 and covers a 415 square mile area‚ is seventy miles northwest of Denver‚ and attracts over three million people a
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named by the Hayden Expedition for its striking coloration. Later‚ many geologists‚ traveled to the area to confirm the colors described by explorers and trappers. Grand Prismatic Spring is noted for being the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park and third largest in the world. The spring is located halfway between the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins. The central location provides dramatic scenery for Yellowstone’s fast visitors. The spring is approximately 90 meters wide and 50 meters deep
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Hantavirus It seems that the there has been an outbreak of a rare‚ deadly virus called the Hantavirus in Yosemite National Park. According to the article‚ there has been an outbreak of hantavirus infections in Curry Village‚ a popular camping site in Yosemite‚ and that two people have already died from it. However‚ this isn’t the first time the hantavirus has spread. In 1993‚ the virus had been first discovered when a terrifying outbreak unfolded in the Four Corners Area of Colorado‚ New Mexico
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Big Bend National Park Report 1. What is the depositional nature of the rocks in the study area and how does their lithologic compositions and sedimentary structures record changing water depths‚ environments of deposition‚ and paleogeography? Big bend national park has complex rocks that are subsided in two seas hundreds of millions of years ago. Fossil data from the mid to Upper Cretaceous period predicts the sequence of rock strata in Big Bend National Park to be from bottom to top: limestone
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In my opinion the idea of making Providence Canyon a national park is unacceptable‚ allowing this tragic event to happen could cause many concerns not only to the southwest region‚ but to the citizens of America that visit the canyon. Making Providence Canyon a national park is unacceptable for the following reasons‚ it could put the parks wildlife in harms way‚ because the people that visit may throw trash down‚ and the animals may consume it or become tangled in it‚both of these tragedies
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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
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Komodo national park The Komodo national park lies in East Nusa Tenggara province in the Sape Straits between Flores and Sumbawa. The only Access to Komodo village is by boat from Labuan Bajo on the northwestern tip of Flores or from Sape on the east coast of Sumbawa. Komodo‚ the largest island‚ has a countryside dominated by a range of rounded hills sloping along a north-south alignment at an elevation from500 to 600m. The coastline is lopsided and characterized by numerous bays‚ beaches and inlets
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It was nice sunny day in Los Angeles. It seemed like a pretty normal day but to me and my family‚ it was the start of my biggest adventure. We were all very excited. Can you believe it‚ were actually going to Yellowstone National Park! my sister said. Yea‚ its pretty cool‚ I replied. Get in the motor home! my father shouted. We all hopped in. My father started up the engine and we hit the road. It was long way. We would have to travel north-east for more than a thousand miles. At first we
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