biotic life‚ and impacts on human life. Keystone species essentially control the functions of the environment they live in‚ and provide positive and negative effects. In class‚ we studied the effect that wolves had on the environment of Yellowstone National Park. Now‚ I introduce Grizzly Bears and Beavers as my two examples of a Keystone Species. Beavers completely change their respective ecosystems because they build dams‚ which then creates wetlands‚ in order to catch prey and build shelters. Grizzly
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Cyndel Van Loh Pd 6 Yellowstone National Park Do you know what area has the most geothermal activity in the world? Even though other places have geothermal activity‚ Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 and covers the largest area‚ encompasses nearly 3‚500 square miles. The park has Old faithful geyser‚ Lake Yellowstone which is in the caldera of a dormant volcano‚ and the park also has bubbling mud pots‚ hot springs and hot colorful pools. More than half of the world’s geysers are
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A Fort Defiance High School case of bullying has become a felony. The mother of a high school bullying victim‚ Janese Manning‚ says‚ "While my son was unconscious‚ I saw this boy straddle him and beat him‚ I don’t know how many times. I couldn’t even count them." More than a dozen stitches and a broken nose and eye socket were what Fort Defiance junior Adam Casey suffered after an alleged bully crossed the line. Casey says Jamar Coleman‚ a fellow Fort Defiance student‚ has been threatening
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water-carved slot canyons‚ chiseled earth‚ rich colors‚ and magnificent vistas‚ the Colorado Plateau is one of the most beautiful and unique areas in the world. Located in the Four Corners region of the United States‚ the Plateau has ten National Parks and eighteen National Monuments within its boundaries. The Colorado Plateau is home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world located in the United States– the Grand Canyon. Complementing its natural beauty‚ the Plateau’s history and culture are
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By Dan Lepping For Professor Owen Chariton HIS 1110: Colorado History CRN 54116 Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature By Alexander Drummond Alexander Drummond‚ born in 1938‚ is a professional writer and former director of publications for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder‚ Colorado. Drummond‚ who grew up and attended the public schools of Boulder‚ was born Ronald Cox‚ but in 1989 he legally changed his name to Alexander Drummond taking his late grandfather’s name because
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person. In 2012‚ fiction writer and part-time limousine driver to Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov‚ Jackson Curtis‚ picked up his children‚ Noah and Lily‚ from his ex-wife‚ Kate’s boyfriend‚ Gordon’s house. He took them camping to the Yellowstone National Park only to find out that the lake already dried up and that a military headquarter was put up. They were taken to the headquarter and Jackson was recognized by Dr. Helmsey who read his book Farewell Atlantis. On their way from the headquarter‚ they
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Culture frames what has become widespread among a group of people. Within a culture you can find the symbols‚ codes‚ characters‚ and artifacts that together have designed a bigger picture- a way of life. An artifact in a cultural context is anything created by a human that reflects his or her personal culture. In order to exemplify this essay’s point I will focus on a living cultural artifact that I think depicts present day American Culture most fully: the discount superstore. The American superstore
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and 1927 alone‚ hunters killed more than 36‚160 wolves in the Cowboy State‚ according to a 1954 issue of Wyoming Wildlife magazine.” By the middle of the 1950’s‚ Wyoming was declared free of wolves. Since introducing the gray wolves in to Yellowstone Park‚ once again ranchers are facing the same issue of death to their livestock. One rancher family‚ Jon and Debbie‚ have learned to coexist with the wolves. They have lost some livestock but they have learned a great deal about wolves through studying
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Authorities are asking that residents living near the Everglades remain in their homes due to the escape of multiple alligators from the Florida Everglade Park. The crocodiles were show crocodiles‚ meant for performances. Somehow the blockade‚ preventing these alligators from entering into the civilized part of the Everglades and into the public population was broken. The park’s manager reports that an estimated thirty to forty of these giant alligators have escaped. “I won’t deny it‚ this
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Muir in my eyes remains a hero to the wilderness and the natural world. He sought to preserve the Yosemite national park. Through this he tried to bring awareness and knowledge to the common people with the hopes that they would learn and come to appreciate nature in the ways he did. He desired for people to experience the love he had for the wilderness. The excitement he got from the simplest things nature brought him was indescribable. From childhood where he was brought up in Scotland‚ he
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