Park “The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11‚000 years. From then until to the very recent past‚ many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes‚ hunting grounds‚ and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European descent found their way into the park. In 1872 a country that had not yet seen its first centennial‚ established Yellowstone as the first national park
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..…..………………………………………………………...page 2 Historical Monuments The Statue of Liberty………………………………………………..……..page 3 The White House…………..……..………………………………...……...page 4 The Pentagon…………………………………………………………..…..page 6 Geographical Monuments Yellowstone National Park…………………………………………………page 8 The Grand Canyon……………………………………………………….....page 9 Symbols Flag of the United States………………………………...………………….page 10 Bald Eagle………………….………………….…………………………....page 10 Conclusion…………………………………...……….……
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livestock many ranchers hate them. Problems with wolves go a long ways back in history. “In 1914‚ Congress approved funding to eliminate the native gray wolves from Yellowstone‚ fearing that elk and moose populations might be wiped out. After years of debate‚ 41 Canadian gray wolves were released in Yellowstone between 1995 and 1997. Yellowstone wolves have admirers that follow them online and scientist have seen positive changes in the ecosystem of
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Wolves in Yellowstone caused a chain of events to occur. This chain of events includes‚ the growing of more grassland and willow trees‚ occurring because the deer population spends more of its time hiding. The introduction to the willow trees results in the increase population of the beavers. Since more trees and grasses were growing this strengthened the river banks which led to less flooding. All of this occurred‚ but did it occur because of the introduction to the wolves in Yellowstone? Or was it
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Durning this summer my parents and I decided to have a tour to travel around America. At the start of July a excited morning I woke up by myself and turn off the alarm i seted up last night. After we all been prepared my dad drave to the hotel where the trip will come. We had a little nice breakfast at hotel’s restaurant while we were enjoy the breakfast we heard a horn of bus that indicated that the bus has arrived‚ we qucikly finish the last bite then rushed into the bus. As the bus moved leisurely
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“When the gray wolf was extirpated from Yellowstone National Park in the 1920s‚ more was lost than just the noble and fascinating predator. The park’s entire ecosystem changed. Now‚ nearly a dozen years since the wolves returned‚ the recovery of that system to its natural balance is well underway”‚ say ecologists William Ripple and Robert Beschta of Oregon State University. The researchers began studying the interaction of wolves with other parts of the ecosystem somewhat indirectly. “Back
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The two volcanoes from these events are called stratovolcanos‚ meaning they are volcanoes built up of alternate layers of lava and ash(citation)‚ and cone shaped. Neither of these volcanoes are shield volcanoes‚ which are broad‚ domed volcanoes with gently sloping sides‚ characteristic of the eruption of fluid‚ basaltic lava(citation). Both of these volcano’s had a huge impacts on humans‚ human structures and property‚ and had very high damage costs. The major Mount St. Helens eruption was on
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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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The National Park is a distinctly American idea. Since the establishment of the first National Park at Yellowstone‚ the parks have taken on a plethora of adaptations. Some advantageous and others detrimental to the parks. Through political leanings‚ changing administrations and changing perceptions of the wild and its trappings‚ parks evolved from a collection of curiosities designated for the upper class to a multifaceted tourist retreat. The main goal of the national parks system is to
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Snowmobiles in the environment Keith Kenworthy City University SCI 215 Environmental Science Instructor: Robin Aspman-O’Callaghan December 3‚ 2006 There has been a lot of debate over snowmobiles in the last several years. This is like many other issues where there are two sides‚ and that each has good points to be made. This paper is going to do a brief review of the issues and allow both perspectives an opportunity to be
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