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    Funding National Parks in the United States “America’s best idea” is a fitting name for the National Park Service: it protects natural resources‚ promotes outdoor learning‚ and allows for Americans to experience America’s majestic beauty and wonders of nature. Unfortunately‚ The NPS budget has been getting smaller and smaller‚ leaving barely enough money to withstand the millions of visitors the Parks get each year. A simple one-part solution won’t cut it; rather a combination of a restructured

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    counteract(抵制)the extinction of animal populations.  It was not until 1872 in the state of Wyoming‚ that the first National Park was created as "a public park and pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people". This was the famous Yellowstone National Park‚ whose breathtaking volcanic rocks(驚人的火山岩)and gorges(三峽) still afforded the same magnificent spectacle(壯觀) as in neolithic times(新石器時期)‚ untouched by the hand of man. Its creators wanted to conserve the natural environment for the

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    Mount Kilauea is the most famous volcano in Hawaii. It resides in the southeast in Mauna Loa. This volcano has one of the biggest craters of all volcanoes‚ consisting of 3‚646 feet deep. It has an 8 mile circumference and is encompassed entirely by an enormous “wall of volcanic rock 200 to 500 ft high” (Mount Kilauea). “Mount Kilauea is a low and flat shield volcano that rises only 1‚247 meters above sea level. Till date‚ the Kilauea volcano is the most active and the most visited volcano in the

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    Landscape of Fear In “Scared to Death” by Ed Yong‚ he discusses how the addition of one predator can cause a cascade effect on the remaining prey in the ecosystem. The grey wolf was originally eradicated in the Yellowstone Park in order to increase quality of life for the elk. The elk was the natural prey of the wolf‚ and faced dwindling populations due to its presence. Following the elimination of the removal of the wolves‚ the elk population flourished‚ reaching numbers as high as 19‚000. This

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    to power the plug-in hybrids. 3. Has Toyota’s National Parks project been a success? What indicators suggest that the project has had an impact? Yes‚ they have built partnerships with some of the largest and well known parks and places like Yellowstone National Park‚ Everglades‚ and the Golden Gate Bridge. They have reached more through these partnerships than they would combining advertisement‚ football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ and soccer. 4. What future activities would you suggest for Toyota

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    Shoshone natives. Between 1810 and 1840‚ the region attracted fur trading companies that vied for control of the lucrative beaver fur trade. U.S. Government expeditions to the region commenced in the mid 19th-century as an offshoot of exploration in Yellowstone‚ and the first permanent white settlers in Jackson Hole arrived in the 1880s. Efforts to preserve the region as a national park commenced in the late 19th-century and in 1929‚ Grand Teton National Park was established‚ protecting the major peaks

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    shrub‚ conifer‚ spruce fir‚ and ponderosa pine. Oakbrush can provide coverage and food for the elk. Most of these habitats provide coverage‚forage‚ and security for elk. Place in the food web: Below is a picture of a food web of animals in Yellowstone National Park. The elk is a primary consumer in a food web‚ along with pronghorns‚ beavers‚ cutthroat trout‚ and deer mice. A primary consumer is an organism that gets its energy from a producer. Without any primary consumers in a food web the producer

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    to pay for allowing humans into an area that did not have many humans before. To understand the present state of the nation’s parks‚ and ultimately their entire future‚ it is crucial to first look back at the past. The first national park was Yellowstone National Park. This sprawling park contains such amazing geological and biological sites that it had been considered a national park long before it was ever officially named one. Its combination of diverse wildlife‚ and geologic features such

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    Active volcanoes in the Philippines Active Volcano | Location | Elevation (m) | Province | Eruption & Activity Status | Babuyan Claro | 9°31′23″N 121°56′24″E / 9.523°N 121.940°E / 9.523; 121.940 (Babuyan Claro) | 1080 | Cagayan | 1831‚ 1860‚ 1913‚ 1917. Thermal | Banahaw | 14°04′N 121°29′E / 14.07°N 121.48°E / 14.07; 121.48 (Banahaw) | 2158 | Quezon | mudflows 1730‚ 1743(?)‚ 1843‚ 1909‚ with (?) explosive activity | Biliran | 11°33′29″N 124°30′47″E / 11.558°N 124.513°E / 11

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    being neutral‚ and zero being most acidic. The pH of acid rain is in the range of four point two to four point four. Humans are not the only specimens causing acid rain‚ volcanos and decaying vegetation contributes to the formation of acid rain. Volcanoes cause acid rain because the gas bubbles build up in the molten rock

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