never believed that it would never happen. About six years ago my little brother‚ mother‚ my father and I went on the biggest trip we had ever taken. It was pretty amazing! We went to Yosemite National Park in a rented car. In Yosemite we stayed at a beautiful location in the middle of the National Park. We stayed there for three days‚ and drove down California’s coast through Monterey to Los Angeles‚ and then we flew home. That was an amazing trip! But still‚ after that trip I still longed to get
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Zoologist BIRTH DATE: January 16‚ 1932 DEATH DATE: December 26‚ 1985 EDUCATION: Lowell High School‚ Darwin College‚ University of Cambridge‚ San Jose State University PLACE OF BIRTH: San Francisco‚ California PLACE OF DEATH: Volcanoes National Park‚ Rwanda Dian Fossey became famous as an American zoologist who carried out a broad study of gorilla groups for 18 years in the mountain forests of Rwanda. She became a celebrity when she brought massive publicity to her cause of saving the
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wildlife and competing with other native predators these snakes are serious impacting Florida’s natural ecology. Their size and strength makes them one of the top predators in Florida and with no natural enemies they are thriving. Everglades National Park and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission are working together on the Burmese python problem‚ one of the deadliest and competitive predators in the everglades. In January 2012 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Commission issued a ban on the importation
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Ansel Adams‚ Half Dome and Clouds (Upside-down Photograph)‚ Yosemite National Park‚ 1916 As a fundamental environmentalist Ansel Adams played an extremely important role in the development of nature and landscape photography. Through his first photograph‚ done at the age of fourteen with a Kodak Box Brownie given to him by his parents‚ Half Dome and Clouds (Upside-down Photograph) 1916‚ Adams noted that there was a lacked crispness‚ as well as lack of
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you before you see the cascading river. A curving‚ paved path from the parking lot takes you through trees to the natural stone steps that lead down right to the bank. Some days‚ the park is full of visitors: picnicking‚ sitting on the sun-soaked rocks‚ or wading into the pools between the falls. Other days‚ the park is quieter‚ and the natural beauty of the forest landscape and falling waters saturates your senses. Ocqueoc Falls is a rare opportunity to get up close to one of Michigan’s famous waterfalls
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10 Breathtaking Spots for Utah Hiking – Hiking HydrationCLOSE August 21‚ 2015HomeHiking Destinations10 Breathtaking Spots for Utah HikingAug 17‚ 20150 6Whether you are just starting to hike or are an experienced trekker‚ Utah hiking offers a host of awesome spots that are must-see. ContentsUtah Hiking Plan to hike these nine spectacular paths on your next visit to Utah:Angels Landing Summit This 4.4 mile long trail culminates at
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Almost half the people now living in America can trace their ancestry to the 12 million men and women and children who entered the country there. mainly between 1892 and 1924. “It’s their Plymouth Rock‚” says M. Ann Belkov‚ superintendent of the National Park Service’s Immigration Museum‚ which occupies the distinctive red brick building‚ now handsomely restored‚ where the immigrants were processed. “Tourists who come here are walking in their families’ footsteps‚” Belkov told me. “Three of my four
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National Parks. Beautiful and grand these parks have been protecting nature for many years‚ but it was not until I watched a video at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo that I realized the work that went into preserving them and who was involved‚ that was when I thought of my topic‚ John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt‚ working together to preserve nature. John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt interested me because of how influential they were in establishing national parks. I asked myself questions such as why
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Great Blue Hole‚ off the coast of Belize. I’d always imagined it much larger‚ but that didn’t diminish the beauty of the perfect deep blue circle surrounded by gem-toned Caribbean water just below my window. Once‚ I got an aerial tour of Yosemite National Park on the way home to San Francisco. As a California native‚ I’d visited Yosemite countless times‚ but the priceless view from above was something I’d never seen—other than on TV. We may never be able to visit all the places we see out the airplane
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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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