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24 Cards in this Set
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Grand Canyon
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Located in Arizona, carved out by the Colorado River
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Acadia
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Oldest park east of the Mississippi.
Located in Maine. Fjord = drowned glacier valley |
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Yellowstone
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Oldest park in the US
Located mostly in Wyoming. Dedicated in 1872 Area is the largest geothermal area in the world. |
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Glacier
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Located in Montana
Combines with Waterton, in Canada. When combined, it forms the Waterton-Glacier National Peace Park. Carved out by glaciers. |
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Olympic
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Located in Washington
Only temperate rainforest. |
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Carlsbad Caverns
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Located in New Mexico.
Largest caverns in the world. Stalactite = hangs from the ceiling Stalagmite = grows from the floor |
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Mesa Verde
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Located in Colorado.
Known for the ancient cliff dwellings. Anasazi = indians who originally lived in the park. Fled to Utah and wherever. |
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Denali
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Located in Alaska.
Home to Mt. McKinley. |
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Virgin Islands
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Largest part is on St. Johns.
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Arches
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Located in Utah.
Largest amount of arches in America. In general, all the Utah parks are made of sedimentary rocks. |
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Haleakalea
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Located in Hawaii.
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National Park Service
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Started in 1916.
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First NPS Director
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Stephen Mather
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Crater Lake
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Located in Oregon.
Originally Mt. Mozama [extremely explosive] Phantom Ship + Wizard's Island. |
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Badlands
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Located in South Dakota, blackhills.
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Petrified Forest
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Minerals in H20 take place of wood.
Located in Arizona. |
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Zion
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Located in Utah.
Known as heavenly city of God. |
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Mammoth Cave
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Located in Tennessee.
Longest cave system in the world. |
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Yosemite
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Located in California.
Home to Half Dome and El Capitan. |
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Hawaii Volcanoes
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3 active volcanos; Mauna Loa, and Kilauea.
Located on big island of Hawaii. |
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Grand Tetons
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Located in Wyoming.
Land donated to the cause. |
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Department of the ____________
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Interior.
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Current Director of NPS
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Mary Bomar
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Current secretary of department of interior
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Dirk Kempthorne
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