Willow

The Names “Names written in the pale sky Names rising in the updraft amid buildings Names silent in a stone Our cried out behind a door” (32-35) These are just a few lines Billy Collins so vividly wrote in his poem, The Names, which draws readers into the depths of his mind and describes what he feels about the horrific events that occurred on September 11th, 2001 in New York. As well as the aftermath which will carry through history forever. Within the poem, Collins illuminates many values…

little brother, or leaving her boyfriend, best friend, and a career as a cellist behind. The story begins as Mia, her seven year old brother, Teddy, and her parents take a drive over snow-covered mountains to visit their uncle, Henry, and their aunt, Willow. A truck hits their car, and Mia starts her out-of-body experience. Mia realizes that her parents are dead, and that she is in a critical condition. She is rushed into an ambulance and a helicopter, where she recounts her first cello recital…

they eat on the elks that would normally feed on the willows. Consequentially, the elimination of wolves was seen as an object of concern because now that there would be no more wolves to feed on the elks, the willows stared to slowly decline. The willows are important to the ecosystem because they serve as the basis of a food web/chain with small insects, birds, mammals, fungi and bacteria. Beavers for example depend highly on the willows because they use them for dams and lodges. Next, the…

found out that “After humans exterminated wolves nearly a century ago, elk grew so abundant that they all but eliminated willow shrubs. Without willows to eat, beavers declined. Without beaver dams, fast-flowing streams cut deeper into the terrain. The water table dropped below the reach of willow roots. Now it’s too late for even high levels of wolf predation to restore the willows.” This shows that the wolves were a keystone species and were essential for Yellowstone to have so that there…

Here is an interesting fact about aspirin: one hundred billion aspirin tablets are consumed yearly on Earth. That is four hundred thousand tons of aspirin (Dodziuk, 2013). Aspirin is a very common household drug and it is very widely used in the medical industry today. Most people know this drug as a pain reliever. However, it can do many other things than just that. Aspirin is not a drug that produces anesthesia or causes someone to lose consciousness. Aspirin is also used to reduce fevers,…

For example, if they lacked resources such as willows and acorns, they would either pull from their food reserves or would use alternative plants to achieve the same results. Furthermore, plants such as acorns and willows serves a great purpose to the society of the Natives, tribes such as the Dieguenos and Kumeyaays use acorns as a food staple, however, the process required to turn…

entire Yellowstone wolf population (II-C-1.4). After it became public the tourist and other environmentalist were furious about the eradication but none of them, including the Park Rangers, knew that the massive elk population would harm the whole willow population. These two spheres of interaction collided with each other and have created one of the Yellowstone National Park’s worst trophic cascades. Tourist have been the focus of the National Parks for decades, but if Yellowstone had only…

They are most often found in the willows. The most common trees include willows, alders, and cottonwoods all across North America. In the winter the yellow warbler lives in the mangrove forest, dry scrubs, marshes, and forest, typically in the lowlands. They can also be found in open-canopy riparian woodlands…

approximately 10km east of site 4. Reasons for the cooler temperatures than sites 4 and 3 is the glacial meltwater that sources the river causing significantly lower water temperatures, but also the higher temperature compared to site 1 may be caused by the willow and birch scrub cover, lower altitude and the water load from the warmer non-glacial tributaries. At site 3 and 4, Tanytarsus is most abundant between 12 -14 degrees. Site 3 is nearer the Elphistone River source which channels from the…

But she knew she had to, as hard as it was going to be, it was time for Willow to move on and finally let go of the past and be happy. So using all of her strength she pushed herself up and quickly grabbed the book from the corner of the room and with a loud thump she was back in her comfy oversized bed cuddling with her blankets listening to the soothing sound of the rain. She laid there with sweaty palms and trembling fingers as she traced them over the elegant, gold, cursive writing on the…