Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Redwood National Park: A Place Remembered Forever An amazing sight towers before me as my eyes engulf every detail of a breath-taking sky of redwood trees, exceeding my expectations of their appearance I had previously laid out in my mind. This became my first and only visit to the Redwood National Park while vacationing in California with my grandma and my father, who are the two family members of mine that mean the world to me. I had anticipated the day when I would finally be able to glue my…

Tucked away in the northeastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Virunga National Park is one of the most biodiverse and rich areas left in the world. It is a safe haven for many exotic and endangered animals, including mountain gorillas. However, because the Democratic Republic of Congo is centrally located in Africa, the country is in midst of turmoil and wars that erupted following post-colonization. Furthermore, the Democratic Republic of Congo itself has instability within its…

In the early 1900’s, the loss of habitat and extermination programs led to the gray wolf’s demise. Wolves have once roamed all over the country. They’ve been nearly hunted to extinction with only 50 wolves left in the wild when Yellowstone National Park was young. Hunters back then thought they were helping the deer and elk by killing the wolf, its main predator. They were wrong. A 30 year project to restore the wolf population was made, and the wolves made an amazing recovery. The wolves are…

forested areas, especially during hot and dry weather conditions or due to lightning strikes. In the summer of 1988, for example, 42 instances of forest fires were caused by lightning strikes in the Yellowstone National Park which resulted in the burning of about 793,880 acres of the park, loss of 300 large mammals (elks, bison, deer and moose), and costed over $120 million in firefighting efforts…

Bos bison, or the American bison, is the largest land mammal native to North America. It is placed in the same genus, Bos, as the domestic cattle. However, some taxonomists categorize it in the genus Bison, arguing that there is a substantial number of differences to separate it from domestic cattle. The American bison can be separated into two subspecies: B. Bison bison and B. Bison athabascae. B. Bison bison, or the plains bison, is more common in western United States. The plains bison also…

short-term fear during a chase or when a predator is about to pounce on them. We also know fear can cause a population to not thrive and the number of births to decrease and death rate to increase. A kind of experiment was done when the Yellowstone National Park exterminated wolves for 70 years and then slowly…

with camera (still) is Rs, 25, with Video Cameras is Rs. 150 and the ones availing a jeep safari the cost per person can be something around Rs. 135. History associated with Madumalai Wild Life Sanctuary The Madumalai Wild Life Sanctuary and National Park was established in the year 1940 and is since then the first of the wildlife sanctuary on the entire southern Indian terrain. Started off as a mere 60 square kilometre stretch of land it got expanded to 295 square kilometres in the year 1956…

Ama Dablam Expedition- 32Days of Life !! Ama Dablam 6,856m (22,494ft) is one of the most impressive mountains in the world. It is located the heart of Everest's Khumbu region, it lies directly above Tengboche Monastery on the well-worn path to Everest Base Camp and is admired by thousands of trekkers and climbers every year. This expedition offers a superb, technical climbing experience in a magnificent setting, with numerous cultural and scenic diversions. Like the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps…

also becoming a popular and relaxing sport for visitors during the warmer months. Victoria's national parks are one of Vic's many glories. Among those, the Alpine National Park in Cobungra stands as being the largest with over 646,000 hectares in vastness. Connecting with other national parks in New South Wales, it contains 10 of the 11 highest mountains in Vic. The beauty found in the Alpine National Park is incredible as well as stunningly diverse. Its Alpine topography during the warmer…

Point Pelee Assignment Point Pelee National Park is located in Southwestern Ontario and was founded in 1918, ever since then the park has been very popular with a visitor count of 300,000 in 2016. The park is approximately 7 kilometers long and 4.5 kilometers wide with a surface area of 15km2. Point Pelee National Park is full of beautiful wildlife and animals that you can’t just see anywhere, with rare and unique species known to that certain area plenty of people travel from all over the…