Cutthroat trout

Front Page: The Rocky Mountain National park in is Colorado. The elevation differences are vast and vary between 8,000 to 14,259 feet. The park is open year round. One of the most popular activities in the park is to observe the vast number of species. The park was created in 1915 and its area is 415 square miles. Carbon Cycle: The carbon cycle is the processes by which carbon is transferred throughout an ecosystem. In a typical carbon cycle, carbon is released in the form of carbon dioxide…

the only cause of those declines.” This shows that other factors like human hunting, growing bear numbers, and severe drought are also reasons for reduced elk populations. Grizzly bears have also killed more elk calves because of the loss of cutthroat trout as a food source. Among this clutter of ecology, there is not a clear link from wolves to plants, songbirds and beavers. These scientific studies show that it is too late for wolves to make much of change to Yellowstone park and that there…

A few centuries ago the environment was in a stable state because there was no contamination. There was more species that survived in that environment. Leading to contaminating species started to extinct because there was not enough food for them to survive. In the article “Defining Sustainability, Defining the Future” Ethan Goffman states about the four levels of sustainability in the hierarchy scale which are “Quality of life and other values, Species Extinction and human rights, Health and…

Nikki Anderson GRIZZLY BEAR Ursus arctos horribilis Habitat- Grizzly bears are found in many different habitats, from dense forests to subalpine meadows, open plains and arctic tundra. In North America, grizzly bears are found in western Canada, Alaska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and a potentially a small population in Washington. Historically, they could be found from Alaska to Mexico and from California to Ohio. The grizzly bear was once…

the Sun Road from the West side of Glacier to the East side where we parked and backpacked five miles in to Otokomi Lake. We camped at the Otokomi Campground, which was amazing. There was a waterfall running into the lake and a river full of Cutthroat Trout flowing out. The serenity and solitude was indescribable; as I was writing in my journal down by the lake around dusk, several mountain goats appeared on the horizon several feet above us. I felt as if I was in a scene of a movie. Glacier…