Forest

Pinchot and the Forests From 1890-1920 the United States went through a period of reform known as the Progressive Era. The era’s reformers had a wide variety of social, political, and economic goals that they began pursuing at a grassroots level, such as temperance and women’s suffrage (“Progressive Era and World War I”). A significant facet of the era was the Conservation Movement, whose philosophy came from the writings of early naturalists such as John Muir (1838-1914) (“Conservative…

Courage can be a gift that allows one to show strength, support, and perseverance. This is demonstrated in the book, The Darkest Part of the Forest, by Holly Black. The protagonist, Hazel Evans, has always been passionate about saving people, and now she has been given the opportunity to free her town from a terrible monster, the Alderking. Even though Hazel may not know it, she uses her courage and bravery to comfort those around her as the Alderking tries to destroy their town. Holly Black…

Title: The Poetic World of Vievee Francis – Analysis of Forest Primeval The poet, Vievee Francis, opens her book, Forest Primeval, with two short poems, “Another Antipastoral” and “White Mountain”. These two poems show broader thoughts of Francis such as how she sees and feels the world surrounding her as she introduces her new book of poems. A book of poems may have a number of different thoughts in each poem, but the different thoughts actually comes from one writer so the main notion behind…

Entry 1 I'm on my way to petrified forest national park. While im there im going to go geocaching, backpacking, and horseback riding. I’m also going to visit Painted Desert Inn and Rainbow Forest Museum. I hope i'll get to visit the Agate house and Newspaper Rock. Entry 2 I’ve just arrived and i'm very excited. I'm ready to start my adventure but I can't because it's 3:00 am. But i can’t sleep i'm too excited. We’re going to go to our first stop at 8:30 am. So i only have to wait 5 hours and…

come true. We ended up qualifying for state, and it was one of the most exciting moments of my life. It was a dream that we all have had for so many years, and it felt so good to finally make it. This was a huge accomplishment for my team because Forest City volleyball hasn’t made it to state in twelve years. Making it to state made me realize that hard work does pay off. Just don’t give…

south of my house. As we walked towards the entrance of the trail we discussed what our lives were like before high school, recounting the memories that defined who we were. There was a sign that greeted us at the entrance reading “Nancy Eschbach Forest River Trail”. The trail was close in proximity to my house, but I had never actually walked on this trail before. Throughout my entire life, a rusty gate guarded by a weathered lock had blocked off all access to as to what was beyond it. The…

Public Service is the selfless act of an individual to commit their efforts to serving their communities in such a way that will make their communities better off regardless of the conditions prior to their contributions. Given the hullaballoo surrounding our current political landscape after this past presidential election, there is an increasing urgency for public servants to do their jobs with integrity. Several hate crimes have been motivated by the rhetoric that has been permeated through…

This is what Gifford Pinchot believed (US Forest Service History). Gifford Pinchot took a stand for forest conservation by leading conservation programs, participating…

and environment as possible. However, there are things like the GOP platform who has proposed to eliminate all national parks and national forests (Think Process). Some people think that national parks and national forests are irrelevant. It is believed that the land could be put to greater use. They don’t realize why the national parks and national forests are there, but it is absolutely critical that they stay there. Especially because although they don’t believe in global warming or…

national tallgrass prairie in the country was established in 1996. The remnant prairie land once housed part of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is now Midewin. Since the land transfer from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service along with other federal & non-governmental partner manage the restoration of the 19,161 acres of the historical prairie habitat. In 2004 Midewin was opened to the public. Forms of degradation found in Midewin was pasture or…