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    Exploring the Olympic National Park Region on Foot Located in the northwest of Washington State, this 900,000-acre park is renowned for its natural wonders. Under the haze that surrounds the Pacific coast and wooded area, you can find big trees, rugged coastlines, and some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Mount Olympus is the tallest peak in the region at almost 8,000 feet in height. You’ll be amazed at the snowcapped peaks and slow-moving glaciers that make up a rainforest as…

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    mature adults. What are the numbers dropping so drastically? There are many contributing factors. One major component is the diminishing habitat and forest fragmentation (dividing the forest into smaller pieces, by roads and human construction). The loss of habitat prevents family growth and increases inbreeding and slowing reproduction. These same forest fragmentations…

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    Every creature has a place and purpose on the earth, but sometime if you only look from one perspective, you only get a certain outlook on that creature. The Coquí is one creature that depending on where you are they are looked at differently. The Coquí is a valued animal in Puerto Rico but in Hawaii it is viewed, as a pest and it need to be taken care of because it is hurting more then it is benefiting anything. The frog is native to Puerto Rico but was brought into Hawaii on accident in late…

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    Imagine this, a world without trees or wildlife, all caused by careless humans. Deforestation is a mass clearing of trees, used for rural and urban purposes. However, it is harmful to the ecosystem and wildlife that take shelter in the forests. Although many believe that deforestation is essential to the economy, it should be illegal because it affects biodiversity, climate change, and the water cycle. Deforestation may be believed to be helpful to the economy and essential to the way humans…

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    tribes all over the world, especially in the Amazon region, deforestation has been a prominent issue. Rapid deforestation started in the Amazon around the 20th century and has increased through the beginning of the current century. Certain regions of forest has been eradicated for farms, dams, natural resources, and for an expansion of the modern world. Consequently, indigenous tribes are being forced from their lands and brutally harmed. Deforestation in the Amazon causes a decrease in the…

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    Beech Cloning

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    On the Adirondack Trip, a nice man named Paul discussed how they were managing their forests. Their forest tree species composition has been changing with sugar maple trees were becoming less abundant. This is partly caused by beech trees outcompeting the maples due to the stressor of beech bark disease. When a beech tree is affected by the disease, the stressor stimulates the tree to respond through the production of root suckers. These root suckers, which are genetic clones of their parent…

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    Big Al Essay

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    African elephant. The African elephant is the larger of the two and is also sub classed into the African forest elephant and…

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    Kudzu Research Paper

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    travels to America, no one said to get the species into the USA. Most people call this plant by Kudzu, but its scientific name in “Pueraria lobata” , this species belongs to the plant kingdom. Kudzu has had a negative effect on the environment in forests and local ecosystems its biggest impact is on the South. Kudzu is a quick-growing east Asian climbing plant…

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    that within 100 years there will be no more rainforests. It is very clear that that we as human beings have a big dilemma on our hands , and we need to do everything in our power to stop the destruction of rainforests and wildlife habitats. Without forests and wildlife the extinction of the human race could be a lot closer than we all think. This advertisement does a great job illustrating how close we really are to the edge, and that it didn't just happen over night, and it is slowly been…

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    My Biomes Survival Story

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    there were only seventy-foot trees surrounding me. It was cold and I was freezing so I decided to take cover under a strangler fig. I was too scared to think. My mind was so frazzled. I was cold, in pain, and confused. I was lost in the tropical rain forest with little resources. I became so worked up on what happened that I eventually fell asleep. But then I woke up because realize that I was near the bengal bamboo, which meant that the Bengal tiger must be near by. So I gathered my materials…

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