Grand Teton National Park

I chose my states location based off a place I think has a lot of natural beauty and also a lot of history. I broke down the questions given to me and also added in some of my own, I answered them all individually to try and illustrate the full functionality of my conceptual state and its capitol. To give a general idea of where my state is located, it is on the west coast and is the northern part of California and also includes the southern portion of Oregon. I have included a map with the…

Stephen Mather felt the need to preserve the park do to overgrazing, logging, and unregulated visitation. (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park#Recent_history) B. Mather proposed the idea of Bryce Canyon being made into a state park, but the Utah State Legislature pusher for national protection of the area. Mather gave in and sent his recommendation to the president, who was Warren G. Harding. Harding declared Bryce Canyon a national monument on June 8, 1923.…

The National Wildlife Refuge System was founded on March 14, 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, along Florida's central Atlantic coast, was the first unit. The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge was also the first wildlife refuge in the United states. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting. The System has grown to over 562 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts…

Hawaii Volcano National Park is one part of the National Park system. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has 5 volcanoes but 2 are the most active volcanoes there name is Kilauea and Mauna Loa. According to the World Heritage Center, “Volcanic eruptions have created a constantly changing landscape.” The Hawaii volcanoes national park is found in 1987. You can see animals, volcanoes, go hiking, and see the crater. 2.5 million visitors per year travel to see the volcanoes. It is located in the…

in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the past three winters have been harsh on the land. A movement to help increase the elk herd was started two years previously. According to Steve Morriss, 2012 the writer of National Elk Refuge: 1912 – 2012, “Congress appropriated $45,000 and decreed the creation of a National Elk Refuge. The Government incorporated 1,000 acres of public land and 1,760 acres of purchased land along Flat Creek to constitute the Refuge.” The state of Wyoming has been allotted a generous…

Wolves Were Never Needed Cyson Orr Madison High School Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help regulate the deer, elk, and bison herds. Little did we know, they were going to do much more than just regulate them. The wolf population has rapidly grown and spread across the states, greatly affecting local, and afar ecosystems and the populations of our deer and elk herds. The reintroduction of this species was a big mistake, and i have numerous examples here to show…

“No More Curtain Calls for Elephants,” an article published in the Los Angeles Times’ newspaper and composed by its own editorial board, brings the issue of domestic elephant mistreatment to light and declares its support of the Los Angeles City Council’s consideration of a measure that would promote domestic elephant welfare. In writing a story that was most immediately available and applicable to Los Angeles residents, the LA Times’ editorial board hopes to bring more awareness of the problem…

(Brannan 104). One of the first problems the Wadlow family had was finding a casket for Robert to fit in (Brannan 104). One of Harald Sr.’s brothers, Cecil Wadlow, who was an undertaker in Lincoln, Nebraska, recommended a metal casket made by the Grand Traverse Metal Casket Company, in Traverse City, Nebraska (Brannan 105). His casket was ten and a half feet long, by thirty-two inches wide, by thirty inches deep and fitted with a…

one place that some of them consider "California's best kept secret." The place itself only attracts 130,000 visitors year round ting when in comparison to Yosemite National Park's 4 million. Although it may sound like a bleak place to go , it is full of natural wonders and geological secrets. This place is no other than Lava Beds National Monument where learning and exploring meet. It may sound as if it is a dangerous treacherous place to take us to, but there is no danger there at all.…

mid-1930’s the gray wolf (Canis lupis) had been extirpated from its natural habitat in Yellowstone National Park through hunting, trapping, and poisoning in attempt to control predator populations (Phillips 1997). Their extirpation allowed elk (Cervus elaphus) populations to reach high numbers because they were no longer mediated by a predator and could not be controlled by human hunting (Kauffman 2010). The park attempted to cull elk numbers after becoming concerned about their impact on…