National Park Service

places for visiting in the city, it has very famous museum namely Grande Prairie Museum built in 1970 which tells the story of town settlement. The city gives unleashing experience of beautiful natural setting in places like Muskoseepi Park, Saskatoon Island Provincial Park, Moonshine Lake Provincial…

If the name Headwaters Forest Preserve does not ring a bell, you might recall Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent 738 days between 12/10/1997 and 12/18/1999 in the tree affectionately known as "Luna," to prevent Pacific Lumber Company loggers from cutting it down. Pacific Lumber had been bought by Maxxam Corp., and they were clear cutting everything in sight to pay off the bonds they sold to buy this forest. Pacific Lumber, which had been doing sustainable logging for generations, suddenly became an…

Mount St. Helens is an 8,363-ft. tall volcanic landmark of the state of Washington. It was a popular tourist attraction and recreation area for most of the 20th century. It was also The U.S.’s 8th tallest mountain, towering at 9,977 ft. It is now the 14th tallest at 8,363 ft. tall, due to a major eruption in May of 1980. On May 18, 1980, the beautiful, peaceful well-known mountain Mount St. Helens became the most dangerous mountain in U.S. history in a matter of minutes. There are records of…

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…

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…

Yellowstone National Park, a beautiful wildlife preserve located on the outskirts of Eastern Idaho, is a wonderful attraction. There are over 30,000 acres of this gorgeous park filled with majestic creatures and other wildlife. This park is considered one of the most beautiful parks in the nation. Not only does Idaho have parks, Idaho has many large,towering mountains. In 1936, intelligent business men and women developed…

Issue Presented: Public Lands have been a staple of our country for many decades now starching from shining sea to shining sea, whether they are National Parks, National Forests, Battlefields, and so on. However, recently there has been a push, especially out west where there is a great concentration of our public lands to be transferred to state control where they are then sold off to the highest bidder to companies that either explect the resources or use the lands to develop places like…

years as an Engineman with the United States Navy. For Morris, the beauty of nature is for all of us to enjoy, and the natural world has always been his favorite subject. Through the years, looking at photographic work published in magazines like National Geographic motivated Morris to hone his skills. Taking care of a family business focused on people with special needs in transportation…

In 1906 Theodore Roosevelt followed and increased the nation's reserves by another 13 million. (6, pg.29-30) The U.S. Forest Service was then established in 1905. This law was carried out with a great number of responsibilities to come for the members of the service. These members were supposed to avoid timber deprivations, to help lumberjacks and fight the big lumber organizations, to protect water supply, and create public recreational areas. (2, pg.31) This law was made to attempt to please…

Researchers estimate that around five million people visit the Grand Canyon yearly. When visitors first come to the Grand Canyon they start their tour at the South Rim. The South Rim is an overlook into the inner gorge of the Colorado River (“Grand Canyon National…