North Cascades National Park

please let me finish. Okay so as I was saying, we were assigning projects to groups today and my group consists of me, Chance, and Reginald. We choose the topic of “Sasquatch Searching” not thinking much about it and once we read the packet, we realized something. We have to go to North Cascades National Park for this project.” You can now see that Mrs. Blackwood, “All the way in Washington! There is no way I am letting you go!” Mrs. Blackwood screeches with authority. “Hold on Jaylene, this might be a good experience for Muhammad, He is a Senior in highschool now, I think he can take care of himself.” Mr. Blackwood explains. “You two are going to have to really convince me that this is a good idea.” Mrs. Blackwood demands with the eyes of a hawk. The Blackwoods pondered on this idea and finally came to a conclusion that is will be a good experience for Muhammad before he goes off to college. “Muhammad we have made a decision about you going to Washington!” Mrs. Blackwood cries out. “Alright I will be down in a minute!” Muhammad screeches from his…

A herd of wild bison has been reintroduced to Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, marking the first time that bison have roamed this part of Canada since they were hunted to near extinction in the 19th century. Parks Canada — the Canadian government agency that manages national parks, conservation areas and historical sites — relocated the 16 bison, which primarily include pregnant females, to the remote Panther Valley in Banff National Park, the Calgary Herald reported. Initially, the…

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Yosemite is a national park in California. It was established on October 1, 1890. Muir and Johnson lobbied Congress for the Act that created Yosemite National Park on October 1, 1890. The State of California, however, retained control of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. Yosemite is one of people’s national treasure because of its beauty and the way it looks. It is immortalized in the black-and-white landscape and has 2,425-foot-high Yosemite Falls which makes it one of the tallest waterfalls.…