North Cascades National Park

1. Hiking http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/articles/destinations/hiking-in-yosemite-national-park-usa One of the country’s most cherished national parks, Yosemite continues to maintain its status as the top hiking and camping nature spots for millions of visitors every year. The national treasure’s breathtaking pine green valleys adjacent rocky, rugged stone mountains still remains a groundbreaking statement, even after its 125 year anniversary in 2015. With well over four million visitors…

LEADERSHIP In 1888, Frederick Law Olmsted was hired by George Washington Vanderbilt to work on the grounds of Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, which is now the Pisgah National Forest. During this time, Olmsted formulated the first program of forest management. In 1892, Olmsted hired a trained forester by the name of Gifford Pinchot to help him create a comprehensive forest management plan. Under the Olmsted’s guidance, Pinchot carried out the Biltmore Working Plan, which had three…

Interviewer:What did you hope to experience in the Andes? Rosemarie Alecio:I could not wait to experience the beauty and depth of the Andes.Looking up to the mountain , all I could imagine was my husband and, I on top of the magnificent Venezuelan Andes.The height of the ridged and sharp angles was the finest I've ever witnessed. We gazed up at the rugged and rough shape of the Andes as it looked more immense as we drove closer. I recall ,I couldn’t have waited until I could climb the peak of…

Preserving Nature through Desert Solitaire and Being Caribou Both Edward Abbey’s memoir Desert Solitaire and Leanne Allison’s documentary Being Caribou were written for the purpose of preserving nature. In Desert Solitaire, Abbey is trying to preserve the deserts in the southwest region of the United States. Whereas, in Being Caribou, Allison wants to protect the caribous located in Alaska, where the government wants to drill for oil and destroy their sacred calving grounds. Even though they are…

Lake Mungo is one of Australia 's richest archaeological, historical, cultural and scientific sites, providing evidence of human habitation in the area, as much as 50,000 years old, doubling the anthological history of Australia. The discovery of human remains records some of the earliest evidence of burial rituals including the first cremation and the world 's oldest ochre burial. Evidence also exists for the earliest Homo sapiens outside of Africa. Lake Mungo contains the world 's largest…

As mentioned earlier, there are three different perspectives of conflict such as Traditional, Interpretive and Critical. In Cross-Cultural Claims on Devils Tower National Monument, the perspective presented is the traditional, thereby researchers and organizational trainers focus on strategies, styles and communications choices, and processes to have the best resolution and an effective decision (Papa, Daniels & Spiker, 2008). The traditional perspective, first evaluates how both parties deal…

David T. Kennedy Park The park of my choice for this essay is named David T Kennedy Park. I have been coming to this park for quite some time now and it is one of my favorite parks to go to. I will be elaborating on a few of my experiences at the park. As well as how people will react when I go around picking up litter. I will also be explaining some of the parks history. I hope you find this essay to be insightful and full of fun facts that might even make you want to visit the park as well. …

destinations in comfort because when your cruise ship docks at an island, your group will be the only visitors at that time. You will also have a knowledgeable, trained guide who will make sure you do not miss a thing. The Galapagos Islands is a national park of Ecuador, and the government carefully monitors tourism not only to protect the flora and fauna but also to give visitors a chance to see the islands as Charles Darwin did in 1835. The Darwin Trail is on Genovesa Island, also called…

Social and Environmental Profile Cultural, Social and Economic Impact Vulnerable Populations Southern Florida has a large migrant farm worker population that could be negatively impacted by food shortages and thus labor shortages across the state and county. These individuals rely on the income made through harvesting in order to provide for their families and are often the most marginalized in society. Low income residents will also be impacted if aerial spraying continues in the region. Food…

John Colter is one of the greatest explorers of all time. He traveled with Lewis and Clark, hiked 500 miles across Yellowstone, and got attacked by Indians! Tom Murphy is also a great explorer. Just like Colter, he too traveled across Yellowstone, braved out nights sleeping in Yellowstone with the constant threat of predators, and was prepared for anything. Except there's one small detail that separates these two famous explorers. They lived 200 years apart. Although we have explored and know…