Redwood National and State Parks

“Hiss, Hiss”. That's the sound of an invasive species called the Burmese Python. There are thousands of the invasive Burmese Pythons loose in the Everglades and they pose a massive threat on Florida’s communities. The Burmese Python are changing the local animals, people, and ecosystems. These Burmese Python cannot survive without food, so they will hunt for food and that is exactly what they’re doing in the Everglades. First off, Burmese Pythons pose a massive threat to Florida’s…

Painted in 1885, Indians at Campfire, Yosemite Valley, California is a painting by a renowned artist named Thomas Hill. Hill was born on September 11, 1829, in England. When he was fifteen years old, he and his family moved to the United States. After Hill had turned twenty-four, he joined the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was highly recognized for his numerous paintings of the vast California landscape. During the time Hill was a student at the Art Academy, he travels to the White…

Throughout time man is possessed with the question, what is culture? The question results in two answers. There is one with positive feedback or one with negative feedback. Culture is dependent upon the influences of people and how they interact with each other in their said culture and others in a different said culture, by which they create societal norms for people to categorize themselves. The interpretation of what culture is or should be like differs upon each individual’s own beliefs.…

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 main objectives: a near continuous year-round yield of forest commodities, lucrative production, and an enhancement in the state of the forest.…

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…

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 both fighting to help the wildlife and nature, they…

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…