Virunga was directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel and released on April 17, 2014. The Virunga National park lies in the eastern Congo. It is the home of the last mountain gorillas and takes in orphan gorillas. The new rebel group, M23, declares a war in 2012 causing a huge commotion and making the National Park a big target. Wanting to protect its park and its gorillas from people who want to close down the park, they created the documentary, Virunga. It shows a significant amount of pathos and…
The Arctic Refuge Jimmy Carter in his essay has comprehensively explained how arctic wild life has it's profound significance.It is not only the country's heritage but it also is important to people around the globe . Many species of wild life have occupied their habitats in these regions . This has created a natural wilderness . Jimmy Carter has explained this wilderness by his own vivid experience . He has portrayed the vast forms of species which over the time have accumulated there . For…
"Conservation means development as much as it does protection." Teddy Roosevelt stated this quote about conservation and protecting our wildlife. Scene teddy was a kid he always wanted to help keep nature. When Theodore Roosevelt passed the national reclamation Act in 1902, he took a stand, preserving our natural resources ,coal companies and miners opposed this act because it limited their projects. As a result Teddy established a federal government that managed the scale of water used.…
and or volcanoes in the mountains, consider spending some time to soak in the spirit of this very cultural city. San Jose is also a great base for daytrips to nearby attractions or to break up long trips if your Costa Rica vacation includes multiple destinations on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. IN SAN JOSE National Theater – San Jose is filled with historical sites and the national theater is one of them. Opened in 1897 after 6 years of construction, the national theater was a symbol of…
Welcome to Zion’s National Park! Today we will be going on a ture. While we are on this amazing ride I will tell you everything that I honestly think is pretty cool about Zion then get to doing what you think is interesting. First off it is located in Springdale, Utah. One of the things that most tourists want to come and see is the Virgin River. As it flows through the forests it is so clear that I can see the bottom. Zion is about 147,000 acres long, and in those acres there are beautiful…
Most people have heard of Yellowstone National Park but not everyone knows how strange yet spectacular the caldera actually is. Yellowstone is a supervolcano and the park sits on top of a massive crater called a caldera. According to a NOVA documentary, the caldera is large enough to hold the city of LA and the magma chamber encompasses half of the park above it and extends almost 5 miles deep (Adah, 2016). This makes Yellowstone’s magma chamber the largest known on Earth. Since Yellowstone is a…
the Yellowstone National Park. Nighttime is usually cold in Yellowstone even during summer months. Make sure you prepare for cold weather and bring some warm blankets with you, especially if you are traveling with your family. There are many other things that you need to take note of when traveling to Yellowstone National Park. This article offers important tips for camping in Yellowstone. Yellowstone was established in March 1872 as the first national park in the world. The park is located in…
Yellowstone Wolves Around the late 1920’s bounty hunters from the government exterminated the park’s last native wolves as part of a national wolf extermination program to protect the farmer’s livestock.In a exert from an interview Scott said “These animals themselves have not killed livestock, and don't know how” and “ They'll learn how to kill wild prey from these older wolves that we're putting them with” so the wolves have not killed livestock because the will learn how to eat wild…
TITLE Anza-Borrego Exploration: A Guide to Camping in the Desert LEAD PARAGRAPH When you think of camping, do you typically envision tents, grass, oak trees and bears (oh my!)? After spending the weekend camping in the vast Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, my notion of camping expanded tremendously. Let me set the stage by laying out just a few of the splendors you’re likely to encounter on the trail: sand, wild flowers, palm trees, and, if you’re lucky, big horn sheep! If you stay the night,…
As it is known, Lafreniere Park, is the “heart of the Jefferson Parish.” It is a lovely natural green space which provides peacefulness to the community. Lafreniere Park is important to the community because it provides a huge amount of activities and services. As it welcome website states: “With careful planning and vigilant nurturing for more than three decades, the park now sports multiple use lawns, fountains, family picnic areas, hills, landscaped gardens, boating, fishing, paths, a…