Rocky Mountain National Park

In “Albert Bierstadt and the White Mountains”, The White Mountains played a greater part in the formation of Bierstadt's art than is usually assumed, and his curiosity about nature continued for much of his life. Also during this time, Bierstadt’s art was also influenced throughout his life by his interest in photography, which was initiated by his partnership with Peter Fales during their time on expeditions. On Bierstadt’s first Western trip, from April to November of 1859, Bierstadt…

Cronon states, “indeed, my principle objection to wilderness is that it may teach us to be dismissive or even contemptuous of such humble places and experiences.” Just because organisms, such as, trees or fields of grain occur more frequently than mountains or canyons in the urbanized lives of humans does not lessen their importance. By dismissing the more simplistic elements due to their place in human industry, humans allow themselves to destroy the very wilderness they work so hard to…

Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

was an elementary Art Instructor in the Las Vegas Park County School District. She also taught adult classes of various themes. Now retired from the classroom, Sherry is back in Great Falls, Montana where she is enjoying her personal painting. She has a love for Montana and that love lies in the natural beauty and picturesque landscape that defines the state. “The landscapes are inspiring and the wildlife is magnificent.” With two national parks, beautiful scenery, and an abundance of wildlife,…

Chatsworth, California resides in the northwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley, bordered by the Santa Susana mountains to the north, Porter Ranch and Northridge to the east, Winnetka, West Hills, and Canoga Park to the south, and Simi Valley and Ventura County to the west. Around 8,000 years ago, Chatsworth was originally inhabited by several different Native American tribes: the Tongva-Fernandeno, Chumash-Venturano, and the Tataviam-Fernandeno. Stoney Point was the home of the…

The Yellowstone National Park wildfire of 1988 is nothing that is unheard of when it comes to our country’s natural disasters. This specific wildfire was remarkable considering that it was the largest fire complex ever recorded in the Greater Yellowstone Area. It was the summer of 1988 when it actually occurred, and this area was dealing with a severe drought. The setting to create the perfect fire consisted of a wet spring where dry winds reached up to sixty miles per hour, a humidity level…

for this trip just younger. On our trip one of the main attractions we stopped at for a few days was at the Grand Teton National Park in Jackson Hole Wyoming. The Tetons are a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. While in the national park we visited a horse ranch where we rode around the Teton range, hiked around one of the lakes at the base of one of the mountains, fished, and went white water rafting. The white water rafting is where the story begins. It was Day 8 Wednesday June…

In 1964 a young surf freak called Sherman Poppen was dreaming about surfing the magic winter landscape of the Rockies. As a consequence, he built a surfboard for the snow. His first prototype was an about 1,20 m long plastic plank: two kids' skis bolted together. It was a present for his daughter Wendy which soon was a winner in the neighbourhood. One year later, in 1965, his idea was put into production: Carried out together with a bowling-ball manufacturer, the now called "snurfer” found its…

he movement of the tectonic plates causing a shaking of the Earth’s surface, is an earthquake. Seismographs are instruments that can measure the size of an earthquake, from a tremor to a major event, as they are happening almost unceasingly. Some earthquakes can cause major events like broken dams, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and destruction of cities. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015) The densest areas of the map – appendix 2 – is around Indonesia and New Zealand. This is because…

become to form. Those conditions are ideal for hunting as it becomes easy for polar bears to move on the snow with their thick layers. Contrary to polar bears, grizzly bears do not live in the poles. We can found grizzly bear in boreal forest and rocky mountain (Fest-Bianchet and Kansas 2010). In order to choose an environment to live, grizzly bears have to make sure it is safe and there is plenty food. Their…