Rocky Mountain National Park

I will never forget the day that my parents told me we were moving to Colorado. I had a wide range of emotions towards this, I was both nervous and excited. I can explain it best as the moment before the fall on a roller coaster, the butterflies building up in your stomach as the bottom of the hill is not insight but the ride down is sure to be amazing. Much like roller coasters new experiences have no true end in sight but the journey along the way with all the twists and turns are sure to…

Weather: Tornadoes What are tornadoes, “the violently rotating winds of destruction”? A tornado is defined as a mobile, violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The Damage that a tornado can cause depends on the wind speed and the size. The most Violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred…

Composite volcanoes are also conspicuous and “disguised” as mountains. Another type of volcano is the shield volcano. They are very large, and can be…

either; The Rocky Mountains are a prominent part of everyday life, and Garden of the Gods is a breathtaking National Natural Landmark. Outdoor activities are very popular, and those of all interests and fitness levels can find at least one to participate in and enjoy. Skiing and snowboarding are popular amongst those living close to the ski lodges and in well to do families. Hiking is a popular pastime, and most often free. Occasionally a small fee may be charged to enter certain parks or use…

Introduction The term disturbance is often associated with negative connotations. However, ecologically speaking, disturbance is a natural and vital process that can ultimately help facilitate the development of an ecosystem (Attiwill, 1994). In general, disturbance is an event that causes a change in the structure of an ecosystem, resource availability, and/or the physical environment (Turner, 2010). There are also disturbance regimes, which focuses on the temporal and spatial dynamics of…

The Oxbow is another painting created by Thomas Cole in 1836. While the Distant View of Niagara Falls was mainly influenced by the love for the wild and nature in general, The Oxbow carries quite a different connotation. In the 19th century, the Westward expansion and the new political ideologies played a significant part in the lives of Americans; Cole was not an exception. This piece contains multiple significant details and it is composed by two combined parts. The left represents Cole’s…

States as well as the 18th largest dam in the entire world. Back then, the Hoover Dam was the largest structure of its time, standing seven-hundred and twenty-six feet tall with, “Enough concrete to build a road from New York to San Francisco,” (National Park Service 1). Due to its unprecedented size and the minute section of time spent to build it, this structure claimed numerous lives; despite that, this project offered 21,000 people the chance to avoid unemployment during the Great…

In anthropology, one of the main ethnographic methods used is oral history. This field involves a “tape-recorded historical information obtained in interviews concerning personal experiences and recollections” (Merriam Webster). For this paper, I decided to interview my grandmother Gloria. I was really excited for the interview with my grandmother because she has lived during the time when women’s role in society was extremely strict. About a month ago, I called my grandmother first explaining…

1.1 Introduction During the past, traditional knowledge has contributed a lot in sustainable practices and living but the knowledge seems to be disappearing at present. This might happened due to either the new generations do not want to accept and apply those knowledge or those knowledge are not transformed to other generations (Parajuli & Das, 2013). 1.2 What is traditional knowledge? There are other names for traditional knowledge such as local knowledge and indigenous…

protected. “The Book of Yaak” is, at its heart one long plea from Bass to help save his home. He puts himself in between the timber companies and the Yaak despite himself. “I am so much like the creatures in this endangered valley, and in all of the Rockies. All I want is a place to hole up and not be seen.” He acknowledges the balance he must strike, the brittleness brought on by activism and the suppleness of “writing pretty about a place –writing out of celebration.” “The Book of Yaak” is…