Virunga National Park

The United States Forest Service was created at the turn of the twentieth century to help ensure the forest and lands of the US were taken care of. This was the first time leaders were chosen because of their knowledge of nature instead of some bureaucracy non sense. The Forest Service was staffed with university educated foresters chosen because of their expertise of the forest. Before the US Forest Service was formed politicians managed the land that belonged to the government and this was…

creation of America's National Park System. A whole new federal bureau was created and tasked with the responsibility of protecting the then only 35 national parks and monuments, and the promise to protect all future additions. Thus, America's greatest idea was born. Fast forward one hundred years, and the National Parks System is a vast network of dizzying diversity and majestic landscapes, monuments, and historical sites. While only 59 locations feature the words "national park" in their…

The National Park of American Samoa is a national park established on October 31, 1988. It is located in Polynesia, Oceania at latitude 13.8333°S, 171.7500° W American Samoa is made of seven islands which are Tutuila, Tau, Olosega, Ofu, Aunuu, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island. All of the island's main biomes are the tropical rainforest. American Samoa was not established as a national park until 1993 when the park signed a 50-year lease agreement with eight participating villages in Tutuila, Tau,…

declare this lava bed to become a park," I hear President Calvin Coolidge. This Lava Bed is located on the border of California and Oregon. At this site you are able to see caves, take a tour around the park, go hiking on scenic trails, climb cinder cones and learn about volcanoes that are active or inactive. I think this field trip would be educational because we would be there and we would remember instead of pictures off the internet. The tour around the park will be historical because…

president in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the United States Forest Service (USFS) and enabling the American Antiquities Act of 1906. During his presidency, Roosevelt established five national parks and protected approximately 230 million acres of public land. President Theodore Roosevelt conserved many natural environments of the…

chance to see again. The wolves in Yellowstone are hard to find. They have a very interesting history where the population of the wolves was extinguished. In 1805, the first human came to yellowstone and that started the development of yellowstone national park and the killing of the wolves. By 1926 all of the wolves in yellowstone had been killed. Slowly, scientist saw the impact of the wolves and decided to try to re-introduce the wolves back into the ecosystem. The population today is…

Minnesota, the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", actually boasts about 11,842 bodies of water that have an area over 10 acres. The relative concentration of lakes increases as you travel north with what might typically be considered the beginning of "lake country" starting on an imaginary line drawn through the center of the state stretching from Alexandria to the west to the famous Lake Mille Lacs to the east. If you came to this page looking for information to help you plan a Minnesota fishing getaway…

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.…

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 the country’s coffee wealth. Currently the…