Sci/256 Week 2
Yellow Stone National Park
Alejandro Otero
SCI/256- People, Science and the Environment
Ms. Nathalie Basma
July 30, 2013
Yellow Stone National Park
“The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. From then until to the very recent past, many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European descent found their way into the park. In 1872 a country that had not yet seen its first centennial, established Yellowstone as the first national park in the world. A new concept was born and with it a new way for people to preserve and protect the best of what they had for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.” ("Yellowstone National Park Service", 2013) In the following paragraphs, the author will discuss the major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time, also, how humans may have affected biogeochemical cycles in that ecosystem, including impacts to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle. The author will also discuss how knowledge about that ecosystem’s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its management and restoration plus the implication of species interactions in ecosystem management and restoration.
Yellow stone national park has the most active volcanic opportunity in the US. Geologist is consistently monitoring it on a daily basis to understand how it came to be. Geologist wants to know the past so it can prepare for the future. With all the data that geologist have collected over the years, it can be determined that Yellowstone has been highly affected by human contact within its own ecosystem. Before Yellowstone became national landmark, it was used by humans for lodging, food, and lumber. The natives would utilize these resources to preserve their ways of
Alejandro Otero
SCI/256- People, Science and the Environment
Ms. Nathalie Basma
July 30, 2013
Yellow Stone National Park
“The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. From then until to the very recent past, many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European descent found their way into the park. In 1872 a country that had not yet seen its first centennial, established Yellowstone as the first national park in the world. A new concept was born and with it a new way for people to preserve and protect the best of what they had for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.” ("Yellowstone National Park Service", 2013) In the following paragraphs, the author will discuss the major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time, also, how humans may have affected biogeochemical cycles in that ecosystem, including impacts to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle. The author will also discuss how knowledge about that ecosystem’s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its management and restoration plus the implication of species interactions in ecosystem management and restoration.
Yellow stone national park has the most active volcanic opportunity in the US. Geologist is consistently monitoring it on a daily basis to understand how it came to be. Geologist wants to know the past so it can prepare for the future. With all the data that geologist have collected over the years, it can be determined that Yellowstone has been highly affected by human contact within its own ecosystem. Before Yellowstone became national landmark, it was used by humans for lodging, food, and lumber. The natives would utilize these resources to preserve their ways of
References: Yellowstone national park service. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/index.htm National Science Foundation. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126853 The NewYork Times. (2011). Retrieved from http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/how- climate-change-could-hurt-yellowstone-national-park/?_r=0