National Parks: Useful or Destructive? In his essay “Glen Canyon Submersus” Wallace Stegner writes “In gaining the lovely and the usable‚ we have given up the incomparable” (509). In this quote he is talking about the loss of Glen Canyon during the creation of Lake Powell‚ and more broadly‚ talking about how national parks often destroy wildernesses despite their apparent usefulness. Glen Canyon is only one of thousands of examples of an environment being destroyed by a government funded park system
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Wolf and Moose Predator Prey Relationship in Isle Royale National Park: 1949-2014 The guardian water of the great lakes make Isle Royale what it is‚ providing almost unique isolation‚ subjecting its bays and inlets to endless change in beauty‚ charm and challenge. The idea for Isle Royale as a national park began in the early 1920s. At that time the Island Copper Company and Minnesota Forest Production Company owned 70% of the land‚ 7% was public land and the rest was divided among small
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Jonesboro High School President Theodore Roosevelt & National Parks There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite‚ the groves if the giant sequoias and redwoods‚ the canyon or the Colorado‚ the canyon of Yellowstone‚ the three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and then children’s children forever‚ with their majestic beauty all marred. ~ President Theodore Roosevelt President Theodore Roosevelt has contributed
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Why are some volcanoes more hazardous than others? There are several reasons that influence volcanic hazards‚ these include the viscosity of the magma‚ proximity to population centres‚ materials that are ejected from the volcano‚ the magnitude of the eruption and the plate margin that the volcano rests upon. The viscosity of the magma depends on 3 things‚ the temperature‚ dissolved gasses and the chemistry involved in the magma. These factors produce 2 main types of magma called acid and basic
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This reduces the scientists’ credibility in the eyes of government and local people‚ and can cause problems the next time an eruption seems likely. 7. Prediction‚ forecasts and reactions - Active volcanoes all over the world are monitored using a vast array of scientific equipment. Satellites look for infrared radiation that indicates rising magma and ground instruments measure gas emissions‚ ground deformation and resulting earthquake activity. - Geologists use evidence from past eruptions
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Geothermal Energy Being open with the public will move the county and state of Hawaii forward towards the conversion to geothermal energy without repurcutions HILO‚HI-The topic of geothermal energy here on the Big Island has been an on ongoing debate for almost the past two decades. Without personal insight‚ geothermal energy seems to have no negative side to it. “Who wouldn’t want to go green? Isn’t having renewable energy a good thing?” are the type of questions that come to mind when asked
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Book Review Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature By Dan Lepping For Professor Owen Chariton HIS 1110: Colorado History CRN 54116 Enos Mills: Citizen of Nature By Alexander Drummond Alexander Drummond‚ born in 1938‚ is a professional writer and former director of publications for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder‚ Colorado. Drummond‚ who grew up and attended the public schools of Boulder‚ was born Ronald Cox‚ but in 1989 he legally changed his name to Alexander Drummond
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A trophic cascade is defined as ecological changes such as alterations in species abundance or composition‚ nutrient concentrations of plants‚ and the physical structure of the vegetation and environment. After wolves were eradicated from Yellow Stone National Park it caused a collapse in the tri-trophic cascade of predators‚ prey‚ and vegetation. They were reintroduced to restore the cascade that was present in the past to the park. The reintroduction of the wolves resulted in a major decline in
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is consist of ridge upon ridge of seemingly endless forest on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains National Park was established on June 15‚ 1934. Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers 522‚427 acres‚ making it one of the largest protected areas in the eastern United States. It is the most visited national park in the United
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Volcanoes are big erupting mounting that shoot out hot lava/magma. Volcano eruptions produce a lot of toxic gases which can damage the environment. When a volcano is about to erupt there is rain‚ thunder‚ and lightning. Volcanoes can also be bigger or smaller than a mountain. There are many different types of volcanoes that cause destruction throughout the entire world. Volcanoes occur all over the world anytime of the day. Volcanoes occur at the mid-ocean ridges because they are divergent plate
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