Physical Aspects: Located in southern B.C. and covering 260 square kilometers, Mount Revelstoke National Park has very diverse landform features. In my poster, the spotlight is on a steep mountain in the Selkirk range, which is part of the Columbia Mountains. It is a sharp young mountain formed by the folding and faulting of sedimentary bedrock. Besides rugged mountains and plateaus, there is also an abundance of wetlands and plains, which are represented by the lake and grasslands I drew. Due to different elevations and the humid air from the Pacific, the climate in this park can be very contrasting. The month of January is shown on the left side of my mountain, when temperatures are below freezing and snow is present at all elevations. Moving towards the right, temperatures begin to increase to above zero by May, when rain and sunshine are dominant. In the middle of my mountain, you can see that summer is in full bloom. However, there may still be snowfields lingering at the summit. After a short summer ending with August, the driest month of the year, snow accumulates once again and avalanches are not uncommon. Overall, the climate is cool, with a large temperature range and adequate relief precipitation. There are various types of vegetation in Mount Revelstoke. On both sides of the lake, I have shown dense forests made up of Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, Lodgepole pine, and Trembling Aspen. At the lowest elevations, precipitation mainly falls as rain year-round, resulting in the world’s only temperate inland rainforest. It includes species like western red cedar, western hemlock, Devil’s club, and other old By: Jessie Zhang growth. This is shown on the very right side of my poster. In the subalpine mea... ... middle of paper ... ...formation helps Parks Canada decide what improvements should be made in order to increase the population of endangered bird species. Next to the caribou, there is another woman taking a sample of the lake water, which is part of the Ecological Integrity Monitoring Program for all mountain national parks. Not only will the data collected be a help to decision-making, it will also be valuable for educating Canadians about the effects we have on the ecological health of our parks. In 2005, Parks Canada concluded in a 3-year research project, that the outbreaks of the western hemlock looper are not a threat to forest health or caribou habitat. These kinds of studies are vital for managing forest health. To sum everything up, regular management and following visitor guidelines are ways Mount Revelstoke National Park is keeping the ecosystem functioning properly
While developing national parks as an ingrained part of their surrounding regions, there has still been conflict between the perceived and actual power community based stakeholders have been given.
Committee on Senate Energy and National Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. 3 June 2003: ESBCO. Mission Viejo Library., Mission Viejo, CA. 31 July 2005. http://web31.epnet.com/citation.
Effects on animals and plants are also in the Rangers’ alerts. It is unfortunate that “…visitors feed the rodents and birds so much junk food they no longer eat fragile alpine vegetation and drop the seeds so the plants spread” (Robbins 191). Warnings to not feed the animals, throwing away trash, and recycling when possible are posted throughout the Park. Yosemite has a full research team that monitors damage and conceive ideas to reduce the pollution. One final solution to Yosemite’s problem can come from the limitation of human entrance.
...ail. For the geo-tourist, these two locations share a common geologic foundation and history. Both parks have the same bedrock formations and formed their topography from the same glacial events (Fleeger, et al. 2003).
National Weather Service. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, 5 Jan. 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2010. .
It is also mentioned that the story begins on June twenty-seventh. “With the fresh warmth of a full summer day (p.445). ” Again, the setting is depicted as a bright, happy place. The date is important, because the end of June is a time when the summer has fully set in, possibly giving the meaning that change is up ahead.
I prepared myself for the upcoming adventurous day. I set out along a less-traveled path through the woods leading to the shore. I could hear every rustle of the newly fallen leaves covering the ground. The brown ground signaled the changing of seasons and nature's way of preparing for the long winter ahead. Soon these leaves would be covered with a thick layer of snow. The leaves still clinging to the trees above displayed a brilliant array of color, simultaneously showing the differences of each and the beauty of the entire forest.
Every year, over nine million hikers and adventure seekers travel to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park making it the most visited national park in the United States. There are abundant reasons for this, but many popular reasons include over 150 hiking trails extending over 850 miles, a large portion of the Appalachian Trail, sightseeing, fishing, horseback riding, and bicycling. The park houses roughly ten thousand species of plants and animals with an estimated 90,000 undocumented species likely possible to be present. It is clear why there was a pressing interest in making all this land into a national park. My research was started by asking the question; how did the transformation of tourism due to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park affect surrounding cities such as Gatlinburg and Sevier County, and in return, its effect on the popularity of the park?
Even though perspectives of wilderness have changed and will continue to change Yellowstone was established with the purpo...
This park is famous among National Park Service enthusiasts and photographers but is under-appreciated by just about everyone else. Not only is this the most diverse National Park, but it is simply one of the best. No other place has such disparate landscapes packed into such a small area.
In 1872 Congress set aside a piece of land in Wyoming, establishing Yellowstone as the country’s first national park. This was followed by the first forest reserve in 1891, and the first wildlife reserve in 1903 (Opener). With the creation of parks and reserves our nations land would be preserved and cared for with the admiration for generations to come. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR] was established to protect native plants and animals from human interference. The Refuge would cover 19 million acres, an area about the size of South Carolina (Opener). This land has been sought after for years, as it caries for animals and plants that exist nowhere else on Earth, just like the Amazon Rain forest it needs to be protected and persevered. To protect the ecosystem, most of the Refuge was declared closed to oil...
National Park Services, U.S. Department of Interior. Nps.gov, 27 Dec. 2004. Web. The Web. The Web.
That’s why it holds the title of most filmed public park in the world. Awesome!
Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable. GLRPPR, 12 Dec. 2013. Web. 15 Dec. 2013. .
and the importance of their history. It is the first monument to be added to the National Park