Transcript Yellowstone National Park - University of West Alabama

History
 America’s first national park
 Established in 1872
 Location in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana
 History goes back about 11,000 years to many Native
Americans
 Park was used as home, transportation route, and
hunting grounds.
 Park crosses Continental Divide 3 times and has 350
miles of paved road
Yellowstone National Park
 Managed to protect cultural and natural resources and
scenery for visitor’s use
 For example: fishing
Fishing has been one of the major activities that
enhanced the park for the purpose of natural
environments and native species. Overfishing is done
due to humans desire to eat more fish
*Cutthroat trout is one important fish of the park
Places to see and go
 Old Faithful- a popular geyser that has hot springs;
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earthquakes occur in the winter
Grand Canyon
Anemone Geyser- has eruption 7-10 min where the
pool fills and overflows causing bubbles to splash
Plume Geyser- erupts every 20 min
Beehive Geyser- consist of streams of water that goes
150 ft in the air
Daisy Geyser- It’s eruption is erupts on an angle and
reaches up to 75ft.
Climate
 Climate is of cold winters and moderate summers
 Park is above 7,500 ft
 Have to be prepared for changing of the weather due
to storms, and other temperatures
 …………………….Weather is unpredictable!........................
The animals in Yellowstone
 Elk
 Deer
 Bison
 Grizzly bears
 Fish(trout)
 Wolves
 Coyotes
 Bald Eagles
Yellowstone animals destruction
 A 3year old male wolf
was hit by a car
 No report of the
destruction was made
 Damages done to wolf:
 Broken leg
 Blood in mouth
 Massive injuries
Yellowstone animals destruction
 Grizzly bear was struck
in Yellowstone by a
motorist on June 15,
2003.
 They have to be
seperated from food
sources because they
have attacked many
humans and their food
Wolves
 What dangers do the wolves face?
 Human
 Climate
 Predators
 Other wolves
 Why???????
Yellowstone National Park Caldera
 What is the reason
Yellowstone erupted 3
times in over 2 million
years with massive
explosions than any
volcano in Earth’s
history?
 What is it?
 Geologic “hotspot” that
existed beneath
Yellowstone
Five regions of Yellowstone
 Mammoth Country- hotsprings that form terraces
 Geyser Country-home to Old Faithful and mud pots,
and hot pools
 Lake Country- includes blue lake and land of forests,
eagles , grizzly bears etc.
 Canyon Country- Grand Canyon
 Roosevelt Country- Captures the spirit of the Old West
rolling hills
Wild land Fire in Yellowstone
 Wildfires occurred across much of the ecosystem in
the 1700s.
 National history of fire includes:
 Conflagration sweeping across volcanic plateaus
 Hot wind fires
Wild fire
 In 1940’s ecologists saw that fire was the reason for a
change in the ecosystem
 In 1950’s and 1960’s the parks and forests began to
experience burns
 By 1970’s Yellowstone instituted a natural fire
management plan which allowed the process of
lightening caused fire to influence wild land
succession
 The natural fire policy 1972-1987 consisted of 235 fires
that burned up 33,759 acres.
Park Planning
 Environmental Impact Statements(EISs)
 Environmental Assessments (Eas)
 Management plans
 No Significant Impact (FONSIs)
 Records of Decision (RODs)
 Planning, Environment, and Public Comment(PEPC)
Did You Know?
 More people have been hurt by bison than bears each
year in Yellowstone
 Shoshone Indians chose not to acquire the horse
 Yellowstone contains ½ of world’s hydrothermal
features, which are over 10,000 including 300 geysers
and parks
 The Roosevelt Arch is located at the North Entrance of
Yellowstone National Park with cornerstone of arch
being done by president Theodore Roosevelt