Dry Tortugas National Park Case Study

What has become of parks in the United States has taken creativity and minimized its possibilities. A child’s advocate and architect, Lady Marjory Allen, commented her thoughts on what parks are like today. “Allen was disappointed by what she described in a documentary as “asphalt square” playgrounds with “a few pieces of mechanical equipment”(Rosin 4). When you describe parks as this it doesn’t sound fun at all, and certainly not to kids. Parks have been made to be all the same, the same swings, slides, etc.

To some, parks are often viewed as a staple of the city, for others it is a place for leisure. Every park is filled with history and reflects back onto the city in which it presides. Fairmount Park and Central Park both have a rich history and an

The park expanded on March 27, 1978, just before the parks ten year anniversary. After all of this reading I truly realized why people called this park a national treasure. Not only do the tallest trees in the world inhabit the park, but the people who really cared for these trees were protecting them for the benefit of all who want to see this park. The plants and even the animals who are in this park are a great part of the scenery too. Many tend to forget about the other features of the park and are fixated on the trees. This park presents the US and the epitome of American

The natural beauty of Cabo San Lucas is reflected in it protected beaches with crystal waters and pale sand beaches, dramatic landscapes with views of incredible rock formation, along with its diverse desert ecosystem, featuring plant life such as palms, agave, conifers, elephant tree, wild figs, and a whole lot more. Its animal life is equally captivating with endangered species such as the Leatherback Sea Turtle sea turtles and humpback whale.

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is a protected park in New Mexico located in the Chihuahuan desert around 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. The Rio Salado flows through the refuge and is a tributary of the Rio Grande joining the Rio Grande just 15 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. The refuge area currently hosts the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by the University of New Mexico. While research into parasites in mammals and other species that habituate in the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge has been done, there has not been any studies on snails and digenean parasites in the region. Understanding and mapping the physid snail and digenean parasite habitat could help estimate the biodiversity of the digenean

Furthermore, one of my favorite days during the program was going to the Maui Ocean Center. It is known to be the nation’s largest tropical reef aquarium. This allows people from all over the world to be able to view Hawaii’s beautiful undersea world all at once. Many of the animals that are held captive at the Maui Ocean center are mainly found in Hawaii. The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles exhibit truly caught my attention at the Ocean center. They have a education outreach program called Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Educational Loan Program that helps strengthen the population of this particular specie. There was a study done to see how well the captive bred green turtles were adapting to wildlife. The information obtained during 267-481 days of remote monitoring using satellite tracking gave strong support to the premise of successful adaptation to the wild by the four captive- reared juvenile green turtles released by the Maui Ocean Center (Balazs, Parker, Gorman, Luecke, Pawloski, 2015) . Current research in Hawaii shows the Hawaiian green turtle population is increasing since they have been protected by federal law (Maui Ocean Center,

Near my neighborhood, Pacific Spirit Regional Park is the most famous. Every day I can see people obtain and enjoy a range of values form it. In the next few paragraphs, I will introduce different types of values of this park through my experiences with it, such as social function, environmental function and economic function.

The sparrow had a total of one species with a relative abundance of 0.0526. The earthworm had a total of six species with a relative abundance of 0.3158. The red-headed woodpecker had a total of one species with a relative abundance of 0.0526. The bigger brown spider had a total of one species with a relative abundance of 0.0526 (see Figure 1). The total number of species in the wooded area was nineteen with the species evenness of 0.7823. It also had a Shannon diversity index of 1.6266 and species richness of eight (see Table 1). The twelve different species at the water’s edge site are turtle, buzzard, deer, frog, beaver, tiny brown spider, small black bird, small yellow and brown stripes spider, dark with brown stripes spider, water spider, tibellus spider, and dog. The turtle had a total of five species with a relative abundance of 0.1515. The buzzard had a total of three species with a relative abundance of 0.0909. The deer had a total of one species with a relative abundance of 0.0303. The frog had a total of one species with a relative abundance of 0.0303. The beaver had a total of two species with a relative abundance of 0.0606. The tiny brown spider had a total of one species with a relative

The beaches in dry tortugas are amazing, because They the best coral reef in US and the water is as clear as glass.

There are many important and peculiar buildings mentioned in this section of the novel. The jailhouse where Tom is kept, the First purchase church and Maycomb's courthouse, are all examples of public buildings. Some private residences in Maycomb include the Ewell house and the Radley house. I think the courthouse and the Ewell house are the most significant buildings in this section, so I will be focusing on them. What goes on in these buildings is often a reflection of how they look.

Imagine a world of chaos. We see things like that all the time in movies, where zombies roam the earth and there are just those few main survivors left. The world is in ruins. If ocean life was to die out, there would be a collapse of civilization as a whole. Just like we see on TV, the world would become a place where no order exists. This would lead to human extinction. The ocean dies, we die along with it, and if sea turtles die, so does the ocean. In simple words, one could say that human life depends on sea turtles. In this speech I will be covering three topics. First, how a sea turtle’s diet benefits marine life and humans, second, how sea turtles provide homes and food for other species, and last, how sea turtles protect beaches from washing away.

Home to hundreds of marine life species off the coast of Florida’s blue waters and accessible only by boat, the seven small islands are known as the Dry Tortugas provide the country with an aesthetically pleasing National Park. This picturesque landscape provides visual amenities such as coral reefs, bird habitats, and the great Fort Jefferson. However, it took a considerable amount of time, weathering, and human intervention to shift and shape the park to its modern day structure. Starting some millions of years ago with the late Paleozoic era, and evolving into the modern day Holocene epoch, the area of and around the Dry Tortugas has experienced significant geological and chemical changes. This paper examines research conducted to assess

“The first use of heron island was as a turtle cannery which was in the 1920’s. Heron island has come a long way; it is now an idyllic island in which it offers the best of both worlds: an escape on an island resort with a wildlife experience that ignites the senses” (heron island.com)

The marine protected area that I have chosen to report on is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia which seeks to provide protection to the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem from activities that could potentially harm the organisms that live there. It was established in 1975 by the Government of Australia, who instituted the Great Barrier Reef Act of 1975 which created the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority to specify which activities would be allowed on the reef and which ones would be forbidden (Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority). It is located of the coast of Queensland, Australia and contains a variety of marine life within the barrier reef. It was established to protect the biodiversity and ecosystems

Urban parks are defined in their comparative and contrastive relationships to the urban environments surrounding them. Although frequently conceptualized as natural landscapes, the physical and social uses of parks give