Flint Ridge State Park

Acadia is one of the most popular national parks in the country ( Interesting ). Acadia National Park is located in Maine and is an island type because its location is on Mount Desert Island ( United ). Acadia is most popular for its landscape. The rocky shores, roaring surf, tree-topped peaks and secluded coves are a few of the elements that make Acadia so appealing. Acadia has many activities to do while you are there. There aren’t just activities for the spring, summer, and fall but for the wintertime too! It is filled with outdoorsy fun and has an amazing one-of-a-kind view. The summer months are usually the busiest especially July and August because of the nice weather and all of the warm weather activities are open ( United ). Acadia

I visited a place in Waco Texas where I reside. Waco is situated between Dallas and Austin. It was a park called Indian Spring Park. This park is on the west side of the Brazos River. People

Keowee-Toxaway State Park is located just outside of the town of Pickens, SC. Nestled into what is locally referred to as the Cherokee Foothills, Keowee-Toxaway State Park is situated on lands that were once inhabited by the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee heritage is honored by an interpretive center and a short trail through the woods. Both the center and the trail provide a lot of information on the Cherokee history and way of life. The campground at Keowee-Toxaway State Park is one of nicest that you will find anywhere. Tent camping is offered on a small forested hill that provides a nice view of the forests and other natural beauty of the area. The sloping terrain of the hillside where the tent loop of campground is located has been leveled

Arriving in the overgrown drive way trees start to crowd your vision, in the middle of all the trees I see an old beach house; that has stayed the same over the 18 years I have been going up there. Grandma is waiting outside on the front porch we all run up to give her a hug, then we go and start unpacking for a week’s worth of relaxing. First thing we do when were done unpacking is go to the old but new play structure. We sit on the swings and look out towards the big blue Michigan Lake. White caps cover most of the water along with passing boats, and some kayakers. Right over the horizon I can see the lights from the town, reaching into the sky. The sun is starting to set; the sky is painted with pink, orange, and yellow.

The Flint River begins as a small groundwater seepage in Hapeville in west central Georgia. It travels down the state getting wider and deeper until it reaches its final destination, Lake Seminole. This river is 349 river miles long and has a watershed area of 8,460 square miles. Known to be very scenic, it is one of only forty rivers in the United States to flow more than 200 miles without man-made interference. The Flint River also is the home of a new species of fish, the Halloween Darter, which is only found in the Flint, Chattahoochee, and Apalachicola Rivers. There are three hydropower dams along the Flint: the Crisp County Power dam, the Flint River dam, and the Jim Woodruff dam. These dams create Lake Blackshear, Worth, and Seminole.

Coon Valley, Wisconsin is a welcoming town of 765 people, most of them baseball fans. The village, surrounded by sharp bluffs, is home to a deep history spanning over a hundred years of baseball tradition. The 1905 Championship Team played here. Notable players such as Elston Howard, who played for the New York Yankees; Craig Kusick, who played for the Minnesota Twins; and Scott Servais, who played for the Chicago Cubs; took to the field in our town. Coon Valley Veteran’s Memorial Park is the place to play. The field is perfectly kept and ready for action of the Coon Valley Blues (the local semipro team), the Westby/Coon Valley Legion team, the Westby Norsemen Varsity team, and the community Little League teams. Behind and above all that is

Mesa Verde National Park, located in Montezuma County, Colorado, was established in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. This United States landmark was designated for the preservation of several Puebloan archeological sites and the vast geologic history exhibited within the 52,485 acres of land occupied by Mesa Verde. The Ancestral Puebloans, or Mesa Verdeans, associated with the archeological sites of Mesa Verde National Park, lived in the Mesa Verde region from the mid-sixth century to the end of the thirteenth century.[3]

Flint in Michigan is located 70 Miles away from the shores of large fresh water bodies, the Great Lakes. Despite this close proximity to the fresh water bodies, the residents have not been able to get the clean water. The water supply of Flint in Michigan in the United States has undergone serious water contamination crisis. The water crisis started in April 2014 (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 2016). The contamination of drinking water began when the source of water was changed from the treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River. This later led to a serious contamination of the water due to lead contamination hence creating more danger in the public health. The Flint River had a corrosive nature and caused lead from the old pipes to leach into the water supply. This caused heavy metals in the water supply. This posed serious health problems. For example, six thousand to twelve thousand children were exposed to the contaminated water. The blood-lead level in children increased. The alteration in the water source was the main reason behind the water crisis in Flint.

According to City Council meetings the switch would end up saving the region $200 million over a course of twenty-five years. While they were waiting on the Karegnondi Water Authority to hook up a pipeline they used the Flint River as a source of water. They had previously used the Flint River as its main water source until the 1960’s (Kennedy). Residents were concerned about the use of the Flint River, because of its unsafe history. Flint signed onto the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, which uses Lake Huron, in 1967. The Flint Rivers water quality deteriorated the 1970’s because of the fecal coliform bacteria, low dissolved oxygen, plant nutrients, oils, and toxic substances found. In 2001, the state organized a cleanup of 134 polluted spots near the Flint River area. Industrial complexes, landfills and farms laden with pesticides and fertilizer were among the sites ordered to be cleaned up (CNN Library). By May people begin to notice the awful smell and color of the water. The complaints were ignored. Three months later E. coli and total coliform bacteria are found in the River. A boil order is put in place to help prevent the residents from being exposed to the bacteria. (Kennedy). The

“Water is a human right”-  Michigan Nurses. Due to a lack of financial resources and government funding, the city of  Flint, Michigan began to make budget cuts. One major budget cut was the waterway from Lake Huron to Flint. Government officials decided on connecting Flint to the Flint river, which has previously raised infestation problems. After the major switch city occupants commenced to complain about the smell and taste of at home tap water.

In regards to the geologic components of Yosemite National Park, it essentially has two main parts. The first part is the deposition and deformation of the metamorphic rocks and the emplacement of the granitic rocks during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic periods. The second part is the uplift, erosion, and glaciation that took place with the rocks during the Cenozoic period. Yosemite National Park is relatively helpful in regards to observing the display of its geologic changes. When the Cretaceous period was ending which was roughly 65 million years ago, the granitic core of the range started to become

There are 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania along Kitchen Creek as it flows in three steep, narrow valleys, or glens. They range in height from 9 feet (2.7 m) to the 94-foot (29 m) Ganoga Falls. Ricketts Glen State Park is named for R. Bruce Ricketts, a colonel in the American Civil War who owned over 80,000 acres (32,000 ha) in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but spared the old growth forests in the glens from clearcutting. The park, which opened in 1944, is administered by the Bureau of State Parks of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Nearly all of the waterfalls are visible from the Falls Trail, which Ricketts had built from 1889 to

The Arches National Park is located just outside of Moab. Moab is located in Utah. The Arches National Park has a large area of 76,000 acres.Over the past years, 2,000 arches have formed. 300 million years ago, The Arches National Park was underwater. After the seas dried up, they left behind thousands of feet of salt. The layers of salt were covered in sand and other sediments soon after it dried up. Sedimentary rock was formed when all of the sediments pressed together. Over millions of years, the red rocks were deposited, making them the way they are now. Erosion has shaped them into what they look like now during those years. The water soon flowed through and didn’t give the top rock any support causing it to just buckle and collapse.

“Get Ready to narrate, Brah!” Monzo exclaimed. Monzo turned on the camera. “Cragley HO! for all of you watching Flint Cragley, Crag-trotter on Crag-vision.” Flint Cragley read his legendary phrase. “This week we will be exploring the Flora-caves just south of The Downtown of Crag. Where the dangerous Flora-King lives.” Flint spoke in the primitive microphone. This week he was wearing his leopard skin skirt (Like his normal clothes. After all, he does live his life like a normal Cragnon.) “Here we go! Were are going behind the scenes of the recent Crag-Nappings.” Flint walked in with his cameraman Hornfels and his Microphone guy, Monzo “Are you sure you want to go in there, Brah?” Hornfels asked. “Yeah, Hornfels right, Brah.” Monzo says. “It looks kind of like the Flora-King, Brah.” Hornfels spoke with confidence. “But with my power and strength I will get through without pain!” Flint exclaimed. “CUT!” Flint Ended the video. “Yucky! This place is the gross!” Flint said to the crew. “The Crags will like this, Brah, Do it!” Hornfels said. “Yeah, If you fake this one, it will be, like, your 200,000,000,000th one!” Monzo exclaimed. “Fine, I guess I will.” Flint knew the danger but he wanted to make the Cragnon race happy, his ratings would go down if he didn't. That means that he will flop and his workers would get more money than him. “Job of Monzo lame.” Monzo cried. “Mommy said not to apply for this job, she said 'Its the worst job in Crag.'” Monzo cried even harder.

Flint didn't know the outcome on this, zestful sunny, day. All that he knew was that today was the day, the day that all the “Imperfects” were waiting for. The amazing day in Erikson, the amazing city where everything is perfect. Flint hated this! He was enraged by how much Erikson was “perfect”, he felt that the world had cast him and the “Imperfects” aside also labeling him as a nuisance, for being the leader of the “Imperfects”. While brooding about, the continent, Erikson his friend Karma entered the room.