Kenzie State Park Research Paper

My eyes peeled open slowly and the bright sunlight flooded into my eyes, blinding me. I heard the sound of running water and felt the cold breeze flow over my body. I looked out of my hammock and in front of me was a beautiful waterfall and several towering, bright green trees. My friends whom were with me shortly awoke and we packed our things and set off on our first true day of hiking in the Appalachian mountains.

The mountains were tall (11,000 feet +) and covered with bright powdery snow. It was like nothing I had ever seen before. I was eager to set-up camp and prepare for our nine day hunt. But, Dad said that we had to drive around and check out all the good places, just to make sure that we were in

In 1997, while bow hunting in the Ocala National Forest. I saw two large male bears eating grubs and one of them caught and begun to eat a Cotton Tail rabbit. They were approximately ½ mile from each other. It seemed like the very second that the bear with the rabbit tore it apart, I saw the other bear lift his nose to the air and was at a full run and was to the other bear within a minute. The first bear was bigger, but the second bear seemed to be hungrier and quickly took the remains of the rabbit away and out of sight. Thinking that it was a waste of time to remain in the area I returned to my jeep to head back to camp and get some lunch for myself. Upon reaching the logging road that lead to my jeep, I found large bear prints within my

Bear hunting is an extremely dangerous activity for one to partake in. There are many precautions one must take in order to successfully kill a bear. Although bears are typically calm creatures they can become extremely aggressive and dangerous if threatened. Therefore, one must be aware of their surroundings at all times and ready for any encounter. Normally bears are baited using some kind of container cut open with fruit and other strong smelling foods to draw the bears in. Though dangerous bear hunting does also provide a considerable amount of food for a family. Those you hunt typically do so in order to obtain the meat from the animal. A typical black bear weighs about 240 pounds on average. Though not all of that weight is eatable much of it

With the hopes that it wouldn't snow, I traveled to Silverton Colorado with my dad in October. My dad and I had six elk tags for the very first rifle season. We pulled our camp trailer down to a nice wooded area about five miles before you get into town. The camp sight was about a quarter mile off of the highway. There were trees all around the camping spot; the only break in the trees was where the road came through.

The first time I every experience the Wildcat Hills was during a difficult time in my life. My parents were going through a custody battle over my siblings and me. They were also both in the process of being remarried. So, when my step father brought us to the Wildcats to explore for the first time I realized how amazing our earth can be. Here in the county known for the Scotts Bluff National Monument, sits over 1,000 acres of land. It wasn’t just the sight at the top of the escarpment that took my breath away. It was the fact that whether you were at the bottom of the hills or the top, when the wind blew that’s all you can hear. It isn’t overwhelming, it is

Tourists appear in Yellowstone National Park to see the world’s geysers and to observe the wildlife. Most people go to observe the animals and take pictures while they are there, but what they do not know is that it can be threatening. While people are taking pictures they do not know the proper precautions about being close to them. People do not know how the bears will react based upon spotting you. Although, there would be less attacks, bears should not be removed because it is there natural habitat, people are desensitizing bears, and bears attacking have been a defensive act.

After a long drive we finally got to our shady camping spot. Before we did anything fun, my mom made us put our huge tent and then put away a ton of groceries right after we had been already waiting two hours.

Most of the attacks occurred in the summer and fall months when the bears are eating the most in order to gain enough weight for the winter. Within each species, females with cubs were the most abundant in being the culprit for the attack, however, this number is difficult to verify due to the high number of unknown genders in the dataset. Black bear attacks occurred mostly in well-developed areas with high human densities while grizzly bear attacks occurred more in the backcountry where human populations are less

It becomes competitive amongst them for food and being so close to neighborhoods and business it is convenient for them to use that as a resource. Hence the events in which bears come into backyards or parking lots .From garbage cans, pet food, barbeque grills and so on, bears become consistent in invading properties because they become have “food conditioned” (Fwc). More frequent invasions result into more conflicts, some resulting in the death of pets. Even more so the event of a bear coming into residential area can become even more lethal .Leah Reed who was walking her dog was attacked from behind from a Black bear; she suffered injuries to her neck, head, and arms. Luckily her dog was able to startle the bear and gave Leah time to escape; she ended up having to get twelve stitches for the gash on her head (ABC). Attacks like this could result in deaths if there is no way out and shouldn’t be happening in neighborhoods. The increase in attacks is why the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation decided to lift the ban on hunting bears.

In a deep forest in Alaska, I Ted Bear regrets ever coming to Blackwood Pines. So I was challenged online by a fan of mine to go to Blackwood forest, so I did. There were some rumors about a creature who stalks their prey. What a bunch of superstition it was. So, it was the start of my adventure in Blackwood Pines.

My trip to West Virginia was adventurous right from the very beginning. My cousin, Carl Ray drove us to West Virginia. He drove like a maniac all the way there. On getting there, I was shocked to learn that there were still no phones, no electricity, and no plumbing. We stayed with my Aunt Radene whose house I love because she lives on a little farm right opposite the cemetery and her family enjoys telling lots of ghost stories. Other things I loved about her house were the big black hill at the back of the house that held a certain attraction for the cows and the enormous barn with a loft full of hay, and the best swimming hole in the world.

It is amazing how some experiences stay so crisp in my memory, that if I were to close my eyes, I could almost swear that I was there right at that moment. It's as if my body can almost taste the sweet air, feel the cold, wet breeze on my skin, and recall the scent of the pine trees towering above our heads. Hiking in Payson, Arizona, after a snow storm is one of the best places I have ever visited in order to collect one of these memories. Payson is a great place to take the family dog hiking, but also you will be able to appreciate the beautiful landscape Payson has to offer, with it being conveniently located just a brief drive from the sweltering heat of the Desert Valley.

One morning my dad and I woke up in our hotel room watching the glorious sunrise and were quietly walking down the hallway of the hotel to go to the lobby. In the lobby, there were these huge advertisement banners hanging up that said, "Take a roll through the desert." There were pictures of people riding ATV's in the desert so we decided to go on an adventure.

We were told that bears frequently walk through the forest near the cabin and to stay in groups as bears will unlikely attack several humans at once. One of my buddies at work told me if I see a bear make sure your not the slowest runner, good advice but our tour guide told us running is the worst thing you can do, as the bear thinks your fair game and they can run faster than us humans. The advice was to stay put if a bear is coming towards you, that's of course if you cannot seek to shelter, make yourself as big as possible and talk very loud. Luckily we didn't need to use our newly learned skills although it would be good to see a grizzly from a distance. We continued our tour along Park Road spotting caribou and more moose before hitting the turnaround spot, taking some photos and heading back. On the way we stopped to meet a native Alaskan girl, she was 20 years old and grow up in Fairbanks. She works as a translator between her local native peoples and English speaking people. Towards the end she sang a lovely song that people have sang for many generations. We continued our travels and just before we exited the park a moose was walking beside the road and we got really good photos, we have now seen hundreds of bison and many moose over the course of the trip, where are the grizzly bears??? We arrived back at the lodge after 7pm and Allyson was still