Yellowstone Case Study

Yellowstone is the worlds first national park. It was origanally home to Native Americans who lived in the Yellowstone area for at least 11,000 years.The U.S. Army was first commissioned to oversee the park just after its establishment in late 1960. In 1917, administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service. Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2), mostly comprising lakes, rivers canyons and mountain ranges. The national park is located primarily in the state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congressand signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.

area’s native wolf and grizzly bear population. Tourism to the area has also prompted Yellowstone’s Lake Trout problem, believed to

From what I had learned, Yellowstone National Park was the first national park ever to be established in the world. It had over 3,500 square miles of beautiful scenery and wildlife. The park itself was mostly located in Wyoming, however, less than 5% was located in Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone has been a park since March 1st, 1872, and since then there have been hundreds of thousands of tourists that go there each year to see the amazing things it has to offer. Old Faithful, one of Yellowstone's main attractions, is a

Yellowstone National Park, untamed wild beauty. Stunning landscapes, beautiful waterfalls and rivers, breathtaking wildlife, and geothermal activity all come together to make Yellowstone an amazing place. People come from all over the world to witness the beauty of Yellowstone. It is a regulated national park for a reason, it is so amazing, so beautiful, so spectacular to not preserve it. It hosts bison, elk, deer, bald eagles, bears, moose, beavers, and amazing trout rivers, everything a perfect mountain ecosystem should hold. However now there is something else, something that is natural, was removed but has now returned, flourishing and benefiting its surroundings. Wolves, have been reintroduced into Yellowstone and have greatly benefited the area. These wolves have started a positive and beneficial renewal in the park. The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is beneficial because they created and natural and beneficial trophic cascade, other animals in the park benefited from the wolves, and because the land was able to regrow and flourish due to the wolves’ presence.

“The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. From then until to the very recent past, many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European descent found their way into the park. In 1872 a country that had not yet seen its first centennial, established Yellowstone as the first national park in the world. A new concept was born and with it a new way for people to preserve and protect

Today was an exciting day, my family and I went on a trip to the Yellowstone National Park! I was shocked at the history of the park. The park has been around for almost 11,000 years. We had to take a plane because it is located almost in all of Wyoming, but does go into Montana and Idaho, so I got to visit three states. It is one of the United States well known parks and visited by millions, including myself. The tour guide was very helpful in giving us information about the park. The earliest visit recorded was back in the 1800s. The people of Montana did not want development of the land that lead to President Ulysses S. Grant to preserve the land and make it a park. The people refused to have mining and logging to destroy their land.

After just a few yards on the road, it split off again, the left for cars, the right for bikes and hikers. In less than ten minutes I was standing at the parking lot, looking up at the Gardner Fire Lookout at the summit. The .7 mile Verna Dunshee Trail, which I did not take, circles the base of the summit, and there is a visitor center which is only open on weekends. There is also a restroom and a beverage vending machine that would not take my money.

Yellowstone was one of the first national parks in the U.S., it has a rich history and culture behind it, but it did not come without difficulties. “Neglected during World War II, the infrastructure in national parks continued to deteriorate as visitation soared afterward, leading to widespread complaints” (History of the Park. Pg, 26). When the war ended Yellowstone went from hardly getting any visitors to getting a million plus soon after. The park was not up to par to handle the number of people after the years of neglect. Mission sixty-six was soon underway to help revive the park to catch it up with the standard, it consisted of mainly visitor centers, and roads to better suit tourist (Pg, 26). Even in the worst condition possible, Yellowstone was still able to prevail and would start a trend for future park to follow. With one problem ended another soon follows, the park during the summer months become so crowded visitors soon start coming during the winter which creates the new problem of snowmobiles.

Yellowstone national park is a magnificent place and it was discovered by to different men in very different time periods many years apart. One of the men was John Colter he joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. Tom Murphy is the other man he has been exploring the same area that John Colter did almost 200 years ago for almost 40 years. John Colter told many people about what he saw and no one seemed to believe him. Tom Murphy has been spending part of his winter in Yellowstone for the last 29 years.

A great campsite can be found at the 9450 ft. level. The site is sheltered by lodgepole pines, close to a cascade, and is situated just upstream of another scenic meadow. If a storm is brewing, this camp is ideal.

The West Rim Trail – Lava Point trail stretches about 14.5 miles with a 1400-ft elevation gain and situated in Springdale, UT.

Crater Lake is famed for its volcanic beginning its high lava walls and its blue waters.

Some fun facts is that there is only one national natural landmark and that is the point of arches. There is over 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, and that is a lot for a park especially for Washington. There is 73 miles of wilderness coast. Wow! 60 named glaciers(not counting the ones that aren’t named). Our legs started to hurt on the second day because there’s over 64 trailheads and we only did about 20 of them. I wish i was a Junior Ranger because in 2005 there was about 8,400 rangers. I guess that’s why the park is popular. The park must be huge because there was about 457 buildings. And i was lucky to get one because there was a lot of people. I should’ve brought my fitbit because there’s 611 miles of trail. I would’ve of gotten all my steps in by the time I was done that day. What I didn’t think would happen is that there would be 2,002 law enforcements reports in 2005 which was a surprise to me. I was kind of scared because I didn’t know what would happen. Also in 2005 there was 31 search and rescue missions. Everything happened in 2005 from the rangers and law enforcement reports to the search and rescue missions. Now that I have learned about all five parks I see that not all have a good

The third eruption happened about 640,000 years ago, and spewed 240 cubic miles of material. This third eruption created the third and largest of Yellowstone’s calderas, Yellowstone Caldera, which is 30 by 45 miles in size. The pyroclastic lava flows from this eruption formed the north wall of the caldera and are visible from the south-facing cliffs east of Madison. (Solcomhouse) This third eruption is said to have vaporized an entire mountain range. Smaller eruptions have also helped to shape Today’s Yellowstone, such as one that occurred 174,000 years ago and created what is now the “West Thumb” of Yellowstone Lake. (National Park Service) Many sources say that a catastrophic eruption, such as those that have formed the three calderas at Yellowstone, is unlikely during the next several hundred years, but if one such eruption did occur it would devastate much of the United States and would have the potential to alter the global climate.

In the year of 1872, Yellowstone National Park was considered the nation’s first national park. Several individuals had influenced that idea of a national park, but the most influential person was George Catlin. Catlin was known for his landscape paintings, until he brought into perspective how precious the open land was. Catlin believed this open wilderness protection. He stated, “What a beautiful and thrilling specimen for America to preserve and hold up to the view of her refined citizens and the world… A Nation’s Park, containing man and beast, in all the wild and freshness of their nature’s beauty!” Through the perspective and ideas of Catlin this news traveled and inspired others. Cornelius Hedges, a judge