Yellowstone Park Fire

The 7th graders took a nature hike and observed the nature around the Portage River. There, a nature expert talked about invasive species, seed distribution, and plants. When the water rises the seed pods come off of plants and float on the water, the seeds then are carried to new places. The 7th graders talked about how the monarchs are declining because of the lack of milkweed. They also talked about plants like goldenrod and poison ivy. Around the Portage River there are habitats like prairies, forests, and floodplains. Plants in the riparian zone help to filter the water before it goes into the river.

Looking further into the impacts of the Rodeo-Chediski fire the trees saw the greatest impact of the fire. Almost 90% of the trees suffered complete crown kill (Ffolliott, 2008). Either some trees had survived with low severity, were harmed, or dead because of the drought and the fire combined. Even though some of the trees that had faced high severity apparently after having seen what trees had survived the fire yet by 2004 two years after the fire they had died (Ffolliott, 2008). The wildfire also impacted the standardization structure, post-fire mortality of trees, and stocking of tree reproduction on the Steamer Ridge Watershed (Ffolliott, 2008). After the fire had finally been contained the density of the forest had been forever changed.

This region is “heavily influenced by natural disturbances”. Species here have adapted to large wildfires; some, including the jack pine and black spruce, require these fires to reproduce. Heat is needed to release their seeds, and seed germination only occurs in favourable conditions produced by the fires.

The High Park Fire ignited West of Fort Collins, Colorado on June 9th 2012 and burned over 85,000 acres over the course of containment operations. It eventually became the third largest fire in Colorado history during a highly volatile and active 2012 burn season. Wildfires of this size can have high negative consequences because of the myriad of burn severities throughout the footprint of the fire. Monitoring and inventory protocols need to be established to help determine the effects that fires can have on the landscape and also steer natural resource recovery efforts. This paper will outline a comprehensive monitoring and inventory protocol over the next 30 years from the start of the

First, the reading states that Yellowstone fires caused tremendous damage to the park's trees and other vegetation. The professor opposes this point by saying that scorch, that is produced from fires, is a good place for colonizing new plants. That can create plants diversity, especially for plants that need a high amount of heat.The professor adds that smaller plants that need open and unshaded areas can grow after the fire.

First, the reading posits that, yellow stone fire caused catastrophic damage to the park and trees. However, the professor refutes this point by saying that the fire vanished some plants and trees, but it left with the collagen that helps the new plants and trees to grow. He says that the fire gives an opportunity to new plants to grow. This explains that fire could not damage the vegetation, and trees, however, it creates an environment for new plants to grow.

During the summer of 1988 Aka,The summer of fire. Inside Yellowstone National Park 8 fires broke out and affected about half of the park of the park.Costing the park over $120,00 million dollars in damage.Almost 9,000 Firefighters were involved in putting out the fire.The damage to the fire was beyond belief,with many people disagreeing with how the fire was controlled.After this event many laws were changed to how fires can be put out or let to burn.After all of this,this event changed many people’s opinions on the laws of forest fires and letting them burn.All of these following sentences with be describing,displaying facts and the consequences and renewals for Yellow National Park.

Describe an incident that you have been in and define it as an emergency, disaster or catastrophe. Also discuss how you reacted to the incident, how the community reacted and whether there was improvement following the incident. Remember to reference the incident (link to a newspaper article or report). Respond to at least two classmates’ postings.

A natural disaster is an event that causes great damage. Such as floods, hurricanes, or a loss of life. Speaking this there was a Wildfire in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In fact, there was a wild fire that occurred on June 23, 2012. Only four miles Southwest of Colorado Springs. Therefore, there were several locations that needed to be evacuated. Even though there was 18,247 acres burnt, the fire was 100 percent contained on July 10, 2012. All in all, 346 homes were burnt. Due to that fact, two families lost a loved one. Eventually the mystery of this wildfire, is still unknown.

Officials figured the fire would die off naturally. Scientists believe that the major reason that the fires were so extensive was “because of the unusually severe drought and high winds that characterized 1988.” (dr. Robert j. ruff, the 1988 forest fires of yellowstone national park). All of the fires that started naturally were initially allowed to burn. Eleven out of twenty fires went out by themselves and the rest were being monitored in accordance to the existing fire plan.

Yellowstone National Park forms the core of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Sitting on 34,375 square miles, it is considered one of the largest nearly intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth (Schullery). Greater Yellowstone’s diversity and natural wealth includes the hydrothermal features, wildlife, vegetation, lakes, and geologic wonders like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River (Hydrothermal vents and how they work). Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 primarily to protect geothermal areas that contain about half the world’s active geysers (Hydrothermal vents and how they work). During that time, the parks natural state was largely taken for granted. As development throughout the West increased, the park’s over 2 million

In this paper i will be talking about some of the controversy swirling around about the Yellowstone Supervolcano. I will be talking about, the activity of the volcano and magma chamber, when it’s predicted to erupt next, the kill radius and ash cloud devastation, and if there is anything we can do to stop, or even mitigate the effects of a massive super eruption.

Yellowstone is a park in Wyoming it is a United States park that has been there for many years it is the oldest park in the country. It is nearly 3,500 square miles the park spreads into three different states Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. In YellowStone there are geysers and one of the most famous geysers is old faithful it is a hole in the ground that shoots water out of the hole like 100 to 300 feet in the air. It is home to almost a hundred species including Bears, Wolves, Bison, Elk, and Antelope. It is open 24 hours it was established March 1, 1872. It is one of the best places to see wildlife the park is full of camp grounds there is food at YellowStone like cafe’s and restaurants. YellowStone has 5 species of amphibians 150 species

In 1995 the gray wolf (Canis lupus) was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. The park had been without resident wolves for 70 years prior, when they were killed off in the 1930’s. This meant that in those 70 years there was no research on the effects of wolves on the park’s ecosystem. In the decades since the reintroduction, research has been able to proceed and has found some amazing results. Not only did the reintroduction of wolves impact animal life, but it also had an impact on plant life. “In the past it was thought that an ecosystem was built from the bottom up... with plant life as the basis from which everything grew. Almost all conservation and reintroduction efforts were based on this idea.” (Mission: Wolf Education vs Extinction)

In the heart of the Amazon Forest, just outside of Venezuela a rogue military operative named Michael Westen recruited a team of trained soldiers to stop a man named James Ricktor, the commander of a private military company with powerful resources and connections throughout the world. Michael’s strategy is simple and discreet as he is going to seize one of James's compounds in order to uproot his business in Venezuela and disrupt his whole organization. Michael and his team set out where the Orinoco Delta starts, a known location where Richtor's soldiers refuel and replenish their supplies, but once the squad arrived at the west side of the river Michael notices something odd. His team remains silent as he approaches a contraption on the