Death Valley National Park

This summer, Alice decided that she was going to go to Death Valley National Park in California. There was only one problem. When Alice asked her parents if she could go, they said no. Alice could only go if she could find at least two friends to go with her. Alice asked her two best friends, Lea and Rachel. They said yes! Alice was so excited, “This is going to be the best summer ever!” The three girls met up together at Alice’s house to discuss what they were going to need to pack. “What

When one thinks of Death Valley National Park in California, the first image that comes to mind is usually an endless desert of dry, cracked terrain or rippling sand with little wildlife or vegetation. While that is what you’ll find in most of Death Valley today, it wasn’t always so. During the Holocene Eon and the Pleistocene ice ages, Death Valley had its fair share of streams and rivers, many of which originated from the nearby mountains. In fact, the driest area of Death Valley today was once an

Beauty of Nature When I heard for the first time the name Death Valley, I thought about a place with some shocking and morbid facts, but it is nothing of the sort. The United States has a lot protected areas known has National Parks, and Death Valley is one of them. Located in California near the border of Nevada, this National Park has some precious assets. Surrounded by a unique type of nature with an outstanding beauty, Death Valley National Park has a wide variety of activity, and some important challenges

Death Valley National Park is a national park in the United States. On the border of California and Nevada it takes up the Great Basin and Mojave deserts in the United States. The park is in the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a desert environment of sand dunes valleys canyons and mountains. It is the largest national park in the 50 states. 91% of the park is wilderness area. It is the hottest and lowest of the national parks in the United States. The second lowest point in the

This was my journey to The Death Valley National Park, it was a fun and exciting three days there. Death Valley is located in southeastern California and west of Las Vegas, Nevada. Probably the worst part of the trip was flying, my mom and I hate flying. But after flying we go to the park and the The Stovepipe Wells Village Hotel. Stovepipe Wells Village Hotel is located in the heart of Death Valley with a great spot for families and adventures. This hotel is very popular and has had a lot of good

The National Parks National Parks are a very crucial part of the United States, and serve to differentiate it from other countries. National Parks, unlike other landmarks around the world, are not owned by wealthy families but by the citizens of our country. 3.4% of US land is made up of the 59 National Parks. The first National Park, Yellowstone National Park, came into existence on March 1, 1872. It was introduced as “a public park or pleasuring-ground” (nps.gov) which means that it was for the

Canyon National Parks are two of the most famous national parks in the Sierra Nevada Range. The Sierra Nevada range is located in California along the North American Plate. This range sits to the right of the San Andreas Fault and the Pacific Plate. Some referred to these parks as “The Land of Giants” which turns out to fit them quite well. The parks get this name due to the huge mountains, endless canyons and the world’s largest trees they are home for (“Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,” USA

The Timbisha are a Native American tribe that is federally recognized as the Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone Band of California. Located in Death Valley National Park, which neighbors the California−Nevada border, their headquarters are centered in Furnace Creek. Pauline Esteves, Maddy Esteves, and Joe Kennedy are the most prominent members of the tribe. In 2004, Joe Kennedy was elected tribal chairman and is currently a spokesperson for the tribe. Pauline Esteves, tribal elder and chairperson

This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary. Their mandate is to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein” in an unimpaired condition so that they might be enjoyed by present and future generations." I interviewed Park Service employee Daniel Craighead, an Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, to discuss how occupational safety and training supports the Park Services mandate. You develop occupational safety training policy

The sliding rocks of racecar playa is a phenomenal mystery that was solved. It is located in the Death Valley National Park. Playa, is a dry lake bed, and rocks can be found on the floor of the playa. It had always remained a mystery about how the rocks slide down across the playa, while leaving trails behind them and cutting through the sediment. Few of these rocks weigh hundreds of pounds, and scientists wonder how they move due to their giant masses. Racetrack playa is almost perfectly flat