Joshua Tree National Park

years ago, and they are affecting the natural areas of our state. National parks are scattered around California and represent the protection and the vulnerability of nature that people hold onto during the times of modernization and technology. They serve as the places that hold the most beauty in their scenic backgrounds and give the sense of recreation and exploration for visitors that travel to them. Although most of the parks now have roads or minimal facilities that were put there

Joshua Tree National Park proves the desert stereotype of being empty and lifeless entirely wrong. It is the complete opposite, as a matter of fact, it provides various species of animals, unique rock formations, plenty of hiking trails, the beautiful Joshua Tree itself, etc. It also provides solitude, silence, and captivating skies. This distinct desert land located in Southern California with an area of 1,234 mi², was officially named a national monument by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in

A problem with Joshua Tree right now is pollution, by the park being only a little more than a hundred miles from Los Angles, Joshua Tree is able to get a lot of air pollution by the wind pushing it to the park. With this air pollution visitor cannot see the views and has caused Joshua Tree to be ranked to have the highest level of ozone pollution of any of the U.S. National Parks. The air pollution cause nitrogen to build up in Joshua Tree which cause very fertile soil which allows non-native plants

was wondering if that color was caused by clay in the stream or mixed with metal. I also saw some trees that had obviously been in a fire, but now have some green at the top of the tree. I believe that the parts that were green are part of the tree that is still alive and healthy compared to the dead part of the tree. The nature walk made me interested in nature and made me want to learn more.

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

that many of the species that live in the wilderness in and around the park are affected by increased artificial lighting because it disrupts day and night cycles to plants that would not only affect the plant but wildlife that need those plants to survive. These effects can offset the balance of the parks environment, which would also disrupt the aesthetic of them to visitors. People who lived in Joshua Tree when there was hardly any light pollution and development was not the main focus of the

I learned, but you should never expect anything to be set in stone. My theoretical road trip would be taken with my two sisters and last ten days, and would be a mad dash west towards California, which has many wonderful National Parks for us to camp in. The National Park system is a wonderfully western phenomenon, and throughout the states west of the Appalachians, there is an amazing diversity of places to camp and hike in. There will hopefully be no hotels on this trip, only tents. We will

and my father was finally done with all of our meetings, so we made our plans to drive the hour to Joshua Tree National Park. The park was littered with numerous Joshua Trees, which were tree-like bushes that looked straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. They had arms sprouting from their bushy trunks that made them look like a Saguaro cactus, and fronds that made them look like palm trees. The park is also a haven for hard-core mountain climbers, as thousands of rock formations have shaped up over

them What do you think of when you hear national parks? Most people would say fresh air, blue skies, beautiful landscapes, and wild life. Others might give you the names of parks or landmarks, such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, The Liberty Bell, and Pearl Harbor, I guarantee you that no one would bring up crime. Crime does occur in national parks, and it has been happening since the early beginnings of parks. It ranges from graffiti and defacing of property all the way up to more serious crimes such

Yesterday evening, there're two student came back from Death Valley National Park, the driest and lowest place in North America.We have an interview with them. Death Valley surprisingly has a great diversity of life Reporter(R): Why do you want to go to Death Valley? It sounds very dangerous. Lai(L): Oh, because we wanted to collect meterial for our report. The subject is about desert. Zou(Z): We had heard that even there is a desert, there also have great diversity of life. R: You two did saw there