The Beauties of the United States

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The Beauties of the United States

• By Students of the Power and Production of New
  Glarus High School
• 2003

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Location

• National Park
  Location
• Yellowstone National Park Wyoming
• Rocky Mountains National Park Colorado
• Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky
• Death Valley National Park California
• Badlands National Park South
  Dakota
• Mesa Verde National Park Colorado
• Everglades National Park Florida
• Grand Canyon National Park Arizona
• Yosemite National Park Nevada

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Date of Establishment

• National Park
  Date Established
• Yellowstone National Park
  March 1, 1872
• Rocky Mountains National Park
  January 26, 1915
• Mammoth Cave National Park
  July 1, 1941
• Death Valley National Park
  October 31, 1994
• Badlands National Park
  November 10, 1978
• Mesa Verde National Park
  June 29, 1906
• Everglades National Park
  December 6, 1947
• Grand Canyon National Park
  February 26, 1919
• Yosemite National Park
  October 1, 1890
• Denali National Park
  1980

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Wildlife
Most wild life is generated towards the geography
of the area Such animals include Bears Buffa
lo/Bison Snakes Elk Species of
cats Mountain Goats Birds-bald eagles,
vulchers, falcons Reptiles Deer Coyotes Fox

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• Our Class has put together a presentation of
  several power points of the national parks
• Which includes
• Yosemite
• Yellowstone
• Badlands
• Death Valley

• Everglades
• Grand Canyon
• Mammoth Cave
• Denali-Alaska

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Yosemite National Park By Tom Sherven
Located Here
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Yosemite History

• Indian People have lived in the Yosemite region
  for as long as 8000 years.
• The Native people of Yosemite developed a
  complex culture rich in tradition, religion,
  songs, and political actions.
• The first sighting of Yosemite Valley by
  non-Indian people was by the Joseph Walker party
  in 1833.
• James Hutchings became the first entrepreneurs
• Yosemite was the first section of land set aside
  by the government in 1864, but not yet a national
  park.

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Picture of Mountains in Yosemite
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Continued History

• John Muirs struggles against the destruction of
  the subalpine meadows surrounding the Yosemite
  Valley resulted in the creation of Yosemite
  National Park on October 1, 1890.
• By 1954 over one million people had visited the
  park
• By 1976 over two million had visited.
• And by the mid 90s the visitation amount was at
  over 4 million people.

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Yosemite is famous for the amount and size of
Waterfall
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Yosemite Maps
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How the mountains and valleys were formed

• At least four glaciers formed the walls of
  Yosemite Valley and helped to create the
  spectacular cliffs and waterfalls.
• The snow from the Sierra Nevada mountain melted
  and followed the Merced River through Little
  Yosemite Valley.

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Wildlife of Yosemite

• Black Bears are very common and can cause great
  damage to campers and campers vehicle.
• in 1998 black bears caused 630,000 dollars in
  damage to vehicles and campsites.

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Continued Wildlife of Yosemite

• More than 180 species occupy the forests and
  valleys of Yosemite National Park.
• They contain many birds, including several rare
  birds, a total of 247 different types of birds.
• The park also calls home to coyote, jay,
  mountain lion, falcons, and ringtail cats.

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Yosemite contains two endangered species
Bald Eagle
Perigrine Falcon
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Facts of Yosemite

• Size 747,956 acres of national park.
• highest point 13,114 feet above sea level.
• Trails 840 miles of trail
• Number of visitors per year 4.1 million
• 4th most visited among National Parks.
• Plants Fir, oak, pine, and sequoia trees.

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Activities to do at Yosemite

• Auto touring
• Backpacking
• Biking
• Bird watching
• Rock Climbing
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Camping
• Rafting

• Photography
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Swimming
• Tours
• Wild life viewing

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Another View of Yosemite
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Sequoia Forests

• Yosemite is famous for the large Sequoia trees
  and forests.
• Some of the Sequoias stand more than 200 feet
  tall and over 30 feet in diameter.
• They may range from 2,500 to 3,000 years old

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Photos
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Yellowstone National Park

• By Aaron Ruegsegger

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History/ Info.

• 1916 President Woodrow Wilson signed into
  existence a new government agency, the National
  park Service forever changing the administration
  of our national parks
• The location of Yellowstone National Park is in
  Wyoming
• This park has a total 2,200,000 square Acres
• This is also the Eight largest National Park.

• In 1795 Yellowstone was opened for the first
  time.
• In the year 1895 the yearly visitor counts was up
  to 5,438 visited
• 1903-1904 the most famous structure in
  Yellowstone was built- The Old Faithful Inn
• 1988- fire outbreak that nearly burnt down Old
  Faithful Inn.

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Many Attractions

• One of the famous geysers. Old Faithful.
• Yellowstone National Park is home to 10,000
  thermal features, over 500 are that of geysers.
• Much of Yellowstone sits inside an ancient
  volcanic calderas

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Wildlife
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Biking/ Hiking

• In Yellowstone there are many trails to either
  hike or for biking. The trails average from 2 to
  9 miles of trails.

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Camping

• There are 12 campgrounds in Yellowstone National
  Park. Seven of these campgrounds are operated by
  the National Park Service.
• Which are Indian Creek, Lewis Lake, Mammoth,
  Norris, Pebble Creek, Slough Creek and Tower
  Fall.
• Camping in Yellowstone is a very unique and
  interesting visit, with all of the different
  animals to see and observe.

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Fishing

• Yellowstone National Park is managed as a natural
  area to protect plants, wildlife, geology and
  scenery.
• None of the fish in this park are stocked, and
  populations depend on sufficient number of
  spawning adults to maintain natural reproduction.

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Wildlife out of control

• Although watching the animals, you do not want to
  stand very close incase it suddenly gets spooked.
• Statistically animals rarely get out of control
  unless they feel endangered.

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Badlands

• By Tyler Beutler

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Location and Size

• The Badlands are located in the South-western
  part of South Dakota.
• The badlands national park consists of 244,000
  acres of land.
• It is blended with the largest, protected mixed
  grass prairie in the United States.
• The wilderness area covers over 64,000 acres.

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The Weather Climate

• The Badlands experience hot, dry summers with
  occasional violent thunderstorms.
• During the winter, they are typically cold with
  12 to 24 inches of snow.
• Extremely high winds are common year-round.

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Badlands during the Winter
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The Badlands in the summer
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Wildlife in the Badlands

• Bison
• Black-footed ferret
• Bighorn sheep

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Designations

• The National Monument was established on January
  25, 1939.
• The National Park was established on November 10,
  1978.

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Important People to the park

• President Franklin Roosevelt issued a
  proclamation on January 25, 1939 that established
  Badlands National Monument.
• In the late 60's, Congress passed legislation
  adding more than 130,000 acres of Oglala Sioux
  tribal land, used since World War II as a U.S.
  Air Force bombing and gunnery range, to the
  Badlands to be managed by the National Park
  Service.
• An agreement between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and
  the National Park Service governing the
  management of these lands was signed in 1976.

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History of the Badlands

• The Stronghold Unit is co-managed with the Oglala
  Sioux Tribe and includes sites of 1890s Ghost
  Dances.
• The national monument in 1939, and then
  redesignated National Park in 1978.
• The national park contains the worlds richest
  Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 23 to 35
  million years old.

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More Pictures of the Badlands
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Death Valley

• By
• Jason Campbell

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Photos Death Valley
Black Mountains
Funeral Mountains
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Panamint mountain Range
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• Death Valley National Park was established on
  February 11, 1933.
• It covers over 3,000 square miles, which is
  larger than Yellowstone National Park.
• The Floor of the Valley is almost 300 ft. below
  sea level, which is known as the lowest point in
  the western hemisphere.

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Pictures


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Climate weather data for Death Valley month
Average high temp. Average low
temp.

• January 64.6 39.1
• March 80.4 45.6
• May 99.3 70.7
• June 109 80.3
• August 113.2 85.5
• November 75.7 48.1
• December 65.1 39.4

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Why it is called Death Valley

• Death Valley was named by gold seekers some whom
  died crossing the valley during the 1849
  California gold rush.
• Death Valley had the highest temperature in the
  United states, with a temperature of 134

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Death Valley terrain

• Death valley is a vast terrain of high mountains
  like Telescope Peak (11,049) in the Panamint
  range and low points like Death Valley, which
  from Telescope Peak is about 2 miles below.
• Death valley was formed by powerful forces of
  water, wind and gravity.

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History of Area

• This area was inhabited with Panamint Indians
  when pioneers arrived in 1849.
• In 1851 Silver was discovered in the area and
  49ers came to the area to mine the silver
• The first wagon party had 30 men in it. By the
  end only 18 survived. Most died from starvation
  and to the elements because of the little
  rainfall and the harsh climate.

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Famous People

• The best known prospector was Death Valley
  Scotty.
• He was a colorful personality whose tales help
  publicize the valley.
• He was also involved in the Harmony Borax works.
  Which in the 1880s a 20 mule team hauled their
  borax loads a grueling 165 miles to a railroad in
  Mojave.
• On this trip they would take about 46,000 pounds
  of borax at a time.

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Pictures of death Valley
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Animal life

• Desert shrew
• Silver haired bat
• Desert cottontail
• Coyote
• Badger
• Bobcat
• Mule deer
• Desert big horn sheep

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Plant life

• Desert lily
• Death valley blazing star
• Desert dandelion
• Desert Peach
• Chia

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Recreation activities

• Biking
• Hiking
• Camping
• Sight seeing
• The best time to visit death valley is in the
  spring when most plant life blooms.

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Size of Death Valley

• Death valley National park is about 3.3 million
  acres.

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Everglades

• By Griffin Rostan

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Where?

• Spanning the southern tip of the Florida
  peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades
  National Park is the only subtropical preserve in
  North America.
• Everglades National Park has been designated a
  World Heritage Site, an International Biosphere
  Reserve, and a Wetland of International
  Importance.

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Whats in it?

• It contains both temperate and tropical plant
  communities, including
• Sawgrass prairies
• mangrove and cypress swamps
• pinelands, and hardwood hammocks
• marine and estuarine environments
• The park is known for its rich bird life
• roseate spoonbill
• wood stork
• great blue heron
• variety of egrets.
• It is also the only place in the world where
  alligators and crocodiles exist side by side

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History

• 1916
• Royal Palm State Park, on Paradise Key, was
  created as the first protected area of the
  Everglades
• 1923
• Efforts to campaign for a national park are
  underway

• 1928
• Ernest Coe and other organized the Tropical
  Everglades park devoted solely to the creation of
  a national park in south Florida
• Coe, an architect made the everglades park his
  life work

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History

• 1929
• U.S. Congress authorized an investigation into
  the feasibility of a national park in south
  Florida
• May 30, 1934
• An act was passed authorizing a park of 2,164,480
  acres to be acquired through public and private
  donation

• 1944
• Congress Authorized the establishment of a
  wildlife refuge
• 1946
• Congress appropriated 2 million for the purchase
  of private lands in the everglades
• 1947
• Park is Established

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Numbers

• 1947
• 460,000 acres
• 1950
• 1,228,500 acres
• 1958
• 1,499,533 acres
• 1989
• 1,509,533 acres

• Total Visitation
• 1,080,250
• Budget
• 13,604,000 for 2003
• 13,604,000 for 2002
• 13,437,000 for 2001
• 13,172,000 for 2000

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Activities

• Biking
• Bird Watching
• Boating
• Camping
• Fishing
• Hiking

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Facts

• The Largest designated wilderness, east of the
  Rocky Mountains
• The Largest Continuous stand of sawgrass in North
  America
• Most significant breeding grounds for tropical
  wading birds in N. America
• A nationally significant estuarine complex in
  Florida Bay
• Significant ethnographic resources, revealing
  2,000 years of human occupation
• Has the largest mangrove forest in N. America

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Animals
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• The Great Blue Heron

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Anhinga
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Sea Cow
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Grand Canyon National Park

• John Lahey

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Facts

• The Grand Canyon is one of the most studied
  geologic landscapes in the world.
• The canyon averages 4,000 feet deep for its
  entire 277 miles.
• The Canyon itself has formed only in the past
  five or six million years.

• It is 6,000 feet deep at its deepest point.
• 15 miles at its widest.
• The park contains several major ecosystems.
• The oldest rocks on the canyon bottom are close
  to 2000 million years old.
• In 2002, the total recreation visits was 4,319,586

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Location

• The grand canyon is located in the northwest
  corner of Arizona.
• The Colorado river runs through the grand canyon,
  but the feature we know as the Grand Canyon lies
  entirely in Arizona.

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Size

• The park includes 1,218,376 acres or 1,904 square
  miles.
• The Grand Canyon itself is 277 miles long.
• If you took a walking trip to the bottom of the
  canyon and back, it would take two days.

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History

• Professional believed that 3,000 to 4,000 years
  ago, the desert Archaic people lived within the
  grand canyon.
• Pictographs of many cultures are widely found in
  the region.
• By the 1880s, a number of livestock companies
  were developing in the grand canyon area of
  Arizona.
• By the 1890s, there were over 100,000 head of
  cattle, and more than 200,000 head of sheep
  grazing the land.

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Plants Animals

• The park is home to rare and specially protected
  plant and animal species which include
• Over 1,500 plant
• 355 bird
• 89 mammalian
• 47 reptile
• 9 amphibian
• 17 fish species

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Fun

• Looking at the beautiful views of the canyon is
  the number one activity for most of the visitors.
• Other activities include
• Hiking
• Rafting Trips
• Backpacking
• Mule Rides
• Horseback Rides
• Camping
• Scenic Air Tours

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Photos
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The North Rim
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Mammoth Cave

• Chase Legler

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History

• Over 12,000 years ago PaleoIndians discovered the
  cave
• They used the cave for shelter.
• Mammoth cave was established as a national park
  July 1, 1941.
• It was recognized by the United Nations
  Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization.

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History Continued

• During the war of 1812, Mammoth Cave was mined by
  slaves for saltpeter
• Saltpeter is a key ingredient in gunpowder.
• Which they needed during the war.

• Buy the 1800s the cave was used as a tourist
  attraction.
• Though no one knew quite how large it was.
• An early survey, in 1908, revealed 45 miles of
  passages.
• The actual length is around 600 Miles

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Animal life

• Most of the animals in mammoth cave are reptiles
  such as
• Snakes
• Toads
• Frogs
• There are also bats in the cave along with some
  fish in the streams.

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Location

• The Mammoth cave is found in Kentucky.

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Activates

• There are many activates to do at the Mammoth
  cave national park.
• Caving
• Hiking
• Camping
• Fishing
• Horse back riding
• Trail finding

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Inside and outside the Cave
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Floyd Collins

• Floyd explored Mammoth cave and got trapped under
  a rock. Eventually he died but people were
  looking for him and while looking for him
  discovered Mammoth Cave.

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Mesa Verde National Park

• By Michael Dahlk

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History

• Established in 1906 to preserve prehistoric
  Indian cliff dwellings
• Contains hundreds of 13 century old pueblo ruins
• Cliff Palace is the largest pueblo ruin
• Cliff Palace was excavated in 1909

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Location Size

• Located in Southwestern Colorado
• Near Cortez and Mancos
• 52,085 acres

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Designations

• National Park- June 29, 1906
• Wilderness- October 20, 1976
• World Heritage Site- September 6, 1978

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Wildlife

• Golden Eagles
• Coyotes
• Mountain Lions
• Tarantulas
• Bullsnakes

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Recreational Activities

• Skiing in the winter
• Camping
• Hiking
• Sightseeing
• Horseback riding
• Whitewater Rafting

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Pictures

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Facts

• Mesa Verde means Green Table
• For 1,300 years, Agrarian Indians have occupied
  the mesa and surrounding regions
• Over four thousand archeological sites are in the
  Mesa Verde National Park
• 600 are cliff dwellings
• Some dwellings have been badly damaged by looters
  before it became a national park

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Facts Continued

• You can ONLY enter cave dwellings if a Park
  Ranger is accompanying you
• Mesa Verde National Park seeks to protect and
  preserve the ancient cliff dwellings

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Things To Do

• Go to evening campfire programs that are given
  daily from early June to September, in Morefield
  Campground
• During the summer see non-denominational
  religious services

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Things To Do Continued

• At Far View and Chapin Mesa, exhibits illustrate
  the arts and crafts of both the prehistoric and
  historic Indians of the region.
• Wayside exhibits throughout the park interpret
  the cliff dwellings and other archeological
  remains.

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ROCKY MOUNTAINS

• Researched and Created
• By Jesse Saunders

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Quick Facts

• Located in Estes Park and Grand Lake, CO
• Gross Area Acres 265,765
• Total Recreation Visits 3,005,524
• Annual Budget (2003 Fiscal Year) 10,082,000

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History

• Evidence shows man 10,000 years ago
• Major Stephen H. Long
• Came because of governmental expedition
• Summer 1820
• Joel Estes
• First settler
• 1859

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History Continued

• Within a year Estes holdings became a Welshman
• Griff Evans
• Added an extra cabin
• Began to take in guests
• The first tourist accommodation in Estes Park

• Peaceful Park
• Windham Thomas-Quin
• Fourth earl of Dunraven
• Came December of 1872
• Wanted some sport and hunting
• Came again in 73, 74
• By 77 owned much land and built Estes Park Hotel

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More History

• More famous people came through
• Horace Ferguson
• Abner Sprague
• Elkanna J. Lamb
• The JAMES family
• Gold and Silver Fever
• 1880s

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Beginning of Tourism

• Boost in tourism when F.O. Stanley came to help
  health issues in 1903
• Decided to invest
• Built a first class hotel
• Stanley Hotel
• Built an electric plant
• Donated money for road improvement

• Also transported people via Stanley Steamer
  Busses
• Due to efforts of F.O.
• Estes Park Protective and Improvement Association
  was established in 1906 for the purpose of
  protecting the wildflowers and wildlife and
  improving roads and trails

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The grander view

• Enos Mills
• born in Kansas, but came when he was 14
• Colorado Snow observer
• Appointed Government Lecturer on Forestry
• Bought the Longs Peak Inn
• 1909 proposed National Park and Game Reserve

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Rocky Leaders

• F.O. Stanley-Stanley Steamer Co.
• C.H. Bond
• Abner Sprague
• Denver Chamber of Commerce and Colorado Mountain
  Club

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What it took to begin

• Next few years
• Mills fulfilled many speaking engagements, wrote
  many articles and worked to gain support
• Envisioned a huge national park
• Business interest opposed but over ruled

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Inception

• Park bill drafted and passed through senate
• October 9, 1914
• The house January 12, 1915
• Signed by President Wilson
• January 26, 1915

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What the Park has to Offer 2003

• Auto Touring
• Backpacking
• Biking
• Bird Watching
• Camping
• Climbing
• Cross Country
• Fishing

• Hiking
• Horseback riding
• Interpretive Programs
• Mountaineering
• Nature Walks
• Snow Skiing
• Snow Shoeing
• Stargazing

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Denali National Park
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Location and Size

• Located in Alaska
• Denali covers over 6 million acres
• Visitation number approx. 400,000 visitors per
  year
• 1917 Mount McKinley National Park was
  established
• 1980 Denali National Park was established

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History

• The park was originally established to protect
  its large mammals, not because of majestic Mount
  McKinley. Charles Sheldon conceived the plan to
  conserve the region as a national park.
  Naturalist, hunter, and conservationist, Sheldon
  first traveled here in 1906 and again in 1907
  with a packer and guide named Harry Karstens.
  (Karstens later made the first ascent of Mt.
  McKinley's south peak and would serve as the
  park's first superintendent.) Sheldon devoted
  much of his 1907 travels to studying boundaries
  for the proposed national park that would include
  territories suitable for a game refuge. When
  Sheldon returned to the East in 1908, the Game
  Committee of the Boone and Crockett Club, of
  which he was chairman, launched the campaign to
  establish a national park. Largely due to these
  efforts, Mount McKinley National Park was
  established in 1917. Its population of Dall sheep
  and other wildlife were now legislatively
  protected. However, Mount McKinley itself was not
  wholly included within the boundaries.

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Continued History

• The North peak of Mount McKinley, the true
  summit was reached for the first time in 1913 by
  three American climbers. Harry Karstens, the
  parks first superintendent was one of the three
  to complete the climb.

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Plants and Animals

• Denali National park contains many species of
  animals.
• They include Dall Sheep, Caribou, Grizzly
  Bears, Gray Wolves, Moose, and 32 other smaller
  species.
• Birds 159 species, including gyrfalcons, hawk
  owls, goshawks, golden hawks, golden eagles, and
  artic terns

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Mount McKinley

• Denali National Park is famous for Mount McKinley

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Credits
This PowerPoint was put together by our power
and production class in New Glarus, Wisconsin.
Our class was made up of Tyler Beutler, Jason
Campbell, Michael Dahlk, John Lahey, Chase
Legler,Griffin Rostan, Aaron Ruegsegger, Jesse
Saunders, and Tom Sherven.