YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK THE MAIN ECOSYSTEM IS TAIGA

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKTHE MAIN ECOSYSTEM
ISTAIGA

• THIS ENVIRONMENT CONSIST OF MANY TYPES OF
• ECOSYSTEMS

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The other Ecosystems are

• Thermal Pond
• Freshwater lakes/ streams
• Grasslands
• Forest
• Most of the park is above 7,500ft. High Altitude
  means cooler temps. Temperatures in the
  Yellowstone National Park vary. Yellowstone is
  located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho

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Location of Yellowstone National Park

• Famous
  Sites
• Old Faithful
  (Geyser)
• Thermal
  Pools/Hot
• springs
• Wildlife
• Grand Canyon
  of
• Yellowstone
  
• 
  

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Producers and Consumers

• at Yellowstone

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Producers

• yellow pond lily
• lodge pole pine
• quaking aspen
• wheat grass.

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Primary Consumers

• moose
• yellow bellied marmot
• pine bark beetle

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Secondary Consumers

• Brown bear
• Gray wolf
• Moose
• American elk
• Yellow bellied sapsucker

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MAIN ABIOTIC FACTORS

• Some main abiotic factors are weather, humans,
  and animals. Yellowstone has SHORT SUMMERS AND
  COLD LONG WINTERS THEY HAVE A LOTS OF WINTER
  STORMS.

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More affecting Abiotic factors

• If the weather is to cold it can destroy plants,
  animals, trees.
• If the weather is to hot it can dry up water.
  Without water the animals, plants, trees can die.
• Pollution of all kinds (air, trash and vehicles)
  has affected the ecosystem of Yellowstone
  National Park by destroying streams, lakes and
  even animals are dying each day by mans selfish
  choices.

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HOW PEOPLE AFFECT THIS ECOSYSTEM

• People affect this ecosystem by creating
  POLLUTION. They do this with motorized cars and
  snow mobiles.
• This has increased the death of many animals.
  They have died from lung diseases and cancer.

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OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MAN

• MAN HAS CAUSED MAJOR FOREST FIRES BURNING
  ACRES OF LAND.
• THEIR WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF WOLVES BEFORE THE
  PARK WAS TAKEN OVER BY MAN IN 1872. IT MESSED UP
  THE FOOD CHAIN FOR A
• LONG TIME UNTIL THE PARK REINTRODUCED THE
  WOLF.

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Other affecting Factors
TrashBrings animals closer to human population.
It can cause death and sickness when the animals
consume the trash.

• Sounds of human activities can cause the animals
  to panic.
• Humans destroy the environment by taking from the
  park (small trees, plants, and animals) leaving
  an unbalance in nature.

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What happened to bears and what they did

• Speeding cars injured and killed bears through
  out the night.
• Bears were killed near campgrounds and living
  areas.
• One adult female grizzly was killed in July, her
  cubs were held in captivity.
• A grown bear killed a man and injured two
  campers.
• By 1960s the western grizzlies couldnt find
  their glory and forgot how to defend themselves.
• When the dumps were closed the grizzlies got
  aggressive.

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What happened after the big attacks

• The grizzlies started getting their land back.
  People helped by putting the grizzlies in the
  endangered species act. The bears were given nine
  thousand square miles to regain their land.
• The bears went out in the woods to get their
  food. They struggled to go back to the brink.
• This is their land!