The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is one of the largest virtually intact temperate-zone ecosystems on Earth with 34,375 square miles of wildlife, vegetation, rivers, lakes, hydrothermal features, and geological wonders (National Park Service (NPS), n.d.). (See Figure 1). Yellowstone National Park (YNP) is the heart of the GYE. The park was created in 1872 and encompasses approximately 3,500 square miles of habitat protection and sanctuary in portions of Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), and Wyoming (WY) with the largest concentration of wildlife in the lower 48 states. Among these species of wildlife are bison (Bison bison). YNP is the only location in the United States (U.S.) where bison have continually roamed since the prehistoric era. …show more content…
The NPS (n.d.) considers the protection and recovery of the bison in YNP as one of the greatest triumphs in the history of American conservation. Bison were nearly exterminated in the nineteenth century, calling for species preservation in the 1880’s (Lavigne, 2002). In 1901, a recorded low of 23 bison roamed YNP, to a high of almost 5,000 bison in 2005 (Treanor, et al., 2010). Today, the bison populations throughout YNP are the center of conflicts and controversy among the public and management agencies. They are under strict management guidelines that prevent them from roaming free outside of the park. The four main reasons they are restricted to YNP: competition with livestock for grasslands, concerns for human safety, potential property damage, and most significantly the potential transmission of brucellosis (Brucella abortus) to area livestock. Bison, as well as, elk (Cervus elaphus) are infected with the livestock disease, brucellosis. Brucellosis is an extremely contagious bacterial disease that can cause abortions in livestock and wildlife, as well as, other substantial complications (White, et al., 2011). These complication make brucellosis management in bison and elk throughout the GYE one of the most complex and contentious wildlife management issues in North America (Colligan,
I think the wolf reintroduction to yellowstone was a big sixes and i am all for the reaintrowduckshon into yellowstone nashenol parck.
While highly controversial, the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone Park has provided many beneficial ecological changes to the entire parks ecosystem. After a nearly 70 year absence, in January of 1995, 14 wolves from separate packs were captured in the Canadian Rockies and transported to Yellowstone National Park in the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho (Sanders par. 2).
“The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. From then until to the very recent past, many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European descent found their way into the park. In 1872 a country that had not yet seen its first centennial, established Yellowstone as the first national park in the world. A new concept was born and with it a new way for people to preserve and protect
Yellowstone national park is a magnificent place and it was discovered by to different men in very different time periods many years apart. One of the men was John Colter he joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. Tom Murphy is the other man he has been exploring the same area that John Colter did almost 200 years ago for almost 40 years. John Colter told many people about what he saw and no one seemed to believe him. Tom Murphy has been spending part of his winter in Yellowstone for the last 29 years.
Gauss’ Law states that no two organisms can occupy the same ecological niche without excluding the other, but what happens when man gets involved with nature and tries to introduce a species where it doesn’t belong which in turn provides a second organism to fill the same niche as the first? The results of human intervention have often been disastrous for the organism that we’re supposedly helping. Humans often times do not understand the complexity of the implications that are caused directly through our intervention. In 1974, the gray wolf was listed on the Endangered Species List, and in an effort to reestablish their populations, wolves were re-introduced into Yellowstone
Yellowstone is the worlds first national park. It was origanally home to Native Americans who lived in the Yellowstone area for at least 11,000 years.The U.S. Army was first commissioned to oversee the park just after its establishment in late 1960. In 1917, administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service. Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2), mostly comprising lakes, rivers canyons and mountain ranges. The national park is located primarily in the state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congressand signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
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The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has been around for over 75 years. Throughout its rich history, MDC has faced many hardships including deforestation and the almost extirpation of several native animal species, including deer. The agency worked hard at reviving its devastated state only to face yet another natural giant, disease. In 2010, the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was found in the Northwest corner of the state (mdc.mo.gov, 2017). This disease affects the cervid population, which includes deer
The Yaak Valley of Northern Montana is one of the most biodiverse areas of untouched wilderness in the contiguous United States. This is due in large part to its geographical position between the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest and the dry and mountainous Northern Rockies. According to the Yaak Valley Forest Council, the valley is home to a variety of rare species including but not limited to: inland redband rainbow trout, bull trout, wolverine, lynx, fisher, coeur d 'alene salamander, great gray owl, westslope cutthroat trout, flammulated owl, short-head sculpin, boreal owl, peregrine falcon, wavy moonwort, kidney-leaved violet, bog birch, and Grizzly Bears (About The Yaak, 2015). The Yaak Valley holds a unique biodiversity and supports a rich and thriving ecosystem. Once this biodiversity is lost, we could not recover this ecosystem and
Yellowstone National Park is one of the largest and oldest national parks in American history. Yellowstone was the first park to be protected by private investment on March 1, 1872, and the first to be put under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service in 1918, no doubt due to its unique and inspiring landscape and geothermal features. In fact, Yellowstone National Park is home to half of the world’s total hydrothermal features. These awesome attractions draw an incredible amount of visitors, an average of two to three million each year, to Yellowstone’s immense landscape. The park has a total size of 28,125 square miles, is found in three distinct states, and is considered to be one of the largest
It is believed that Native Americans inhabited the lands of what is now Yellowstone National Park for more than 11,000 years, until approximately 200 years ago, when European settlers began to drive many of them from their homelands. In 1872 Yellowstone was declared the world’s first national park as a way to preserve and protect the land for the “benefit and enjoyment of future generations.” (National Park Service) Yellowstone National Park covers a vast area in the Northwestern United States. Its landscape is very complex and ever changing thanks to the many geological forces that are found there. In fact, the unique geological features such as the geysers, hot springs, steam vents, among many others, are what lead to
In William Shakespeare's play, "Macbeth" a man named Macbeth, who holds the title Thane of Glamis, stumbled upon three witches. The three witches tell Macbeth " All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth that shalt be king hereafter!" (1.3.49-50) At first Macbeth just brushes it off as nonsense, but then shortly after Macbeth is given a new title which happens to be, Thane of Cawdor, which was the title the witches had called him. After hearing this it makes him jump head first in believing that what the witches had told him was a prophecy, and that he would soon become the next king of Scotland, (the country where Macbeth lives.) Macbeth then sends a letter to Lady Macbeth to tell her the news about the prophecy, which
Yellowstone National Park is a Biosphere Reserve home to phenomena of a supervolcano as well as many plant and animal life that is currently being protected by the National Park Service, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. One of the many protected plants is the Eriogonum umbellatum var. Cladophorum, or better known as the Yellowstone Sulphur Flower.
Natural God-given talent can only get an athlete so far. At some point they will need to realize that hard work will take them much further than talent ever could taking them. When an athlete trains during the off-season by lifting weights it helps him or her become physically ready for the season ahead. Without pre- training, showing up on the day of tryouts and hoping to be great and being able to do well is a horrible idea. A weight-lifting program is essential for any athlete to achieve top performance.
In today's society television news is an entertainment medium which was intended to provide information to the public on current issues, but that is not its prime function any more. It's also meant to help viewers see issues from different perspectives. Being objective on a certain issue cannot always exist so there is a bias of some sort in every news station. Each news station has a specific point of view and they try to persuade the viewers to agree with them. To do this they use specific evidence to support the idea, and specific language to help you to believe that idea.