Today a team of cultural and natural resource specialists work together to protect the park's resources. The wetland ecosystem of the park is has over 150 lakes and 450 miles of streams. Lush plant life and dense wildlife are the symbols of these wet areas that speckle and divide other ecosystems. There are forests of pine and grassy hillsides that dominate the beautiful ecosystem in the park. These areas may be drier than wetland areas, but life is still abundant.
The mission of Yellowstone National Park is to encourage awareness and application of wide-ranging and high-caliber scientific work on the region’s natural and cultural resources. The amount of biodiversity and the issues that need to be explored provide and unbounded font of research possibilities and a desperate need for the results. When discussing the unbound font of possibilities you first would need to understand the park. The park is over 3,000 square miles and over 2 million acres and covers three states. The park is home to a variety of wildlife including 67 species of mammals, 322 species of birds, 16 species of fish, 6 species of reptiles, and 4 species of amphibians.
A country with such extreme weather its hard to cope. But; Canadians are more than just extreme weather. Canadians are a quiescent people with magnificent, diverse land that shapes who we are. Canadians have many stereotypes that are false. Some examples include polar bears everywhere, snow all year round, everyone loves hockey and everyone drinks beer.
While the forests are full of animal life, the sea and ocean along the coastline is heavily abundant of all types of water species that include whale, seal, sea lion, sea otter, many species of fish; these are all considered to be a subsistence for food production and trade. The complexity of the Northwest Coast makes this region a popular location for living. With it’s many traits such as the surrounding large mountain ranges, relatively mild climate, moderate rain
During the drive to our first stop I saw many beautiful sites; mountains, lakes, rivers, forests... the nature was truly amazing! We even saw black tail deer and elk roaming right along side of the road. Our first stop was the city of Aberdeen but we only visited Gray's Harbor for an hour to stretch our legs and see if we could spot any gray whales but we didn't see any. Our next stop was beautiful Ruby Beach in the town of Kalaloch. You have to walk a trail through the forest to get to the beach and we enjoyed it so much!
Some of the animals in the taiga hibernate in the winter, some fly south if they can, while some just cooperate with the environment, which is very difficult. Taiga is the Russian word for forest and is the largest biome in the world. It stretches over Eurasia and North America. The taiga is located near the top of the world, just below the tundra biome. The taiga is found throughout the high northern latitudes, between the tundra, and the temperate forest, from about 50°N to 70°N, but with considerable regional variation.
Most Eagles prefer to live near aquatic habitats including reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and coastal areas, with significant forest cover close by. Bald Eagles are territorial during the breeding season. At other times of the year, however, they can be quite social, and winter aggregations are common in areas where food is abundant. More than a thousand eagles, for example, regularly congregate along the Chilkat River in Alaska where adult and juvenile Eagles feast on salmon that have died after spawning. Despite being the national symbol of the United States, the Bald Eagle was extirpated from many parts of the country in the mid to late 1900s.
Through out the seasons, the temperature greatly varies. This biome has very cold winters and hot summers. Deciduous forests are homes to many animals like the Black Bear, Fox, Brown Bear, Cardinal, Gray Squirrel, and Raccoon. Each animal must have special adaptations to live in this biome. Many animals hibernate through out the long and cold winters.
Their natural habitats are old-growth forests and these can be found in places that range from northern California, all the way to British Columbia, Canada. There are only around 2360 Northern Spotted Owls left in the wild. The owls do not migrate or move from their territories unless there is a disturbance in their habitat. An example of a disturbance would be if a lumber company wanted to tear down the forests for the wood.The owls would be forced to leave because those trees are not only home to the owls, but they are also home to the owl’s food source. The Northern Spotted Owls are very territorial.
I had noticed that the sky was extremely clear and the birds seemed happy about the weather because they were flying every where and going from tree to tree. I wasn’t sure whether they were looking for food to eat or they were just playing. It was such an artistic view, everything seemed to go well together like the colors, sounds, etc. while sitting by the stream, I noticed a golden glistening color as the sun reflected on the surface of the water. Since art is one of my hobbies I found the view that I saw to be very artistic as I mentioned previously in the first paragraph.