GLG 101 Physical GeologyParks Project

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FAVORITE PARKS

Imagine never being able to see any of this again

Influential People

John Muir One of the first contributor to conserving national parks

Theodore Roosevelt President that created the most National Parks and Monuments

Stephen Mather Crusaded to create a National Park system where the parks

worked together instead of separate parks working on their own

IMPORTANT DATES

October 1, 1890 Yosemite National park is created March 2, 1899 Mount Rainier first park created from

National forest January 11, 1908 Roosevelt declares Grand Canyon a

National Monument 1926 Congress creates Great Smokey Mountains National

Park 1955 Mission 66 created to help revamp parks

Lost Dutchman

Fought over for many years Had lots of GOLD AU Jacob Walz created a fake map to lead people away from

where the gold really was. The map is still sold today

Lost Dutchman how it came to be

Started out as flat Shield Volcanos were formed Dacite domes Au weather out of the granite

Lost Dutchman Why important A look into history Preserves natural habitat Protects animals Provides jobs for many Provides a place to get back to nature

KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK December 1, 1978 President Jimmy Carter used

Antiquities Act to protect the Fjords The town of Seward closest to the land hated it because

it took away their main source of income December 2, 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act becomes law 5 years later Seward is asking for the park to be

expanded Glaciers

KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK

Shoreline and Glaciers Ocean water now fills long, steep sided, glacier carved

valleys Subduction zone is causes the Kenai Mountains to slip

into the sea Many animals make this their home and spawning area The combination of both Shoreline and Glaciers makes

this a unique habitat for animals that I would kill to study

KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK

IF I COULD STAND THE COLD I WOULD LIVE HERE

John Muir

Founded the Sierria club Helped Roosevelt start the movement to start National

parks The reason why we have Yosemite

John Muir

We have all these beautiful parks because of John Muir

What is the value of State and National Parks?

The value of State and National Parks are limitless. Without them a number of animals and plants would be extinct. Many small towns would have died. For me the most important value is that I wouldn’t be able to see Nature they way it was 100 years ago.

Work Cited

http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ http://nature.nps.gov/geology/tour/ http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~

pgore/geology/geo101/coastal.htm http://www.tulane.edu/~

geol113/COASTAL-PROCESSES-1a.htm http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/about/