Hunter--Yellowstone

__Yellowstone National Park __ Yellowstone National Park is a place full of beauty and nature at its wildest. Yellowstone is located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The park was the first national park in the world built on March 1st, 1872. It is also the largest national park in the U.S. Yellowstone is 2,219,791 acres. It is the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. (America the land)

Yellowstone has many different things to do like see wildlife, visit the Grand canyon of Yellowstone, the White water, see geysers, hike, camp, bike, ride horses and llamas, fish, canoe and kayak. There is also a large volcano in the middle of the park. Yellowstone is home to grey wolves, bears, moose, bison, sheep, elk, coyotes, lynx, bobcats, mountain lions, beaver, and many more land and aquatic animals. (The Most Scenic Drives in America)

More than half of the world’s geysers are located in Yellowstone. Old Faithful draws over2.5 million people a year. Yellowstone has the highest mountain lake in the U.S. The Grand canyon of Yellowstone is 20 miles long, has white water rivers, 109 to 308 foot falls. (National Park Service.com)No wonder so many people visit Yellowstone.

President Ulysses S. Grant signed an official document/law that stated that Yellowstone would forever be preserved. Once it was preserved the U.S. Calvary would protect it from people harming it, like park rangers do. It was hard to establish the park because it was the first ever national park. This means that there were no rules, guidelines, or plans to follow. One of the entrances to the parks is named after Theodor Roosevelt. (National Park Service.com)

Early American Indians inhabited Yellowstone first. The Indians would farm and hunt the land before Americans explore. Trappers and traders came to get fur and trade goods. There were many explorers who explored the park. They told tales of the place. (Yellowstone National Park)

The fate of Yellowstone is in the hands of humans. We have to keep the animals healthy and make sure there is nothing to harm the animals. The scientists say the volcano in the middle of the park might explode again. The park will be here as long as we keep it clean and healthy. By: Hunter Cooper

 Work Cited

Reader’s Digest. //America Land of Beauty and Splendor.// Pleasantville, NY: The Readers Digest Association, Inc., 1992. Reader’s Digest. //The Most Scenic Drives in America.// Pleasantville, NY: The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1997 http://www. Nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/things2do.htm, National Park Service, //Things to do.// September 13, 2010.

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