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Topicality of the theme lies in that the United States of America is a country of beautiful views and natural sights. This country is famous for it National Parks. A national park is a reserve of natural or semi-natural land, declared or owned by a government, set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, animal and environmental protection, and restricted from most development. While ideas for national parks had been suggested previously, the USA established the first National Park in the world. That’s why a word «national park» is closely connected with the United States of America.
Introduction...........................................................................................................3
Chapter 1 National Park in the USA Ecological Politics………..5
1.1 The Notion of a National Park.........................................................................5
1.2 National Park System and Service..................................................................7
1.3 Working in a National Park Unit...................................................................10
1.4 United Nations Environment Programme.....................................................11
Chapter 2 Major National Parks in the USA.........................................13
2.1 Yellowstone National Park............................................................................13
2.2 Grand Canyon................................................................................................16
2.3 Big Bend National Park.................................................................................19
2.4 Grand Teton National Park............................................................................21
2.5 Redwood National and State Parks...............................................................24
Conclusion.............................................................................................................28
Bibliography.........................................................................................................30
Bibliography A......................................................................................................34
Appendix A................................................................................................................39
Appendix B (CD-ROM) ...........................................................................................53
Appendix C (CD-ROM) ............
Illustration 4. National Park Foundation (NPF)
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Illustration 5. National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)
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Illustration 6. «The National Parks: America’s Best Idea»
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Illustration 7. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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Illustration 1. Yellowstone National Park
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Шllustration 2. Historical poster of Yellowstone from 1938
Illustration 3. Ferdinand V. Hayden American geologist who convinced Congress
to make Yellowstone a National Park
Illustration4. F.V. Hayden's map of Yellowstone National Park (1871)
Illustration 5. Portrait
of Nathaniel
P. Langford, the
first superintendent of the park (1870)
Illustration 6. Grand Canyon
of the Yellowstone (note: the yellow color of the rocks from which the
park gets its name)
Illustration 7. Scenic views abound in Yellowstone (1974 photograph)
Illustration 8. Orange Spring Mound
Illustration 9. Wooden walkways allow visitors to closely approach the
Grand Prismatic Spring
Illustration10. Columnar
basalt near Tower Falls; large floods of basalt
and other lava types preceded mega-eruptions of superheated
ash and pumice
Illustration 11. Beehive Geyser Erupting
Illustration 12. Old Faithful Geyser erupts approximately every 91 minutes
Illustration 13. Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs
Illustration 14. Mountain meadow at Yellowstone
Illustration 15. Yellowstone sand verbena is endemic to the Yellowstone’s lakeshores
Illustration 16. Bison graze near a hot spring
Illustration 17. Pronghorn are commonly found on the grasslands in the park
Illustration 18. A reintroduced gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park
Illustration 19. Orientation
map of Yellowstone National Park showing many of the major tourist attractions
Illustration 20. Union Pacific Railway Brochure Promoting Travel to Park (1921)
Illustration 21. Old Faithful Inn
Illustration 22. Vintage photo of visitors feeding bears in spite of the danger
Illustration 23. Park Superintendent Horace M. Albright and dinner guests (1922)
Illustration 24. Yellowstone tourist stands on a precipice for a close-up view of the scenery
Illustration 25. Grand Canyon
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llustration26. A view of the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon from Hermit's Rest
Illustration 27. Ancestral Puebloans granaries at Nankoweap Creek
Illustration 28. Eagle Rock
(located at Eagle Point) on the west rim, aptly named for its shape,
is considered sacred by the Hualapai Indians
Illustration 29. Temples, Castles and Shrines
Illustration 30. A map of the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas (circa 1908)
Illustration 31. Diagram showing
the placement, age and thickness of the rock units exposed in the Grand
Canyon
Illustration 32. A view of Grand Canyon Skywalk from Outside Ledge
Illustration33. Grand Canyon as seen from a commercial airplane
Illustration 34. Aerial view
of the less-visited lower Grand Canyon, down river from Toroweap Overlook
Illustration 35. Big Bend
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