Yellowstone 3 - 7

Glacier National Park 8 - 10

Grand Teton national Park 11 - 13

Mountains 14 - 15

About the author 16

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Yellowstone Grand Geyser

In the Upper Geyser Basin , not far from Old Faithful

Geyser , Grand Geyser erupts with powerful eruptions that shoot 150 - 200 feet in the air.

This feature makes it the tallest predictable geyser on earth. Natural sounds except no narration .

This is a Blackbear.

American Blackbear

American Blackbears are the smallest of three bear species, Grizzlybears and polar bears are bigger than Blackbears. Blackbears are really opportunistic eaters. A lot of their diet is grasses, roots, berries, and insects. They will eat fish and mammals including carrion and easily develop a taste for human foods and garbage , too. There is no record of anyone being killed by a mama Blackbear protecting and defending her cubs. Attacks are quite rare.

Yellowstone

Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone

Yellowstone's first superintendents were having trouble

with poaching , vandalism, squatting and more

problems. In 1886,the U.S army soldiers marched into Mammoth Hotsprings and request of the interior and took charge of Yellowstone . The soldiers oversaw fort Yellowstone's construction - buildings that are still in use today.

Morning Glory Pool

Morning Glory Pool was very, very beautiful once but , people threw garbage in it and now nicknamed it fading glory or garbage can .

Glacier National Park Glaciers

In 1850 at the end of a little ice age there was 150 estimated glaciers in the area that is Glacier National Park now. By 1968 glaciers had decreased to around 50. Today the number of glaciers in the park is 25, Many of which are leftover pieces of what they were once. Rapid treatment of mountain glaciers is not only happening in the park but it is occurring worldwide. If the current rate of warming is persistant, scientists predict that the glaciers in glacier national park will be all gone by 2030 if not earlier.

Glacier National Park Animals

Glacier National Park has animals amphibians, birds, fish , insects ,mammals and reptiles. Seventy-one species of mammals call Glacier National Park their home. It's nearly impossible to know how many species of insects live at Glacier National Park, When 1 rotting log could hold thousands of insects. Thanks to past stocking practices, Glacier waters host a very complicated mix between native and invasive fish species. There are 276 species of birds found in the park.