CALIFORNIA’S NATIONAL PARKS

Rhiannon TrujilloKori VaudrinPeriod 4

Redwoods National Park

Death Valley National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

WHAT IS A NATIONAL PARK?

National Parks are scenic or historically important areas of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or for conservation.

HISTORY

The national park idea has been credited to the artist George Catlin.

Forty-four years after the establishment of Yellowstone, President Woodrow Wilson, created the National Park Service on August 25, 1916

Yosemite National Park, established on October 1, 1890, was California’s first park.

GROWING POPULATION

Growing populations may cause the dangers to the parks to increase and may reduce the sizes of the parks

BENEFITS Economically, many National

Parks provide the potential for tourism-based economies.

National Parks provide many benefits to conservation efforts.

National Parks preserve natural, cultural, and historic sites

WHY ARE THEY NECESSARY?

Conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein

Leaves land conserved unimpaired for the enjoyment of present and future generations.

Provides an economy to the state

ECONOMIC IMPACT IN CALIFORNIA

$1.076 billion per year 17,844 jobs 34 million visitors per year

JOBS AT NATIONAL PARKS Park Ranger

Ecologists

Park police

OUR USE OF NATIONAL PARKS

The National parks are being overused. They are being worn down by the increasing visitors.

MORE FACTORS ENDANGERING NATIONAL PARKS

Budget Cuts

Construction

Logging

Pollution

CONSERVATION

Some efforts used for conservation include controlled logging, controlled hunting, and prevention and cleaning of pollution

Map of California’s National Parks