Rhiannon Trujillo Kori Vaudrin Period 4 Redwoods National Park Death Valley National Park Joshua Tree National Park Lassen Volcanic 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.

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

 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

 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

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

 Park Ranger  Ecologists  Park police

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

 Budget Cuts  Construction  Logging  Pollution

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

Map of California’s National Parks