1. National Parks

2. Where is this?

3. Great Smoky Mountains
Location: North Carolina and Tennessee

5. Where is this place?

6. Petrified Forest
Location: Arizona

7. Where is this located?

8. Yosemite National Park
California

9. Cougar
Coyote
Black Bear
Lynx

10. National Park Facts
How many national parks are there in the United States? 59
What was the first national park?
Yellowstone
What is the newest national park?
Pinnacles National Park in California

11. National Park Facts Does Iowa have a national park?No
We do have a national monument (Effigy Mounds)
Are there “state parks,” too?
YES! State governments are in charge of them instead of the national government
Example: Maquoketa Caves State Park
In what year was the first national park established?
1872

12. Canada Does Canada have national parks? YES!
47 national parks in Canada
BANFF National Park was the first

14. National Parks SO…. What is a national park?
#21: A national park is a large area of land that the government sets aside in order to keep it in its natural state.
Most chosen because of their rare and/or beautiful qualities.
#22: Examples? Think about the parks you learned about for your assignment!
Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, BANFF, Jasper

15. National Parks #24: Main purposes for creating national parks:
1) Provide beautiful places for people to visit
2) Protect natural landscapes and habitats from destruction
#23: Preservation- protecting natural features, animals, and plants from harm

16. Questions to discuss at your group
1. Should people be allowed to hunt in national parks?
2. Should businesses be able to build on national parks?