Yellowstone National Park
A beautiful park with a negative relationship to the natives
Back in the day, when the first National Park formed in 1872, Yellowstone National Park, it was not only to protect the wilderness, but to also create the human perception of a wilderness, an uninhabited wilderness, pushing the Native American's out of their wilderness. Ignoring the fact that in reality what was created, was a rather unnatural habitat with the subsequent fire suppression and the predator elimination. Also, ignoring the fact that this land was partially Native American land. I have written more about this in a blog post that I named “the death of one’s wilderness”. I think it is important to highlight the fact that the whites were not the first to settle down here in the US. I would encourage you to dig deeper into the Native American history of the next national park you visit in the US.
A park in several States
Yellowstone National Park lies with the majority of the park in Wyoming and a tiny part of it in Montana and Idaho. This park is known for its thermal regions, vast wildlife and wildfire prone forests. I have been there several times so far, mostly in the wintertime, and will be more in the future. W's family lives in Bozeman, which is a couple of hours from one of the main entrances into the park (Gardiner). Since I met W I think I have visited the park at least once per year, more so in the wintertime. I have now traveled through all the roads that will take you to the park. The great thing about Yellowstone National Park is that the ecosystem is so diverse. It has open plains, like the one you will see in the Lamar Valley, but also high mountains surrounding it. The ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park is very special and is also referred to as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The park is maybe mostly known for its thermal hot springs like the Old Faithful. The hot springs create a specific microhabitat that allows certain species to thrive, but if you go up in elevation you will find the fragile alpine flora and a completely different microhabitat. Yellowstone is part of the Rocky Mountains, which extends all the way up through Canada. The park is one of the oldest National Parks in the US, and became the nations first National Park in 1872. Within the park you will find the Washburn Range and the Red Mountains Range. The northwest corner is covered by the Gallatin Range which starts north of the park, around Bozeman, MT. In the northeast corner you have the Absaroka Range that follows the Montana-Wyoming border and make up the eastern border of the park. The highest point in the park is Eagle Peak, which is part of the Absaroka Range, in the eastern part of the park.
Yellowstone National Park - Summer Edition
Yellowstone National Park - Winter Edition
Yellowstone National Park - Fieldwork
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Rumbleinthearctic is a blog about life in the USA. It started out as a blog about my life in Alaska, which transitioned into life in Wisconsin and then NYC. Now it covers my life in Hudson Valley, NY. The blog is also about my travels to various reoccurring states, like Montana aka Big Sky Country, and all the hikes I do there. We also do a lot of camping trips and I often write about that too. It is also a blog about science and how I incorporate that into my hiking and travels to different parts of the US, and what I do for a living. A Swede living in the US.