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Great Smoky Mountains
El Capitan- Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Great Smoky Mountains
The National Parks
The Full Story
The National Park Service have been around for a little over 100 years, providing America's people with beautiful parks for all to enjoy. Recently, with the enormous amount of people visiting the parks each year, the parks have taken an environmental toll. Below, I will describe some of the main issues affecting our parks today and you can switch over to the next page for easy, individual solutions to help slow down this environmental harm.
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Air Pollution
"Air pollution is shrinking scenic views, damaging plants, and degrading high elevation streams and soils in the Great Smoky Mountains. Even human health is at risk. Most pollution originates outside the park and is created by power plants, industry, and automobiles" ("Air Quality")
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Outside Harms
Non-native plants and animals introduced into the parks pose a threat to the current native species, especially in the Grand Canyon. Additionally, nearby mining threatens to contaminate the water and the species that depend on it ("Environmental Factors").
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Noise Pollution
Park peace is often disrupted by the helicopters flying overhead in Yosemite National Park and many more parks. This unintended noise poses a threat to wildlife behavior ("Environmental Issues").
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Global Warming
"A pattern of warming during the past 30 years in the Yosemite region has resulted in thinner snowpacks. All climate models show a warmer future in central California, with temperatures at least 5° to 10° Fahrenheit higher by the end of the century, especially at higher elevations" ("Environmental Issues"). Less snowfall results in a lack of water and beautiful waterfalls Yosemite is known for.
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