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Yosemite National Park

media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ahwahnee+Drive+and+Tecoya+Road,+Yosemite+National+Park,+CA+95389&sll=37.747525,-119.583617&sspn=0.009213,0.021136&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tecoya+Rd+%26+Ahwahnee+Dr,+Yosemite+National+Park,+Mariposa,+California+95389&ll=37.74783,-119.583607&spn=0.009213,0.021136&t=m&z=14&output=embed" width="339" height="280" align="left" General Information about Yosemite National Park  Yosemite is made up of 1,169 square miles land. 95% of the land is natural wilderness. That within the park hold granite cliffs, waterfalls, streams, and giant sequoia groves. The History of Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is found in California; the nearest town is Mariposa. It was founded in 1890 by John Muir, in the 1890s there was barley any people were coming to the park. However, in 1907 the construction of the Yosemite Valley Railroad was built and brought a lot more people to the national park. Now a days Yosemite gets over 3.5 million people visiting per year; this makes it one of the most visited national parks.

Activities to Do

Some of the attractions in Yosemite are; Half Dome, Yosemite waterfall, and the Merced River. The activities you can do at Yosemite range from photography to water activities. A great sum of people go to Yosemite to Climb Half Dome which takes anywhere from 1 day to 2 days. When people go hiking at Yosemite they can experience over 800 miles of trails. If you do not like climbing or hiking Yosemite also offers activities such as; rafting, swimming, fishing, rock climbing, and much more. Climate and Environmental Factors The temperate in Yosemite changes by month ranging from 47 - 89 degrees. Some outside factors that affect Yosemite is the carbon emission and the amount of pesticides used in the area. There is many controlled fires in the year, this is so the trees will drop there seeds so they can produce more of them. Besides the carbon emissions Yosemite has some of the cleanest air in the United States due to its huge population of pine trees.

Wildlife  In Yosemite there is more than 400 species of wildlife ranging from mule deer to lizards. Yosemite is also home to the black bear, which thousands of people come to see every year after they are done with hibernation. Since, the Merced River runs right through the middle of the park there is also a large amount of amphibians and reptiles. Some of the amphibians are Pacific treefrog and the Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged frog. Some of the reptiles that live in the are the San Diego alligator lizard and the Western pond turtle.

Works Cited For National Park http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm http://www.nationalparks.org/discover-parks/index.cfm?fa=viewPark&pid=YOSE http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park []

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