Yellowstone Park
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Yellowstone National Park is located primarily in Wyoming, extending into Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone has the world’s largest collection of geysers. The park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone. Dr. Youngs, for her first session in October, will follow up her last year’s history of Yellowstone Park with a discussion about maps and mapping Yellowstone Park.
Dr. Youngs, for her second session in November, will discuss the history, significance, and the geology of the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon, located in the state of Arizona, is a unique combination of geologic color and erosional forms. The canyon is 277 river miles long, 18 miles wide, and a mile deep. The area is encompassed by over one million acres. To put it into perspective, the island of Manhattan would be able to fit in the Grand Canyon Park nearly 58 times. The geological process that caused the formation of the Grand Canyon began 17 million years ago as the Colorado River began carving through erosion.
Dr. Youngs’ research expertise is in national parks, environmental history, cultural geography, and the American West.
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