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Yellowstone National Park: A Hydrothermal Masterpiece
In 1872, the spectacular geysers, hot springs, canyons, and fossil forests of the northwestern United States became the world’s first national park. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating northwestern Wyoming and parts of Montana and Idaho into Yellowstone National Park. Since the original days of western exploration, the Yellowstone region has been hailed for its beauty and magnificence. Lewis and Clark and other explorers were the first to discover the area and its geothermal activity. Yellowstone National Park is world famous for it’s hydrothermal features, containing over ten thousand hot spots (Monteith, 2001).
The management of the park has a storied history. "National Park" Langford, was appointed as the park's first superintendent in 1872. He served for five years, but without salary, funding, or staff, he lacked the means to improve the lands or implement any kind of protection to the park.......

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