https://www.candiceandrews.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2023-09-24 https://www.candiceandrews.com/blog-1/wildlife-flourishes-insideand-outsidenational-parks monthly 0.5 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/2f72cdbd-dbb4-44d9-8f98-5b14c8c1ad7c/Wilderness_Wrangell-Mountains-fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out The time to move forward with the expansion of protected areas is now, say scientists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/a761d204-4bc0-4a56-9541-3a1ef8cfb6e4/Pacific+Northwest+18+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out In the Late Cretaceous Epoch (100.5 million years ago to 66 million years ago), the climate in what is now Denali National Park was warmer than it is today; more like that in the Pacific Northwest. There would have been coniferous and deciduous trees, and an understory of ferns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/047d8a12-dfa3-4cc9-b30c-4ef94e148877/Denali+NP_jose+maria+vazquez_flickr+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve is unique: it’s 6 million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. It’s also a world-class area for dinosaur tracks. ©jose maria vazquez, flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/745da67e-390f-419b-9b2a-553c2cf3bce9/Brown+Bear_Katmai_Brad+Josephs+3+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out Our national parks provide a haven for some of our nation’s most cherished, iconic and native wildlife species, such as the brown bears of Katmai National Park. ©Brad Josephs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/e63dfe18-4436-4c9a-8928-f685bdec12d2/Marine+Park_Ang+Thong_Thailand+1+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out Marine parks, such as Ang Thong National Marine Park in Thailand, often have a “spillover” effect. That means that species protected within the marine park’s boundaries produce an abundance of individuals that then disperse into surrounding habitats, increasing biodiversity there, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/23a200ff-758e-4670-bc1b-5e6e8c713466/Yellowstone+10+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out The bison of Yellowstone National Park are exceptional. They comprise the nation’s largest American bison population on public land. Unlike most other herds, this group has thousands of individuals that are allowed to roam relatively freely over the park’s expansive landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/412ee2ac-e96f-4f60-911c-fd57f53e4b8a/Protected+Land_Red+Cliffs_Bob+Wick+BLM_flickr+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out The United Nations is aiming for significant expansions of global protected areas. The strategy, often called the 30 x 30 Movement, is to conserve 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. ©Bob Wick, BLM, flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/650374bd2ad0b024bf3ad857/7b568a74-166c-480f-a3ac-3326e496ad79/Dinosaur+Track_Arizona_Mia+%26+Steve+Mestdagh_flickr+fin_Web.jpg Know Nature Blog - Wildlife Flourishes Inside—and Outside—National Parks - Make it stand out For a dinosaur track to form and be preserved, conditions must be just right. 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