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Yellowstone National Park
On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established in the United States, the first national park in the world.
On March 1, 1872, the Judge Cornelius Hedges initiative “This Land Should Be the National Treasure of All the Peoples of this Emerging Nation” was initiated by then-President Ulysses S. Grant to sign the Law on the Establishment of Yellowstone National Parks. This was the birth of the world’s first National Park. Nathaniel Langford, one of the most outspoken supporters of the idea of the National Park, was appointed as the first administrator of the park.
In accordance with the Act of the United States Congress of March 1, 1872, the Yellowstone Park, "the 22,000-acre wilderness, for the benefit of the people, was approved as a public park and entertainment venue" and also "to make all its trees, mineral deposits, natural wonders and landscapes, and other landscapes remain in the existing natural state without destruction", was officially named the "National Park for the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Resources", which is the first national park in the world.
Yellowstone National History
Yellowstone National Park occupies an area of approximately 898317 hectares, mainly located in the U.S. State of Wyoming, partly located in the state of Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone Park is divided into five districts: the northwestern Yellowstone hot springs area is dominated by the gray stone staircase, so it is also known as the tropical springs; the north-east as the Roosevelt district, still retains the old western landscape; the middle is the canyon area, can be seen the Yellowstone Grand Canyon and the waterfall; the southeast is the Yellowstone Lake District, mainly Lake Light Mountain; the west and south-west is the intermittent springs area, spread between springs, hot springs, steam pools, hot
The park is one of the largest volcanoes in the world and has one of the largest forests in the world, with forests in the park accounting for about 90% of the total US forest area and about 10% of the water surface. There are more than 10,000 hot springs and more than 300 intermittent springs. With more than 290 waterfalls. The park has Yellowstone Lakes, Yellowstone Rivers, Canyons, Falls and hot springs and other landscapes, and is a prestigious tourist destination. There are 7 species of wild animals, 2 species of bears and 67 species of other mammals, 322 species of birds, 18 species of fish and cross-border gray wolves. There are more than 1100 species of native plants, 200 species of foreign plants and more than 400 species of warm microorganisms.
March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park, National Park


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