Alaska's National Parks
This week we watched videos based on Alaska and the national parks there. While watching these videos, I saw many photos of the wildlife that lives in Alaska and in the National Parks. While I know that this is a very common thing to see in these Ken Burns videos, it stuck out to me on this set for some reason. Logically, there is no real reason there shouldn't be wildlife in Alaska; however, my head wasn't registering the idea that there would be a great deal of wildlife to preserve. In one of the videos, someone even stated that "while our children may not see a buffalo herd, they might live to see a caribou herd." This stood out to me because it isn't always something you would think of, but it is most definitely important to the preservation efforts in Alaska. Something I learned in this week's content was how influential one person can be to the creation of a national park, even if it is by small and simple actions. In this example, it was John Cook. I r...
