Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, located in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, was established as the first national park in the United States. The park is a popular destination for visitors who enjoy ecological tourism as it offers forests, mountains, and abundant ecosystems to explore

Some of Yellowstone’s most well-known landmarks are its geothermal hot springs and geysers, the most famous of which is named Old Faithful

Evergreen forests and mountain meadows cover most of Yellowstone. The most abundant tree is the lodgepole pine. More than 275 species of birds and nearly 50 kinds of other animals live in the park. Trumpeter swans, blue herons, white pelicans, bald eagles, and gulls feed on fish in its lakes and rivers. These fish include cutthroat trout, grayling, mountain whitefish, and rainbow trout.Elk are the most common of the large animals in the park. Approximately 31,000 elk live in the park in summer. About half of them stay there through the winter, but the rest wander south to warmer areas. Yellowstone has about 2,400 bison. These animals were widely hunted in the United States during the 1800's. The protection provided by the park helped save them from being killed off completely. Other large animals in Yellowstone include black bears, grizzly bears, moose, mule deer, bighorn sheep, and cougars.