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Now, the intermountain region is one of the biggest areas of North America. The area is home to many farms which support their countries associated with them. Also, these areas are very diverse. They are home to Europeans, first nations and others who all call the intermountain region home. One of the most populated areas (California) is home to 39 Million people.

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In the 1800's, the intermountain region was going through different changes throughout their area. In Alaska, the Russians had major control of the area until the Americans bought it in 1867 to show their power in the north. This changed caused some miners to venture into Alaska and some of them found gold, causing the Klondike gold rush to send thousands of miners into Alaska in hopes of striking it rich. In interior BC, fur traders had started to make it to BC. One of these groups (The HBC) had started to set up forts, one of these being Fort George (Later Prince George). In western America, there were many settlers and first nations groups until America had bought it from Spain and England. This change caused first nations' hunting to fall apart and later lead to their eventual move to reserves.

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As of right now the Intermountain Region lies between the Rocky and the Coast Mountains with high plateaus and isolated mountains. It starts around Alaska and goes down Yukon and BC and along the west side of the United States until it reaches Mexico. Overall the geography of the Intermountain region has not changed much since the 1800’s and 1900’s.

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The inter-mountain region covers a bunch of unique areas of the west coast of North America so, each of those areas would have had different changes happen to them over the years.

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Environmental issues that effected animals now

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Environmental issues that effected animals now

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Since the Intermountain region is located in the areas from the ocean coast to the Rocky Mountains, the region has lots of rivers and lakes that homes to many birds. From that there are about 1.6 million different types of bird species, like ducks, geese, swans etc., that habits there but, from human activities, like mining, logging trees etc., these activities destroy many habitats (i.e. over logging pine trees) and up to 11 different bird species become endangered. Also, from the dry climate, it can cause forest fires and air pollution that also results to destroying habitats and ecosystems.

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Environmental issues that effected animals then

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Environmental issues that effected animals then

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Back then, the decrease of the population of birds weren't as bad as now but, there were still issues that destroyed bird habitats like mining in mountains. As human activities did have effect on the population, not as many birds were endangered like now, 11, because human activities weren't done as much as now (still was being done though) like, people over logging trees weren't as common.

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The customs and traditions consisted of only the Natives, since they were the only ones there at the time. The Shoshone had a ceremony called the sun dance, which was celebrated after the bull hunt. The Ute had a ceremony called the bear dance, that happened every spring and was social event. It started when the first thunder (to them) in spring happened. The Bannock had a ceremony called the round dance, it happens with the pine nut harvest, it was also celebrated to give rain and lots of food. There were some repeats since they were all in the same region, certain rituals like the sun dance were very common.

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The customs and traditions nowadays really depend on the culture that that persons background is. Some of the traditions that we all do in Canada and America re things like; 4th of July, Canada Day, and Christmas. But to certain states in America that are apart of the IMR, like New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada, the traditions are a little different. Like per say in New Mexico they have the Day Of The Dead, and in Utah certain people there have the tradition of leaving rocks with love messages on them in the desert.

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Everywhere is more diverse and accepting. There are people from all over the world rather then just certain “tribes”. All kinds of languages are spoken, even if we aren't able to understand them. These are the major differences between then and now.

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Does the climate or any environmental issues affect the population of animals and their habitats? 

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Does the climate or any environmental issues affect the population of animals and their habitats? 

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Back then the First Nations were mostly from the tribes of Shoshone, Ute, Bannock, Paiute and Goshute, and the language most commonly heard was Shoshonean The American Natives were the ones living there at the time  They used fire to do a lot of things  for their survival: they burned the undergrowth of shrubs* to help make the soil better and to help with killing insects

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The geography of the Intermountain Region back in the 1800’s had some forests and a lot of mountains and plains where American Indians had lived. But unfortunately in 1890 Utah business men got rich by performing “lumber operations” which destroyed some of these forests which still shows today in the Intermountain. Another thing that has changed is what countries are in the Intermountain Region. Its land in the 1900’s had lost a portion of Arizona and gained some of Eastern California.

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How does the Intermountain Now Compare to the Intermountain from the 1800's  1900's?  

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How does the Intermountain Now Compare to the Intermountain from the 1800's  1900's?  

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Overall, the climate in the Intermountain region was pretty much very similar back then and now. The temperatures would vary depending on which part of the Intermountain region was location and elevated. Sometimes winters were cool and wet or at other times, they can be hot and dry, still depending on where the region is located and if it's elevated or not. In the southern part of the region, winters were short and warm, with almost no rain or snow, and the summers were hot and dry. In the northern part of the region, there were wet, snowy winters and extremely boiling, hot summers, but for the majority, the Intermountain region was always dry, resulting to lots of droughts (see graph). To recap, the climate and temperature in the Intermountain region was mostly dry from back then in the 1800s - 1900s was similar to the region now.