https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl Jordan, Jesse, Joey, Austin en-us 2017-02-24 18:36:35 UTC 2025-05-15 05:58:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 89219 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156112922 Big Bend national park is mainly in the Chihuahuan desert that is protected by the United States and its mostly dry. Also that the Rio Grande is the main water source that goes through Big Bend. Humans negatively impacting the ecosystem because of the number of industrial plants they built near Big Bend. Also on the Mexico side the air and water quality are a lot poorer. Also people are contributing to the pollution problems by dumping their trash or human waste on the land and in creeks or rivers. Also fires they are created by humans that destroying thousands of acres. Then hunters/ poachers are killing and/or trapping exotic animals (2017,para 5).  

]]> 2017-02-24 18:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156112922 89219 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156114916 Animals that live in Big Bend are javelinas, black bear, mountain lion, coyote, road runners, jack rabbits, millipedes, mule deer/ white tail deer, and bats they make up the largest portion of the mammals in the park (Fox, 2017, para 1).  Some of the reptiles that live there is the diamondback rattlesnake, and southern prairie lizard.]]> 2017-02-24 18:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156114916 89219 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156115978 There are over thousands of plants that live in Big Bend. Some of those plants are lechuguilla, sotol, cactus, mesquite, and yuccas.]]> 2017-02-24 18:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156115978 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156121717 The weather in the Big Bend National Park is very nice in the fall and spring are warm and pleasant. Summer is extremely hot. Although the temperature vary greatly between the desert floor and the Chisos   mountain. May and June are the hottest months. Afternoon evening rains often cool down the desert from July to October .

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Winter are generally mild, although periods of cold weather (including very light snowfall) are possible. Winter visitors must prepare for a variety of conditions.

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Many plants and animals will be affected by future climate but some have already impacted by the future climate. It is a bird called the Colima Warbler and the only time you can see this bird in spring months. This bird is rare in the US. This bird is a danger specs since this bird is very sensitive to changes in ecology and there are only fewer then 200 of them left in the US.]]> 2017-02-24 19:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156121717 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156517886 2017-02-27 18:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156517886 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156518605 2017-02-27 18:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156518605 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156520459 2017-02-27 18:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156520459 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156521069 2017-02-27 18:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156521069 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156521633
Rio Grande]]> 2017-02-27 18:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156521633 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156522495 2017-02-27 18:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156522495 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156523852 2017-02-27 18:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156523852 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156526336  Big Bend National Park was created by many volcanos, erosion, and water. The great inland sea flowed through revealing think layers of limestone and fossil bearing shale.]]> 2017-02-27 18:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156526336 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156529381 60 Million years ago mountains began to surface. This also created walls for Santa Elena, Mariscal and Boquillas Canyons.]]> 2017-02-27 19:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156529381 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156531926 During the 16th and 17th centuries the Spanish traveled the land in search of gold and silver (2017, para. 2).  During the 19th century the Comanche Native Americans created the Comanche trail. This trail was used traveling back and forth between America and Mexico on raids (2017, para. 2). Today you can drive along parts of the Comanche trail (2017, para. 3). Anglo-Americans settled in the area and were growing cotton and food crops by the year 1920 (2017, para. 2). Ruins of these peoples houses still are visible in the park today. This park was created  in 1944 because of the rich history of the land(2017, para. 2). Many different people and cultures have settled or traveled across this land dating back several hundred years.]]> 2017-02-27 19:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156531926 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156532462 Big Bend has layers of sandstone and shale beds which formed the Ouachita Mountains. Also there is a deep ocean trough from Arkansas and Oklahoma that goes into Big Bend.]]> 2017-02-27 19:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156532462 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156536380 Colima Werbler]]> 2017-02-27 19:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156536380 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156539486 Ruins of Anglo-American houses]]> 2017-02-27 19:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156539486 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156540093 Ruins of Anglo-Americans buildings.]]> 2017-02-27 19:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156540093 614498 https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156544201 2017-02-27 19:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/614498/89oxjbporqgl/wish/156544201