This essay will take a particular case study, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and attempt to provide a brief background on its history and forces of creation. The park impacts on human and non-human species alike will also be discussed. The latter part of this essay will focus on a few challenges the park faces in the future.
History/Forces of Creation/Goals
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was created on 1 August 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson making it America's 13th national park. Lorrin Thurston, publisher of the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser and Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar promoted the idea of making the volcanoes into a national park. Thurston who loved to explore the volcanic lands discovered a giant lava tube that can still be seen today; it is rightly called the Thurston Lava Tube. Dr. Jaggar came to the islands to establish and serve as director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Together they lobbied politicians, wrote editorials, and promoted their idea for a......
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