SELECTED NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS WITH FOSSILS AGA^FbSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEBRASKA AR*CHfeS> NATIONAL PARK, UTAH BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA ( •BERING LAND BRIDGE NATIONAL PRESERVE, ALASKA BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TL*AS ^ V- CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, NEW MEXICO C CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA, AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHICKASAW NATtOWAL,RECREAT[ON AREA, OKLAHOMA DEATH VALLEY JM ATtONAC PARK, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA ! * DELAWARE WATt!R GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY * , v DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUIVIIENT, UTAH AND COLORADO FLORISSANT ^OSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO' FOSSIL BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYOMING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA ^ \ \ r ; - A £ GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, UTAH AND ARIZONA GRAND CANYON-PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, IDAHO JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, OREGON JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA LINCOLN MEMORIAL, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MAMMOTH CAV+Z NATIONAL PARK, KENTUCKY NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER, WESTVIRGINIA OREGQN CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT, OREGON PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE, KANSAS VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA yiCKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, MISSISSIPPI YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, MONTANA, AND IDAHO YUKON : CHARLEY RIVERS NATIONAL PRESERVE, ALASKA ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH \ |«9K ^Hfli I B APR HE THE IIATIHH111
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SELECTED NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS WITH FOSSILS A G A ^ F b S S I L BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEBRASKA
AR*CHfeS> NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA (
•BERING LAND BRIDGE NATIONAL PRESERVE, ALASKA
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TL*AS ^ V -
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, NEW MEXICO C
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA, AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CHICKASAW NATtOWAL,RECREAT[ON AREA, OKLAHOMA
DEATH VALLEY JM ATtONAC PARK, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA ! *
DELAWARE WATt!R GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY * ,v
DINOSAUR NATIONAL M O N U I V I I E N T , UTAH AND COLORADO
FLORISSANT ^OSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO'
FOSSIL BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYOMING
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA ^ \ \ r; - A £
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, UTAH AND ARIZONA
GRAND CANYON-PARASHANT NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
HAGERMAN FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, IDAHO
JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, OREGON
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MAMMOTH CAV+Z NATIONAL PARK, KENTUCKY
NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER, WESTVIRGINIA
OREGQN CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT, OREGON
PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA
TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NATIONAL PRESERVE, KANSAS
VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
yiCKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, MISSISSIPPI
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, MONTANA, AND IDAHO
YUKON:CHARLEY RIVERS NATIONAL PRESERVE, ALASKA
ZION NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
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AT LEAST 243 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AREAS PRESERVE FOSSILS
FOSSILS, FOSSIL FUELS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Our society relies heavily on fossil fuels
such as coal, oi l , and natural gas. These
organic materials started as prehistoric
plants and animals. Mil l ions of years of
decay in swamps and wetlands under
heat and pressure result in these "fossil
fuels." Burning fossil fuels releases green
house gases, trapping additional heat in
the atmosphere, causing changes in cli
mate.Throughout Earth's history, natural
changes in cl imate have occurred.Today's
warming is likely not natural. Fossils
provide a record of how organisms re
sponded to past cl imate changes. When
cl imate changed outside of their "comfor t zone," plants and animals
moved to areas wi th more favorable cl imate, adapted to the changes, or
went extinct. All l iv ing things —including humans —will face these same
options as cl imate changes. For more informat ion about how national
parks are responding to cl imate change and what YOU can do to help,
see www.nature.nps.gov/cl imatechange/.
CREDITS: Pro/eel: Jason Betzner, Geoff Camphire (AGI), Erica Giles, Jason Kenworthy, Vince Santucci, Jim Wood (NPS); Design: Angela Terry
Design; Front images (left to right, down): National Park Service Photo, Courtesy Dave Krueger; National Park Service Photo; Photo Courtesy
GeoCorps™ America; National Park Service Photo; National Park Service Photo, Courtesy Vince Santucci; National Park Service Photo, Courtesy
I Scott Williams; National Park Service Photo, Courtesy Jason Kenworthy; Photo Courtesy GeoCorps™ America; National Park Service Photo;
National Park Service Photo, Courtesy Marcia Fagnant; National Park Service Photo; National Park Service Photo, Courtesy Arvid Aase; Back
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