The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a rich history and diverse wildlife. It was established in the 1930s after local settlers had lived in the area for over a century. The park is home to over 10,000 species of plants and animals, including 1,500 black bears, 350 rare red wolves, and diverse bird and fish populations. Some challenges facing the park include high rainfall levels that cause erosion and a busy highway running through the protected area.

1. Great Smoky Mountains
by Nicole Tschirret
Do you have a favorite national park? I do,it is the
Smoky mountains. So here is some info on the park. I
will tell the history, plant and animal, and challenges.
Here is some history behind the park. In the 1800
the pioneers settled in the lower valleys and 1,400
people left the southern Appalachian mountains in
1838. The first settled in Cades cove was in 1818. the
children had to guard the mountain tops and blow a
horn when confederates approached. There were 21
for union and 12 for confederate. The civil war
changed the cove. The civil war shattered in the cove.
An no more slave ever worked in the cove again. In
1820 the people started a written language. Franklin
D. Roosevelt declared that the park had taken two
decades to create. Then since then it has been a
park.
If you like animals you should go there. There are
1,500 black bears may live there.10.000 species of
flora and fauna.130 native trees. The Jordan red
cheek is only find in the Smoky s. They have the
largest number of animals due to the diverse habitats.

2. There are 350 red wolves in the world and there are
all in the Smoky s. They also have a elk program. the
park covers 210,546 acres. Beavers were common in
the 1600's. There are 1,300 species of herbs. The
common species are red and gray fox, weasel, minks,
black bear, elk and invader species. 95% of the park
is forest.The highest peak is 6,643 Ft. There are 250
kind of birds and 500 kind of lichen and moss. There
are 2,000 mushroom and 27 different kind of
salamanders,1,600 kind of fish. Many of these thing
roam the park. That a lot of stuff.
There a lot of things that you can do. You can do a
auto tour or go bicycling and camping. That not it.You
can tour the park and you can become a junior ranger
and learn now stuff. Also hike over 800 miles of trail
and fish. 9 million people visit the park last year. You
can also picnic and see the water falls.
There are not a lot of challenges but here's some.
They get 80 inches of precipitation a year. An other
challenge is the high way that runs right through the
park. So that all for challenges.
So think about your favorite park and write about it.
So you can share it with your friends. Make it fun!!!

3. Bye!