Grand Canyon

 

 The Grand Canyon

            The Grand Canyon National Park is in the northwest part of Arizona. The land forms are caves, trees, and streams. The animals are birds, bobcats, bats, squirrels, deer, elk, lizards, porcupines, wolves, and bears.
In 1973 a daring man named Evil Knevil jumped right into the Grand Canyon and didn’t get hurt, he did get some bruises though. Grand Canyon visitors can stay in big lodges above the canyon and they have Grand Canyon ranger programs.
           The oldest rocks at the Grand Canyon are two billion years old. That’s nearly half as old as the earth. The canyon was formed by water cutting between the ground. The Grand Canyon has some of the biggest caves in the world. A canyon is a huge hole in the ground. You can save the Grand Canyon by not polluting the rivers and not harming the plants and animals. 
        So do you want to be a park ranger in the Grand Canyon? Well, park rangers have lots of work. They show nature and they greet visitors. Park rangers even show how the Native Americans lived. They help out and they also do search and rescue. The park ranger's biggest job is to protect the wilderness.

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This page last updated: 08/28/04 .