stackyFACTSFollowing the 1871 Hayden Geological Survey, Congress didn't officially establish Yellowstone as a National Park because they were suddenly overcome by a deep love for Mother Nature.
Following the 1871 Hayden Geological Survey, Congress didn't officially establish Yellowstone as a National Park because they were suddenly overcome by a deep love for Mother Nature. They protected it because the boiling mud pots, toxic sulfur springs, and explosive geysers made the land completely useless for logging, mining, or farming. Conservation is a lot easier when capitalists literally can't figure out a way to monetize the dirt.
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