#100% Elk approved

[harpy-lion]

Absolutely adore these babies 🥺❤️

Thank you @magis-ghast 🥹 I love this gift 🎁✨

Elk would 100% hug you and Frost would smile at seeing his bro so happy before being embarrassed that someone has seen his ears and start screeching! 🤣

I got a prompt for @violentale art for @gyftmas2024 so I had to make Frost and Elk as babies!!!

[taeminno]

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Overriding the opposition of more than 100 environmental groups, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would strip gray wolves in the Lower 48 states of their protections under the Endangered Species Act.

The so-called Trust the Science Act, which was introduced by far-right election denier Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), passed by a narrow 209-205 margin. It would reimpose a Trump administration decision to delist gray wolves that was later overturned in federal court.

"This move by extremists in Congress to push forward an anti-wolf, anti-science bill is irresponsible and emboldens cruelty towards gray wolves," said Endangered Species Coalition executive director Susan Holmes.

There were once around 2 million gray wolves in North America, but they were nearly hunted to extinction with government support. After the federal government began to protect them in the 1960s, their numbers rebounded to around 6,000, but they only roam through less than 10% of their historic range in the lower 48 states.

Scientists have discovered that wolves are very beneficial for the ecosystems they inhabit; their reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park increased the park's biodiversity by controlling elk and deer that had overgrazed trees, allowing willows and aspens to thrive and attract the song birds and beavers that depend on them.

"The inappropriately named 'Trust the Science Act' not only puts endangered gray wolves at risk for extinction, but it completely undermines the purpose of the Endangered Species Act," Raena Garcia, senior fossil fuels and lands campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said in a statement. "The ESA is essential environmental legislation that needs to be strengthened, not weakened. As a keystone species that plays a vital role in preserving biodiversity, the livelihood of gray wolves can't be dictated by industry-driven politicians."

The Endangered Species Act Coalition and Friends of the Earth Action were two of the more than 100 groups that sent a letter to representatives on Monday urging them to oppose the bill. In the letter, they pointed out that the Trump-era ruling it is based on was overturned because of its faulty science: It based its determination for national wolves on only two populations, it did not define what it meant by a "significant" portion of the species' range, it did not consider what it means for gray wolves to have lost so much of their historic range, and it did not account for the fact that West Coast wolves and northern Rocky Mountain wolves have different ancestries. Despite these flaws with the decision, the bill would also prohibit courts from weighing in a second time.

"The 'Trust the Science Act' undermines the integrity of the ESA by forcing the reinstatement of the Trump administration's scientifically indefensible delisting rule and precluding judicial review, undermining the rule of law that holds government officials accountable in the courts," the conservation groups wrote.

Environmental organizations also argue that the bill would put wolves at even greater risk from human violence. In Wyoming, where wolves are delisted, a man recently injured a young wolf and showed it off at a local bar before killing it. When wolves were delisted during the Trump administration, a hunt reestablished in Wisconsin killed off up to a third of the state's wolves.

"The recent torture and killing of a young gray wolf in Wyoming shows how critical the Endangered Species Act protections are for the survival of this species core to our country's natural heritage," Holmes said.

[dandelioncrownns]

random grishaverse facts/trivia (mostly tgt/kos, tbh), because i love useless details. Also, attempted organisation, because i like order too. + ft. my unwanted commentary

the darkling

has a sweet tooth

loves animals and nature in general

for those of you who have read demon in the woods, he got to meet the white tigers :)

his bedchamber walls are carved into trees bc he loves the woods

his favourite trees in particular are pine trees (or just evergreen trees in general)

he used to be afraid of the dark (many possibly worrying? interesting? implications to this; i won’t get into it here tho)

he likes bright colours, but wears black all the time basically for the aesthetic

he met his younger half-sister, Ulla, when he was a seer’s apprentice in Fjerda 

the darkling is a musician! He plays the fiddle, and growing up, he played the balalaika and oud (i wonder if he can read tablature,,) 

His father was a very powerful heartrender (maybe this is why the corporalki are valued so highly by him?)

genya

she got an amplifier between the end of R+R and the start of KoS (kestrel bones)

Genya used Dekora Nevich, the Ornamental Blade, to poison the King

It smells like cinnamon and is a warm golden colour

the royal family / nikolai’s bio family 

the King once cut himself on his own sword

genya named the queen’s dog 

until she was like 11, Genya was like the daughter the queen never had (omg i really wonder how Nikolai and Vasily felt about that? ik it’s not really mentioned, and Nik kinda acts like he just met Genya is S+S, but they must have been a lot closer, right?? I mean genya was almost always at the grand palace with Queen Tatiana, and nikolai just really wanted his parents’ attention, there must have been some kind of maybe one-sided jealousy/sibling rivalry thing, right?? I digress- for now)

also the queen in a dog person

p. sure Nikolai is a mommy’s boy

(possible explanation:) he looks exactly like his real father (except for his eyes). Nikolai even has the same laugh as Magnus

the queen was also fed up with Vasily and his horses

Vasily rides a white gelding horse and Nikolai rides a speckled grey horse (called Punchline)

speaking of, vasily is definitely a horse girl, but like... just the worst (darkling 🤝vasily)

Queen Tatiana’s letters to Magnus Opjer were “very racy” 

 She doesn’t approve of women in trousers

Linnea is ~1 year younger than Nikolai

she is good at math + studies engineering at ketterdam (I wonder if maybe she and Nikolai crossed paths when he was at uni- they’re around the same age, so maybe?)

The King and Queen hired a clown for nikolai’s 10th birthday (the worst birthday party he’d been to, inclusive of the night Vasily died, according to Nikolai)

Nikolai is afraid of spiders (and also clowns???)

nikolai:

he can juggle

Nikolai sucks at learning languages 

he once spoke Fjerdan so badly a man named Knut offered him a ruby to stop

his Kerch seems pretty good tho

Nikolai met The Darkling when he was 14

Nikolai is a baritone (as is Jesper!)

In his free time, Nikolai writes bad poetry (remember that time he got stabbed w/ a letter opener bc his poetry sucked?)

he went through an emo phase/ existential crisis before becoming sturmhond.

during said emo phase, he wrote rhyming poetry pretty much exclusively

He also took philosophy classes at uni (PPE?)

alina:

alina tried on the same rose dress that the Queen watched vasily die in

Nikolai gifted Alina a VERY low-cut cobalt lace gown (In the words of Nadia, “The bodice might as well be cut to the navel.” )

Alina hates herring, but Zoya and Nikolai love it

She is VERY sarcastic and snarky!! I feel like this gets glossed over so much in the fandom, and just why?? (she’s so gloomy and over everything 90% of the time, i love it so much)

So this isn’t technically a fact-fact, but there is no way Alina wasn’t at least a little bit into women. Did you read how she talked abt genya? Zoya? there’s no way she wasn’t into them

Alina doesn’t really like hard cheese

zoya + zoyalai:

Zoya’s horse is called Serebrine

Zoya can use her lightning as a defibrillator (I’m sure other squallers can do this too with the right training)

Zoya likes Nikolai’s hands (and Nikolai likes Zoya’s feet lmao)

she has ‘weird (long?) incisors’  

she definitely had a crush on Nikolai since Ruin and Rising

kaz:

Kaz grew up on a farm in Southern Kerch, in Lij

Kaz is a both a cat and a dog person  (he just likes strays)

Matthias is a dog person, obviously

All the other crows are cat people 

He likes hot chocolate

both he and nikolai like brandy

hates cereal

Kaz is obsessed with magic + likes puzzles

actually very funny if he wasn’t terrifying (honestly?? at leat 70% of his dialogue is just witty quips/jokes)

Kaz’s right leg is the one he broke, and the dregs usually get their tattoo on their right forearm

the other crows:

Jesper has been known to go line-dancing (and would like country music) 

Mal and Jesper were friends in S+S!! (Probably) Jesper has a not-really-secret crush on sturmhond. 

He also had a VERY not secret crush on Kaz before wylan, ofc

Matthias’ middle name is Benedik

Nina would win in an arm wrestling contest against Jesper

Inej has a thing for Kaz’s eyes

Nina was at the orphanage with the other grisha kids in R+R

In the opening scene of CK, Jesper was wearing a navy waistcoat with little gold stars (his fashion is just top tier honestly)

grisha- powers, etc.:

A solar eclipse would have no effect on the Darkling’s powers, but it would make it harder for Alina to summon.

Fabrikators can make flowers bloom

The twins have shark teeth amplifiers

Adrik and Leoni are saints

general world stuff:

Gay marriage is legal in Kerch!

there was a landbridge connecting Shu Han and Kerch but the council of tides covered it

Antimony is used as mascara

kruge is pale purple paper currency

ravkan currency has Nikolai’s face on it (ig not anymore tho?)

Hringkälla is celebrated on March 20th

the distance between Ivets and Os Alta is only about 100 miles? (i’m just going to willfully ignore this, because thats,, so small?)

Mermaids and dragons exist(ed) in the grishaverse

misc:

the daughter of the duke of ivets has a daughter who can play the harp

there is not fourth tale of krigi

The baroness Natasha Beritrova is fifty (as of KoS) and has lands near caryeva

Elke Marie Smit is from one of the most powerful Kerch families and is just 16 in KoS

Oncat is an orange tabby

Anya liked Joost a lot :( (I got way too attached to them at the start of SoC and was so sad + confused when they died lol)

david eats hard boiled eggs for his working days in the shops

‘Malyen’ is the Ravkan version of ‘Malcolm’ (very fitting)

Nikolai brought the kids at Keramzin toy boats + frequently sends Alina and Mal gifts 

The triumvirate would also visit them every feast of Sankt Nikolai too :)

star signs / birthdays (ik the gv constellations aren’t the same as ours, but idc):

Inej: Cancer (june 21st - july 22nd)

Kaz: Capricorn (december 22nd - january 19th)

Nina: Leo (july 23rd - august 22nd)

Jesper: Gemini (may 21st - june 20th)

Matthias: Taurus (april 20th - may 20th)

Wylan: virgo (august 23rd - september 22nd)

Kuwei: aries (march 21st - april 19th)

Darkling: aries

Nikolai is most likely either a gemini or cancer (but he could also be a Leo or Taurus). Whatever it is, he is a summer baby.

Alina and Mal have the same birthday (they were given the Duke’s birthday when they came to the orphanage)

heights:

Jesper is 6’2” - 6’3”

Kaz is 6′

Matthias is 6’4

Nina is 5’9”-5’10”

Inej is 5’3” - 5’4”

Alina is ’short’ (5’3”?)

Mal and the Darkling are ‘tall’ (tbf, like all the characters are tall >:( I want my short people rights)

Nikolai  (well, stumhond, but i think they’re the same height) is described by Jesper as tall (so 6’2”+?? why is everyone so tall??? I-)

Zoya is several inches shorter than nina (zoyalai height difference lets go)

Kuwei is slightly shorter than Wylan (who is about 5’8”?)

there’s definitely more, so if you made it this far and have any more, pls add to the list!

[vesuviannights]

Violet, Lilac, Wisteria, Amethyst: Part 1

Asra x Reader. Gender neutral, no pronouns, 100% lemon-free.

The night before you are to be wed, you make one final desperate attempt to save yourself by summoning your Patron Arcana to make a deal. But what - or rather who - answers your call is not what you expect.

Featuring: demon Asra, softness, soffftt.

*

In just twelve short hours, you are to be wed.

The bells will toll, the people will cheer, and the last piece of your raging soul will be trodden into the ground by the approving looks of those you once held dear.

Because you know none of it is for you. This engagement, this marriage, this life set out for you is not of your design. It is only to please those in power, and to give your partner-to-be more of it, and you have caught yourself more times than you can count just wondering if any part of who you were would contribute to your partner’s happiness, or if it were all merely a cosmic joke.

You have tried many times for freedom, for even an ounce of control. Every frustrated cry, every attempt at a bargain you have thrown out into the universe: they have all fallen on deaf ears.

The Gods, the wind, the magical realms: they do not wish to hear you.

In the witching hour you are on your knees, surrounded by herbs and bloodied marks and chalk outlines on the floor of your shop.

Waiting, always waiting, the seconds ticking by as you watch the space where the magical being you have summoned is to appear.

But they do not.

You growl. You scream. You lash out at the nearest things and send them scattering around you in a fit of quickly collapsing rage.

And then: a voice from behind you.

“I have always enjoyed the fiery passion of the human race.”

You turn. It’s���you don’t know what. But he is the most beautiful being you have ever seen,  in all your years of traveling the world.

High cheekbones kissed by golden skin. Plumes of white hair that fall into his deep violet eyes which, even half-obscured, seem to shift in hue as they take you in. Two sleek horns curve back from his hairline, and you can spy a flicking obsidian tail with an iridescent spike at the end that seems to shift along with his eyes.

He is watching you with an inscrutable gaze, arms folded as he leans against the frame just in front of your very closed, very locked shop door.

You swallow and stand, feigning your boldness. “How did you get in here?”

He just smiles at you.

You shift on your feet and take a step closer. “I asked you a question!”

“And I don’t suffer questions the answers to which are already known.”

You hesitate. Your eyes scatter over him once more, before slowly, very slowly…

…going to the array of magical items at your feet.

The corners of his lips flick up. “There we go.”

“You’re not the Arcana I summoned.”

“Actually, you’ll find I’m not any of them.”

“Then how did you—?”

He steps further into the room, eyes traveling over the items placed out for sale. He plays with a few of the nearby trinkets as he walks, nimble fingers glancing over them as he answers you.

“I’ve been known sometimes to intercept messages from mortals that…pique my curiosity.”

He stops in front of one of your many shelves, lined with herbs and powdered flowers and every other manner of ingredient.

You bite down on your tongue when he begins picking up bottles, reading the labels and giving indecipherable hmmms as he places them back. When he picks up a particularly expensive and rare one, you take an emboldened step forward.

“If you break it, you buy it,” you snap.

This brings his attention back to you. He turns to glance you over his shoulder, his eyes a new shade—lilac, you think—as his lips curve into a smile.

He places the bottle in question back, then with a slow drag of his eyes down to your balled fists, he continues his perusal of your shop.

“I would rather you leave,” you tell him, watching as he approaches your collection of tomes and novels. He fingers the spine of a forest green one, the words inlaid in a bright gold. “I was actually busy before you barged in here. Uninvited, might I add.”

“Oh, I’m never uninvited, cherub,” he answers.

Your cheeks heat at the name, an angry flush that you quickly cover by turning away and beginning to gather your things.

“Well, you were this time,” you mutter angrily under your breath.

Your fingers fumble on the dried rosemary, the bottle of Elk blood, as you stuff them all into your linen satchel. Somewhere behind you, the click of his boots stops, and you can feel his searing gaze on the back of your neck.

“Were you not after someone to save you from your looming, impassive marriage?”

You freeze, fingers grasped around the edge of your book. Your gaze becomes a little unfocused, barely able to see the words on the page before you.

It didn’t matter now. You had tried many times to save yourself, and no mystical being or god or any of the Major Arcana had deemed you worthy enough to answer your calls.

You were not worthy of being helped, it seemed. You should have realised it from the beginning.

“Cherub?”

He repeats the name softly, tentatively, breaking you from your thoughts.

You shake your head, clearing the haze and stuffing the book into your satchel. Rising to your feet with a shake to your limbs, you sling the bag over your shoulder and begin toward the exit.

“Please make sure you lock the door when you leave,” you tell him.

Your hand is inches from the handle when he appears before you, blocking your escape. His hands are tucked behind his back, and his eyes—those damned eyes—have changed their shade once more.

Amethyst, swirling with shadows as they take in your expression: the bags under your eyes, the twist of your lips, the tightness of your jaw. All the empty hollows inside of you that had been left by your pathetic fight, always doomed to fail.

“You called for help, yes?” He asks. His voice is so quiet, almost inscrutable. You nod. “Then allow me to help.”

You swallow, then immediately back track with a soft shake of your head. Your gaze drops away as you speak, a whisper you can barely force out.

“I can’t pay you,” you tell him. “Every offering I had was for—”

“We will figure out payment later. You wish to be free of this impending marriage. You wish to be happy. Free to choose?”

You hesitate. Of everything you have learned in all your time dealing with the Arcana, with all things magical and otherwise, one of the first was what to look for in the makings of a murky bargain.

No bargain without explicitly outlined payment was ever worth making. The payment could come at any time, and in any form, and more often than not the being in question was merely after a profit—the payment was always too steep for the reward.

And you’re about to shake your head and deny his offer. About to take the safer option; perhaps you can summon your patron Arcana after the vows, perhaps there is still a way out after you have been wed.

But…

Your eyes flicker up to his. They are a deeper amethyst now, no shadows, with flecks of wisteria. You are quickly coming to understand that each colour means something, and a strange part of you aches to know you might never understand exactly what.

“Why?” You ask, finally breaking the silence.

You watch his expression shift again, some of the lightness clearing from his eyes as his brows pull down to cast shadows over them.

“Why what?”

“You said you intercept messages that pique your interest. Why was mine so interesting?”

The corners of his lips flicker up as he tilts his head at you, and you feel another flush coming to your cheeks, though this one is not angry. In your mind, you begin creating a list for the shade of his eyes: lilac, amusement.

“I said ‘sometimes’,” he corrects you softly. “And sometimes, when I don’t choose, the choice is made for me. The universe has been known to be more of a trickster than I, and this time…”

He trails off, his eyes dropping to your lips.

Wisteria: lust.

“…this time,” he murmurs. His eyes move back to yours. “It was less of a trick and more of a catastrophe.”

You swallow. He has come close, so close.

“A catastrophe?” You whisper.

He nods. One hand comes up to push the hair from your face, then dips down to trace your lips. You watch the movement, breath held in your throat.

“In that, I’m afraid that if you say no to my bargain,” he says. “I may just pretend I did not hear you, and whisk you away to your freedom anyway.”

Your eyelids flutter shut as he shifts forward, and you are enveloped in the scent of him. Lavender. Sage. The musk of incense, ones you’re sure you’ve been burning in your room since you could light a fire at your own fingertips.

A shiver envelopes your entire body when his lips make contact with your forehead. They linger there, warm and soft, with his hand cupping the back of your head.

“Please, cherub,” he murmurs against your heated skin. “Honour me by letting me take you away. You will only be with me for as long as you are happy.”

“And then?”

“And then I will take you to wherever you need to be to be happy still.”

Your eyes open as he pulls back to find him already staring down at you. A new colour, one that is so barely there you have to search for it.

But the answer comes to you after a moment, almost as easily as breathing. You can feel it swirling in your chest as it shifts, wisteria into orchid, and you know: power. A promise.

He will not force you into his bargain. But, should you say no, he will still watch over you. From his knees, he will still do whatever is necessary to keep you you, to stop you from becoming suffocated and lifeless.

Nothing is beyond his power, and you are the being at its helm, allowed to direct it in any way you so need.

“I don’t even know your name,” you tell him. You receive a soft laugh in response, a twinkle to his gaze as it lightens.

“I am Asra.”

“Well then, Asra…I should like to make a bargain.”

“Mmmmm. I thought you might.”

He kisses your forehead once more, and then dips down a little lower to capture the tip of your nose. You crinkle it, and he laughs, and at the sound of it you quickly realise that the payment might not be the part of the bargain that undoes you.

“We will seal our bargain with a kiss,” he tells you. “Would you allow me to kiss you? Properly?”

You nod.

You loose a breath.

And then he kisses you.

And it’s the softest, the most glorious, his power and desire and affection wrapping themselves around your very soul as he cups the back of your head and swirls his tongue through your mouth.

You gasp against his lips, a hand to each of his wrists, as though that might steady you.

But the world still spins.

And your heart still sings.

And before he whisks you away in plumes of shadows to a better world, you add one final colour to the list in your mind.

Amethyst: love.

On to part 2 --->

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[blogjohnnytothav]

   I grew up in Montana and have camped and hunted most of Western Montana and along Hwy 12 in Idaho. We were always taught the dangers of other animals when hunting etc…so I pretty much was aware of how the circle of life was in the mountains. Growing up we used to go out “scouting” for elk or deer whatever we were going to hunt that hunting season. We would follow their paths and see when and where they were migrating to. We also would keep count how many males, females and babies were in the herds. My family used to visit Yellowstone National Park as well and my uncle used to work there so we would see all of the animals and herd numbers there too. It was not uncommon at all to see herds of elk ranging from 75-100 head. It was so amazing to see. This brings me to my post, some say that the large herds were due to an overpopulation of Yellowstone Elk. This was supposedly due to there was little to no existence of the grey wolf to control the population.

  In 1987 the Recovery Plan, which was just a revised Plan from the US Fish and Wildlife services from 1980, was put into effect to reintroduce the grey wolf to the US. Congress passed the bill to reintroduce the grey wolf to three states: Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The strategy was to nurture a new population that had emigrated from Canada into northwest Montana and to reintroduce wolves to central Idaho and Yellowstone. The goal was 30 breeding pairs across the region and approved management plans from the three states. In 1995 and 1996, and only in Yellowstone in 1997, 76 wolves from Alberta, British Columbia, and northwest Montana were released into central Idaho and Yellowstone: 41 in Yellowstone (14 from Alberta, 17 from British Columbia, 10 from northwest Montana), and 35 in central Idaho. The West's new wolf era was underway. Some said this was the most significant wildlife conservation event of the 20th century for the United States. Now if you haven’t ever seen a Canadian wolf please google the size different between an American and a Canadian wolf. The size difference is ridiculous. The Canadian Grey Wolf runs in packs of up to 20 wolves. For every animal they kill to eat, these wolves kill about three more just for the fun of it.  The biologists call it “sport-reflex killing” or “lustful killing”. These are the federal wolves, as it was the federal government who introduced them into Idaho over its’ residents strong objections.

It took about 6-10 years to see a change in wolf populations. There were three outbreaks of Canine Distemper Virus, in 1999, 2005 and 2008, that killed a lot of the wolves. The wolves began to flourish due to the overabundance of a food source due to the large herds of elk, deer and bison. In Yellowstone the highest number in elk population was from the years 1985 – 1995, after that their population declined.

I no longer live in the beautiful state of Montana but I visit every summer. It’s sad to see the mountains and rivers I remember foraging through to see wildlife have completely changed. Gone are most of the wildlife that used to be so abundant and run through the mountains. The wolves have completely dominated the ecosystem. The elk numbers have dwindled to hardly anything now. My uncle still lives in Montana and has had a herd of elk come there and feed and have their calves in a safe secure place. Recently, he sent me a picture of the herd. It was a picture of the herd of elk down in his yard, there were only 7 there. They were all cow elk and no calves at all. He stated that the numbers have steadily decreased from 75 to 24 to 13 and now down to 7. He stated just 5 years ago the herd was up to 75. The reintroduction has caused great damage to the ecosystem. Some of the elk herds have even changed their traditional migratory path to another to avoid wolves. This just needs to be brought to light.

The sad thing is though, I understand the wolves are just doing what they are instinctually are programmed to do, but the government reintroduced them into an area that they were not originally from so they adapted.  So who really is to blame? Animal or Man?

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huge news!

a wolf pack is thought to have moved into Northwestern Colorado, which makes them the first large pack in the state in almost 100 years. the last pack was killed off in the 20s, with the remaining loners wiped out completely by 1940. the last wolf sighting in the state was a member of Wyoming’s Snake River pack who wandered outside his normal range back in February 2019

there’s six wolves in the pack, and video was caught of two of them. it’s really short, just a few seconds, but you can absolutely tell what they are. an elk carcass was also found, surrounded by wolf tracks, and locals have reported howls in the distance.

i’m EXTREMELY excited about this. it’s the first time a wolf pack has been confirmed to live within Colorado borders, and god knows we need them. our ecology has been so unhealthy without their influence. entire herds of elk have died from disease, rivers are wider than ever, and forests are dying out because the elk are eating all the saplings before they have a chance to grow.

this is happening just a week after a bill to reintroduce wolves to Colorado was approved for the public ballot. if it is voted into law, the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project can start relocating animals inside state lines by 2024!

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P2-Interactive Learning Game

Brainstorming and initial thoughts

Lo-fi prototype

After receiving feedback from classmates and my professor, I decided to map out ten national parks with buttons instead of mapping out 50 states with buttons.

Moodboards

Style Tile

Static Digital Layout

Notes

Olympic Park:

Officially national park in 1938.

Encompassing 922,651 acres, the park protects a vast wilderness, thousands of years of human history, and several distinctly different ecosystems, including glacier-capped mountains, old-growth temperate rain forests, and over 70 miles of wild coastline.

More than 1,100 species of plants live in Olympic's meadows and forests.

Just offshore, whales, dolphins, sea lions, seals, and sea otters feed in the Pacific Ocean. Invertebrates of countless shapes, sizes, colors and textures inhabit the tide pools.

Some species, like raccoons, beaver and mink, live mostly in the lowlands. Deer, elk, cougars and bears, range from valleys to mountain meadows. Park waters are home to some of the healthiest runs of Pacific salmon outside of Alaska. Over 300 species of birds live in the area at least part of the year, from tiny penguin-like rhinoceros auklets offshore to golden eagles soaring over the peaks.

Endemic species like the Olympic marmot, Olympic snow mole and Olympic torrent salamander are found here and nowhere else in the world.

Eight contemporary tribes of the Olympic Peninsula - the Hoh, Ozette, Makah, Quinault, Quileute, Queets, Lower Elwha Klallam, and Jamestown S'Klallam - have lived in this area and have strong relationships with the lands and waters within the park.

Yosemite:

Within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and more.

The expansive park’s 747,956 acres or 1,169 square miles, nearly 95 percent of which are designated Wilderness, are home to hundreds of wildlife species, and over a thousand plant species.

Yosemite supports more than 400 species of vertebrates, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Many waterfalls, specifically 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls that ranks as the tallest in North America, flowing down into the scenic Valley meadows.

Visitors can explore 800 miles of hiking trails and 282 miles of scenic roadways.

Yosemite is the nation’s 3rd national park, but it sparked the idea of national parks. Twenty-six years before it was a national park, President Lincoln signed the Yosemite Land Grant on June 30, 1864, protecting the Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley. It was the first time the government protected land because of its natural beauty so people could enjoy it.

Yosemite’s granite rock formations glow like fire at sunset. Sunlight illuminates El Capitan and Half Dome in brilliant reds and oranges.

Yosemite is one of the few places in the U.S. where you can see a rainbow at night. Yosemite is world-famous for its waterfalls and the rainbows that can appear in them. But very few people know about the park’s lunar rainbows.

Glacier Park:

Pristine forests, alpine meadows, rugged mountains, and spectacular lakes.

Over 700 miles of trails.

Glacier Park's varied climate influences and its location at the headwaters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Hudson Bay drainages have given rise to an incredible variety of plants and animals.

There are 276 species of birds are found in the park, Glacier hosts 6 species of amphibians, 71 species of mammals call Glacier home. There are only three species of reptiles in the park, with a fourth suspected to be present. It is nearly impossible to know how many species of insect live in Glacier, when a single rotting log alone could host thousands. Glacier's waters host a complicated mix of native and invasive species.

The park had over 100 glaciers when it was established in 1910. By 1966, 35 glaciers remained. In 2015, only 26 met the size criteria to be designated active glaciers. Snow avalanches, ice flow dynamics, and variations in ice thickness cause some glaciers to shrink faster than others. All the glaciers have receded since 1966.

Glacier National Park is a part of the world’s first international peace park. Vision for a park was to celebrate peace and friendship between the United States and Canada.  

Yellowstone:

On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park to enjoy the unique hydrothermal wonders. Preserved within are Earth's most active and diverse geysers, hot springs, mudpots, and fumaroles.

At 28,000 square miles.

Abundant and diverse: 67 species of mammals, 330 species of birds, 16 species of fish, 5 species of amphibians, 6 species of reptiles.

A volcano, geysers and other thermal features, earthquakes, and glaciers shape Yellowstone's landscape.

Half the world’s hydrothermal features are found at Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park preserves more than 10,000 hydrothermal features -- an extraordinary collection of hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles, travertine terraces and -- of course -- geysers.

Microorganisms called thermophiles -- meaning “heat loving” -- live in these features and give the park its brilliant colors.

Old Faithful erupts more frequently than any of the other large geysers -- around 17 times a day.

World-renowned for its bison herds.

One of the world’s largest active volcanoes lies beneath Yellowstone. The first major eruption of the Yellowstone volcano occurred 2.1 million years ago and covered more than 5,790 square miles with ash.

Grand Teton:

Located in northwestern Wyoming

The elevation of the park ranges from 6,320 feet on the sagebrush-dominated valley floor to 13,770 feet on the windswept granite summit of the Grand Teton.

Long, snowy, and bitterly cold winters make the climate of Jackson Hole unforgiving. Coldest temperature ever recorded in Grand Teton National Park was -63°F, and snow often blankets the landscape from early November to May.

Grand Teton National Park was established in 1929 and then again in 1950. In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge went against enormous public opposition and approved the original 96,000-acre park, which encompassed the Teton Range and six glacial lakes. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the 210,000-acre Jackson Hole National Monument to protect the remaining federal lands on the valley floor. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman and Congress merged the monument, the national park and a 35,000-acre donation from John D. Rockefeller to create the 310,000-acre Grand Teton National Park.

Earthquakes gave rise to the 40-mile-long Teton Range, which sits on a fault line. The west block of land rose upward to form the mountains while the east block of land dropped down to form the valley called Jackson Hole. The Tetons are the youngest range in the Rocky Mountains and some of the youngest mountains in the world.

https://www.nathab.com/articles/us-national-parks/yellowstone/six-facts-about-grand-teton/

Zion:

Utah's First National Park.

Located in Washington, Iron, and Kane Counties in southwestern Utah. Within its 232 square miles are high plateaus, a maze of narrow, deep, sandstone canyons, and the Virgin River and its tributaries. Zion also has 2,000-foot Navajo Sandstone cliffs, pine- and juniper-clad slopes, and seeps, springs, and waterfalls supporting lush and colorful hanging gardens

Approximately 78 species of mammals, 30 species of reptiles, 7 species of amphibians, 8 species of fish, and 291 species of birds.

The geologic formations of Zion--formed over approximately 250 million years.

Before it was a national park, Zion was a national monument. The park was first protected in 1909 when President William Howard Taft designated Mukuntuweap National Monument using the power of the 1906 Antiquities Act. In the 10 years until it became a national park, it was expanded, and its name was changed to Zion.

Zion National Park's 2,000-foot sandstone cliffs are world renowned for their big wall climbs. Construction began on a 25-mile stretch of road to connect Zion to the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon. The 1.1-mile-long tunnel cuts through the vertical sandstone cliffs of Zion, blends in with the surrounding landscape and includes windows to provide views of Zion Canyon.

Grand Canyon:

Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep. 

On February 26, 1919, Grand Canyon became a National Park.

Is a World Heritage Site, encompasses 1,218,375 acres and lies on the Colorado Plateau in northwestern Arizona.

Over 1,500 plant, 355 bird, 89 mammalian, 47 reptile, 9 amphibian, and 17 fish species are found in park.

The Grand Canyon is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. The Grand Canyon is a mile deep, 277 miles long and 18 miles wide. While the park doesn’t include the entire canyon, it does measure in at a whopping 1,904 square miles in total. In comparison, Rhode Island is around 1,212 square miles.

Tucked within the Grand Canyon are an estimated 1,000 caves, and of those, 335 have been recorded. Even fewer have been mapped or inventoried. Only one cave is open to the public -- the Cave of the Domes on Horseshoe Mesa.

The Grand Canyon is one of the most visited national parks in the United States. An estimated 5.9 million people visit the Grand Canyon a year, making it the second most popular national park following just behind the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

The Grand Canyon was carved over some 6 million years. Geological activity and erosion by the Colorado River created the Grand Canyon as we know it today.

Rocky Mountain:

415 square miles encompass and protect spectacular mountain. environments. Trail Ridge Road crests at over 12,000 feet, along with over 300 miles of hiking trails, wildflowers, wildlife.

Rocky has a section just for butterflies. Over 140 species flutter around these high elevations.

Rocky Mountain is one of the nation’s highest national parks. Elevations from 7,860 feet to 14,259 feet.

Maze of evergreen trees covers the mountainsides in subalpine areas. Hidden among the trees are crystal-clear lakes and fields of wildflowers. Approximately one-third of this national park is above the limit where trees grow in northern Colorado (around 11,500 feet above sea level), creating the alpine tundra ecosystem.

Completed in 1932, Trail Ridge Road was called a "scenic wonder road of the world." The highest continuous paved highway in the nation, drivers will climb 4,000 feet in a matter of minutes.

Park is home to more than 60 species of mammals, including elk, bighorn sheep and moose. Park has more than 280 recorded bird species, six amphibians, one reptile (the harmless garter snake), 11 species of fish and countless insects, and a large number of butterflies.

Great Smoky:

World renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains, and the quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture. America's most visited national park.

Encompassing over 800 square miles in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, no other area of equal size in a temperate climate can match the park's diversity. Over 19,000 species have been documented in the park and scientists believe an additional 80,000-100,000 species may live here.

One of the most stunning and rare inhabitants of the national park is the Eastern Hellbender Salamander, the 3rd largest salamander in the world. The Smokies are known as the Salamander Capital of the World and are home to 24 species of salamanders.

Bears inhabit all elevations of the park. Though populations are variable, biologists estimate that roughly 1,500 bears live in the park. Equals a population density of approximately two bears per square mile.

Over 1,500 kinds of flowering plants are found in the park, more than in any other North American national park.

Cades Cove is a broad, verdant valley surrounded by mountains and is one of the most popular destinations in the Great Smokies. Large numbers of white-tailed deer are seen, and sightings of black bear, coyote, ground hog, turkey, raccoon, skunk, and other animals are also possible.

Protected in the park are some 65 species of mammals, over 200 varieties of birds, 67 native fish species, and more than 80 types of reptiles and amphibians.

Acadia:

Seven peaks above 1,000 feet, 158 miles of hiking trails, and 45 miles of carriage roads with 16 stone bridges.

First established in 1919.

More than 47,000-acre preserve is located mostly on Mount Desert Island, a 108-square-mile coastal island shaped like a lobster’s claw. Other bits of Acadia are scattered on smaller nearby islands and on a peninsula jutting from Maine’s shoreline.

1,530-foot-high Cadillac Mountain, the tallest point on the eastern coast of the United States.

Thunder Hole, a semi-submerged cave off the coast of Mount Desert Island where crashing waves sound like bolts of thunder.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/acadia/#Acadia-lighthouse.jpg

Park has not always been know as Acadia National Park. It was first called Sieur de Monts National Monument (1916 – 1919). The name was than changed to Lafayette National Park until January 19, 1929 before it became Acadia National Park.

There are 26 different mountains within the park.

All info from:

https://www.nps.gov/index.htm

https://www.doi.gov

Progress on building site

Final Coded Site

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What's a better way to end the Year, and start a New One, than sitting around a table, rolling dice, and coming up with some brand new Characters, with the potential to do anything!

But is your D&D character actually as unique as you think?

Perhaps you wanna be a little more "Unique" than the rest.

According to research & statistics & math & stuff... The Characters listed below are said to be the rarest race, class and archetype combinations in all of 5th Edition…

Scourge Aasimar Ranger (Beastmaster)

Aarakocra Paladin (Oathbreaker)

Green Dragonborn Druid of the Land (Coast)

Mountain Dwarf Sorcerer (Storm Sorcery)

High Elf Barbarian (Totem Warrior: Elk)

Water Genasi Oathbreaker Paladin

Deep Gnome (Svirfneblin) Paladin (Oathbreaker)

Goliath Wizard (School of Transmutation)

Half-Elf Barbarian (Totem Warrior: Tiger)

Ghostwise Halfling Paladin (Oathbreaker)

Half-Orc Wizard (School of Transmutation)

Human Druid of the Land (Swamp)

Tiefling Barbarian (Totem Warrior: Wolf)

Some of these combinations can be justified, since D&D Beyond released their set of Stats, which shows that Aasimar is the least played Race, which is surprising, considering all of these don’t say “Aasimar”.

Some of them are simply because Players pick the “Better” Archetypes, so of course the Archetypes people see as “The Bad Ones” are rare. 

Archetypes like the School of Transmutation Wizard, Totem Warrior Barbarian, Circle of the Land Druid, Beastmaster Ranger, and Oathbreaker Paladin are often overlooked because people see them as weaker than the other Archetypes...

As for Race and Class combinations, I think this is a mixture of those Players who pick the perfect Race & Class to compliment each other, and the Players who simply go for the Race & Class combos which are most common, tried-and-tested and approved by many.

This leaves Race & Class combos like Tiefling Barbarian, Half-Orc Wizard, and High Elf Barbarian, which many believe simple cannot work well together, to be left behind, to fade away into obscurity...

But perhaps with a New Year, You and Your Friends could sit around, and use these rather “Unique” Characters, and show that they CAN work together, and do it well.

(Side Note: I’ve Played both a Genasi Oathbreaker (Though they were a Fire Genasi) and a Half-Orc Wizard (Though it was for a Oneshot) and found them to be 100% GREAT at fulfilling their role in the party, in combat and in roleplay, so HA!)

And finally from all of us at CreativeRogues...

WE WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR!

P.S. I’m surprised combinations like Pureblood Orc Wizard (because they get a -2 to Intelligence) or Kobold Barbarian (because they get a -2 to Strength) aren’t considered at least “Rare” by many people’s standards. 

And I’m surprised Races from Volo’s Guide, and Subclasses from Xanathar’s Guide, didn’t make this list.

I guess everyone is playing Tortles and Grungs now...?

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