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Rocky Mountain National Park: United States
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Rocky Mountain National Park is home to 900 species of plants. Among the species that can be seen include Ponderosa pine, Easter daisy, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, pasqueflower, aline avens, Western wallflower, fairy slipper, goldenrod, Rocky Mountain iris, rock primrose, Indian paintbrush, alpine forget-me-not, snow lily, and of course, the blue columbine (Colorado's state flower).
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President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation on 26 Jan 1915 to create Rocky Mountain National Park. In 1976 the natural ecosystems of the park, which represent the Rocky Mountain Biogeographic Province, received recognition through the United Nations "Man and Biosphere" program as an international Biosphere Reserve. The reserve is part of the network of protected samples of the world's major ecosystem types that is devoted to conservation of nature and genetic material and to scientific research in the service of humanity. It provides a standard against which the effects of human impact on the environment can be measured.
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In Colorado, this year's budget request would mean an extra $3 million for Colorado's four national parks: Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Black Canyon of the Gunnison and the Great Sand Dunes. Meanwhile, historic sites, monuments and recreation areas in the state would get increases of more than $2 million over 2006 levels.
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