Today TripAdvisor kicked off the TripAdvisor World Heritage Campaign to help protect the places around the world that matter the most. As part of the two-year campaign, the travel site will donate up to $1.5 million of support to include a cash donation allocated to UNESCO World Heritage initiatives.
The World Heritage Convention, an international treaty enacted in 1972, identified sites of outstanding value to humanity. UNESCO World Heritage initiatives works to protect and preserve the sites for future generations. They also identify new sites that need protecting.

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A new four-acre exhibit inside the top-rated Memphis Zoo in Tennessee will open this fall. Donated in part by the Fred and Diane Smith family, Teton Trek will showcase the wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Animals featured in the exhibit include grizzly bears, elk, Timber wolves, arctic waterfowl, trumpeter swans and sandhill cranes. The image below is a rendering of Old Faithful Entry Plaza, featuring a 25-foot geyser and Great Lodge, replicated from the Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone National Park.

Upon exiting the lodge, visitors will have access to several overlooks in the grizzly bear exhibit, including rock outcroppings, the …read more

 
Location: Yellowstone National Park Destination: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Country: USA Year Taken: 1980
Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler
This donkey was just walking down the road at Yellowstone National Park, not far from Old Faithful Geyser.
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