Sentences with phrase «baviaanskloof wilderness area»

Causes vary: Lightning is a frequent cause of wildfires in remote wilderness areas, but the National Parks Service says that up to 90 percent of wildfires in the United States are caused by people.

She and Valerie Langer helped organize one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canadian history in the almost 350,000 hectare wilderness area.

Robinson began his career working as a park ranger in wilderness areas throughout British Columbia, where he was decorated for bravery by the Governor General of Canada.

Domestic cats living on the edge of wilderness areas seem to do the most damage and can wander huge distances; covering up to 69 hectares.

(For example, a wilderness area may have to be flooded in order to provide electric power for a slum.)

One day, Joe, Bob and Dave were hiking in a wilderness area when they came upon a large, raging, violent river.

Many of us recall James Watt, Secretary of the Interior, speaking before a House Committee, defending his policy of leasing wilderness areas with resultant damage to forests and rivers.

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.»

According to news reports from Bend, Oregon, Ann Wickett (her professional name) disappeared near Three Creeks Lake on the eastern border of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area.

The idea for our products was born in fall 2008 when my friend Josh and I sat in a small Colorado café near the Flat Top Wilderness Area discussing the lack of good tasting and healthy gluten free breads.

The reason the wilderness bill is being opposed by several special - interest groups is that they realize how poorly protected the wilderness areas are at present and they do not want to see this changed.

Wecan look to the west and south to the farthest boundaries of Yellowstone andGrand Teton National Park, and even beyond into the wide buffer of PrimitiveAreas, Wilderness Areas and National Forests.

Alan Pratt, USA Director for Bear Grylls Survival Academy adds, «With its vast wilderness areas and abundant rivers and streams, the Sierra Nevada Mountains are an ideal location for the Bear Grylls Survival Academy.

I admit that the problems in the roaded areas of our national parks are serious, but problems in the boondocks are equally serious, and chopping up the wilderness areas that are left isn't going to solve anything.

As the U.S. Forest Service ranger for the Mt. Whitney Trail in the John Muir Wilderness Area I feel I am well acquainted with the wilderness problems.

While kids at other SF Bay area camps are stuck in one place, we spend our days touching tide pool starfish, finding huckleberries, spotting tule elk, playing among the redwoods, rock climbing on granite, and camping and backpacking in remote wilderness areas throughout Northern California.

For 25 years, she conducted group rides in 22 wilderness area

For 25 years, she conducted group rides in 22 wilderness areas, teaching wilderness ethics and how to camp with your horse.

We're on a 10 - plus mile loop that will take us up and over the north end of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, about a 45 - minute drive from Steamboat Springs.

We'll take you on word - class backpacking and hiking into pristine wilderness areas.

He is especially fascinated with the world's great remaining wilderness areas and biodiversity hot spots, especially those with rich indigenous cultures such as Mongolia, Bhutan, Gabon, and Madagascar.

Our outdoor summer adventures for teens immerse youth ages 14 — 17 in the natural wonders of New England's most beautiful wilderness areas and provide fun, appropriate challenges for teens with all levels of outdoor experience.

While Barb Balla, 46, of Mt. Prospect was impressed by the wilderness areas, husband Jim, 46, was most «impressed by the nice, groomed soccer fields.

COURTESY PHOTO Shown is the hamlet of Keene Valley, in Essex County, from the summit of Roostercomb Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness Area.

In the Essex Chain debate, Booth had suggested creating a new land classification that would allow bicycles but, as in Primitive and Wilderness areas, prohibit motor vehicles.

«The classification of the Boreas Ponds as Wilderness and the expansion of High Peaks Wilderness Area marks a great day for the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Park,» said Protect the Adirondacks» Executive Director Peter Bauer in a statement.

With Governor Cuomo's approval, the lands are now part of the High Peaks Wilderness Area creating a contiguous wilderness zone in the center of the Adirondacks.

The move finalizes the creation of one of the largest wilderness areas in the eastern U.S.

The new classification creates a nearly 280,000 - acre wilderness area in the Adirondack High Peaks, the third largest wilderness in the eastern U.S.

The land is located just south of the popular High Peaks Wilderness Area in the Essex County town of North Hudson.

«Sustainable prosperity starts with preserving the wilderness areas that attracted many residents to the Park in the first place, providing the basis for our tourism industry.

Along with the Adirondack Park itself, Dudley boasts it's own 300 acre wilderness area called Stacy Brook, which is home to lean - to camping sites, our yurt Leadership Village, and the High - and Low - Ropes Challenge Course.

After completing training at SUNY's Morrisville campus, they'll split up into teams to tackle conservation projects at parks, wilderness areas and forests across the state.

RAY BROOK The Adirondack Park Agency formally approved the classification of the Boreas Ponds Tract on Friday, creating the largest Wilderness area in the northeastern United States.

Seeds may also be blown in or washed in naturally from the lands surrounding the wilderness area.

Many of the breeding pairs have nested in caves in the remote mountain wilderness areas in and near the Los Padres National Forest in southern California.

At 2.4 million acres, «the Frank» is the largest undivided wilderness area in the Lower 48 states.

WCS is proud of our long - standing conservation commitments to some of the most outstanding natural wilderness areas in the Amazon.»

Conservation groups challenge Bush - era «energy corridors» that threaten wilderness areas, including a long - term ecological study site

In 63 percent of America's protected places — including parks, monuments and designated wilderness areas — sounds made by human activity are doubling the volume of background noise.

Noise pollution doubled sound levels in 12 % of all wilderness areas.

«The practical effect could be to open all designated wilderness areas to all - terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorbikes, motorboats, chainsaws and other motorized vehicles and equipment...» warns Wilderness Society president William Meadows in a letter to Congress.

Meadows fears this could be construed to allow road building, timber cutting, mining, oil and gas drilling and other development in our remaining wilderness areas.

One of Africa's last remaining wilderness areas is in good shape and could potentially support 50,000 elephants and 1000 lions, a University of Queensland - led study has found.

And the perfect example is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this country which is 30,000 square miles of wilderness and it's our greatest wilderness area; yet the administration, oil companies want to thrash it; its complete ecological vandalism.

Dear EarthTalk: I understand there is an effort underway to allow all - terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorbikes, motorboats and other motorized vehicles into wilderness areas, which would overturn a long - standing ban.

Previously the policy applied only to wilderness areas in the highest and remotest parts of the mountains.

Wilderness areas, steep slopes and other forest areas that don't have the roads for large vehicles are more likely to be treated with controlled burns, rather than mechanical thinning.

Hiking through the wilderness areas of the Dixie National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land, Hacker identified features showing that the Markagunt landslide was much bigger than previously known.

The number of WUI fires, particularly in the western and southern regions of the United States, has grown as housing developments push into wilderness areas.