Sentences with phrase «forest wilderness area»

Artist Statement «Dolly Sods is part of the Monongahela National Forest Wilderness Area in West Virginia.»

One of the founders of the Wilderness Society, Leopold had helped establish, in 1924, the first forest wilderness area in the United States, now the Gila National Forest in New Mexico.

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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.

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.

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 wildernessWilderness Area I feel I am well acquainted with the wildernesswilderness problems.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

Areas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently eAreas with carbon - rich ecosystems with key wilderness habitats, such as tropical forests, were identified as those where new roads would cause the most environmental damage with the lease human benefit, particularly areas where few roads currently eareas where few roads currently exist.

The range encompasses two national forests, three federal wilderness areas and the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Did You Know: Lewiston is close to several well - known wilderness areas, including the Nez Perce National Forest and Clearwater National Forest.

Florida EcoSafaris at Forever Florida (866) 85 - 4EVER www.floridaecosafaris.com At Forever Florida, visitors take a journey through a 4,700 - acre eco-ranch and wildlife conservation area boasting beautifully untamed wilderness, natural streams, wetlands and dense cypress forests.

All National Forest trails, unless located in designated wilderness areas, are open to mountain bikes.

The trail will traverse the majestic forests of Redwood National and State Parks and the picturesque terrain of the Smith River National Recreation Area on its way to the Siskiyou Wilderness, where adventurous souls can follow existing trails connecting to the Pacific Crest Trail.

It was a bleak afternoon in July as we sped out of Reykjavik, our destination a wilderness area in South Iceland called Thorsmörk, or «Thunder God's Forest.»

The county encompasses enormously varied terrain: nearly one - third of its total acreage is set aside in the Los Padres National Forest, which includes the rugged San Rafael Wilderness Area.

The combination of the scenic beauty around Haenertsburg, the forests of the Magoebaskloof, and the wilderness area provide countless trails that include the well - known Magoesbakloof Hiking Trail.

Nestled in a secluded forest where bird and wildlife abound, set out on foot on early morning and late afternoon game walks embracing the waterholes in this pristine wilderness area

Behind the city, in and beyond the Santa Ynez Mountains, is the Los Padres National Forest, which contains several remote wilderness areas.

British Columbia offers a sea kayaking experience like none other — stunning vistas, lush temperate rain forests, long sandy beaches, incredible wildlife sightings, and vast wilderness areas.

Day trips to the Addo Elephant Park, the Tsitsikamma Forest, the spectacular Storms River Mouth, Bavianskloof Wilderness area and World renowned Shamwari Game reserve are possible.

And, yes, there are many adventures to be enjoyed throughout one's stay in Palawan — bird watchers will enjoy the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, which has been designated an Important Bird Area and Endemic Bird Area by Birdlife International; eco-aficionadoes should find a tour down the Sabang River on paddle boats to observe the mangrove forest totally rewarding; and adventurous spirits will thrill to a jungle trek through the different forest formations where the wilderness and the wildlife provide a sensory spectacle.

Mallacoota Inlet with its sparkling lakes, rivers, ocean, beaches, forests and pristine wilderness areas has been a favourite get away from it all destination since the early 1900 ’s

Nestled in the far eastern corner of the state in the heart of the 86,000 hectare Croajingalong National Park Mallacoota Inlet with its sparkling lakes, rivers, ocean, beaches, forests and pristine wilderness areas has been a favourite get away from it all destination since the early 1900's.

Durango Silverton railway winds through spectacular, virtually untouched wilderness canyons in the remote area of the two million acre San Juan National Forest.

Fly - fishing, water recreation and hiking are popular in the area, which is loaded with lakes and forest, including the 1.5 - million - acre Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex.

The wilderness areas feel like genuine forests rather than man - made imitations, and there's a true sense of isolation.

It also provides fruit and nut trees to people in urban areas and hopes to eventually win national protection for forests as wilderness sanctuaries.

As the Canadian Forest Service notes in their State of Canada's Forests 2015, «Forests also provide recreational, cultural, traditional and spiritual benefits — whether in wilderness areas, managed stands or urban parks.

A BLM Wilderness Study Area and an adjacent U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area offer only interim protections for 20,000 acres of wilderness - qualitWilderness Study Area and an adjacent U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area offer only interim protections for 20,000 acres of wilderness - qualitwilderness - quality terrain.

These practices conserve the valuable Miombo forest, creating a buffer for a globally significant wilderness area that is home to threatened species such as elephants, lions, and leopards.

A movement based on the above principles could protect millions of acres of wilderness more stringently than could any congressional act, could insure the propagation of the Grizzly and other threatened life forms better than could an army of game wardens, and could lead to the retreat of industrial civilization from large areas of forest, mountain, desert, prairie, seashore, swamp, tundra, and woodland that are better suited to the maintenance of native diversity than to the production of raw materials for over consumptive technological human society.

For example, wildland fire use has been an effective and inexpensive tool for maintaining forest resilience across large areas in remote forests and woodlands — the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico and Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona [62], [63]-- but has been used less frequently in forests near population centers and towns.

In addition to a Trump administration filled with climate deniers, and that wants to gut the EPA and cut NASA climate research funding, the schemes by many GOP lawmakers to transfer control of public lands — which includes national parks, national forests, wilderness areas and wildlife preserves — presents a unique, yet ultimately avoidable problem.

Our work to re-wild these forests will expand already existing wilderness and roadless areas to create an interconnected system of wild places throughout the southern Rocky Mountains.

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) completes a Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE I), finding that all USFS lands within Browns Canyon and surrounding areas, tens of thousands of acres, are suitable to be designated as wilderness.

The provision calls for an immediate full - scale disposal of «certain» public lands, without defining which lands it would apply to, leaving national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and national forests apparently up for grabs and vulnerable to development, privatization, or transfer to state ownership.

In my own county, the government (BLM, USFS, etc.) owns 52 %... most of it in pristine forests and wilderness areas.