Sentences with phrase «oswego as a national park»

In the United States we have long preserved scenic areas as national parks and tried to control exploitation of resources in national forests.

There is no question as to why Abruzzo holds the title of «Greenest Region in Europe,» with one third of its territory being set aside as national parks.

Established in 1931 as a Game reserve and Nature reserve, it was gazetted as a national park only in 1992 after an initial survey of avifauna was conducted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Supporters of a plan to designate Fort Ontario in Oswego as a national park received a boost Monday when U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation backing the idea.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fort Ontario and the Safe Haven refugee shelter in Oswego would be designated as a national park site under a bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Rep. John Katko.

Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) said he sent a letter to Mnuchin, noting that Congress recently designated her home in Auburn, New York, as a National Park.

Katko says the multi-year process to establish Fort Ontario and the adjacent Safe Have museum as a National Park is one step closer to becoming a reality.

During an intensive, three - day workshop, Nadeau was able to sit down with teachers, as well as National Park representatives, filmmakers, writers and other science communicators to discuss how such communications platforms could be used to spread understanding of his research findings.

Polish scientists worked to protect the least spoiled area of forest with the greatest density of big trees, first as a nature reserve and then as a national park in 1932.

She surveyed natural reef sea squirts for her Master's, gave beach walks and slide shows as a national park seashore naturalist, and assessed Texas's continental shelf while a research associate.

The findings come as the National Park Service considers whether to restrict snowmobile use for the sake of wildlife.

The results, published in the March issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, show how bears» diets have changed over the years as the National Park Service took different approaches to managing bears and people in Yosemite.

The Cameroonian government acknowledges the conservation benefits of Ebo but thus far has delayed plans to designate it as a national park.

In a worrying finding for conservation managers, cat densities were found to be the same both inside and outside conservation reserves, such as National Parks, showing that declaring protected areas alone is not enough to safeguard our native wildlife.

Groups such as the National Park Service and the Earthwatch Institute, among others, help fund the research led by the Michigan Tech faculty.

In recognition of its ecological importance, the peaks were designated as a national park in 1996.

Eleven percent of the Earth's land habitats are now set aside as national parks to conserve their biodiversity and ecosystem services; in contrast, less than 0.1 % of the world's oceans are fully protected, the researchers point out.

The Chickasaw National Recreation Area used to be called Platt National Park until 1976, when it lost its status as a national park.

August 25, 2016 • As the National Park Service celebrates its centennial, questions about its future remain.

A math skilled American is becoming such an endangered species that employers have become as assiduous at keeping them as the National Park Service is at rescuing wolves.

The purpose of the project is to improve the seismic, structural, and traffic safety of the existing Doyle Drive, while being sensitive to the Presidio of San Francisco and its purpose as a National Park.

Legge also found that «cat densities were the same both inside and outside conservation reserves, such as national parks,» despite several decades of all - out efforts to eradicate feral cats from protected habitat.

Second, it has extraordinary partners, such as the National Park Service.

«The land of glowing skies» is one of the nation's last untouched wildernesses, with over 85 % its 1,680 squared - kilometre area classified as National Park.

As the National Park Service celebrates its Centennial in 2016, a major goal is to bring more diverse and younger visitors to the parks.

We are so pleased that the Trust and the Parks Conservancy are now able to turn their attention to the Presidio's mission as a national park for all,» said Robert D. Haas, a Haas, Jr..

Fund in advancing the Presidio's mission as a national park for all with gifts of any amount.

Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite — whose structures now serve as National Park Service facilities — were once nerve centers of Marin Headlands military activities long ago.

It continues to do so now as a national park, due in large part to the public - private partnership exemplified by the Haas family.

Part of the site was proposed as a National Park by Waight (1968) and the whole site was proposed as a National Reserve by a FAO (1978).

The GOB having acquired part of the site in the early 1960s and the remainder in the 1970s, declared it as a National Park in December 1986 (SI 109).

It opens as a national park attraction in the fall of 1973.

While these biologically diverse and rich cultural environments have long met the criteria to be set aside as a national park, it wasn't until March 5, 1980 that President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 96 - 199, establishing Channel Islands National Park as the fortieth national park thus protecting the nationally significant natural, cultural, scenic and scientific values of the Channel Islands.

As a national park located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Green Island has been a popular day visitor destination for generations with guests from around the world experiencing this unique World Heritage area every year.

We travel through pockets of temperate rainforest as well as National Parks and Forestry Land.

It's the ideal starting point to visit some surrounding locations as the National Park, nearby rafting rivers and canopy tours, surfing or horseback riding.

Inaugurated as a national park in 1994, Death Valley is in fact the largest national park in the United States, spanning an impressive 3.4 million acres.

It was established as a National Park in 1971primarily to protect and preserve the intact old growth forest, interesting wildlife, pristine white sand beaches, unspoiled natural beauty and one of the most impressive caves systems in the world.The Park features a spectacular limestone or karst mountain landscape.

The scenic qualities of this area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural practices continued to impinge on the area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.

Established as a National Park in 1980, each of the islands is a fascinating world unto itself.

I would like to see more of the Maldives designated as national park and biosphere reserve.

With sections of the stunning island designated as a National Park, it is perhaps unsurprising that it has long been a celebrated holiday destination.

In 1980, Congress designated Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands and 125,000 acres of submerged lands as a national park because they possess unique natural and cultural resources.

As the National Park Service assumes management at Rancho, we will be working with the community, California State Parks, and San Mateo County Parks to improve trails, trailheads, and trail connections.

As the National Park encompasses a one mile radius around the islands, kayaking around the islands on non-landing trips are also prohibited until the park reopens.

This includes declaring its entire coastline as a national park.

Inland adventures can also be organized to Maya archeological sites as well as national parks for birding, hiking, ziplining, and caving.

Last thing, make sure to read the fine print as most of the liveaboards have external fees such as National park tariffs and equipment rental.

Established as a national park in 1981, Surin Islands are an archipelago of five islands in Phang Nga Province 55 km off the coast at Andaman Sea on the oceanic border of Burma.

The island covers 650 hectares - 5kms from north to south and 3.5 kms from east to west, and whilst being the largest resort island in the Whitsundays, only 30 % of it is developed with 70 % remaining as National Park.