Sentences with phrase «as a national park site»

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.

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The center also serves as the visitor site for the National Park Service's Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.

Commenters on the site identified the ranger as Bill Line, spokesperson for the National Park Service.

Lawmakers, history buffs and conservation advocates got actors to dress up as Theodore Roosevelt (l.) and George Washington (r.) to call for funding to address the nearly $ 1 billion in deferred maintenance at National Park's Service (NPS) sites across the state.

The 42 - acre site, which is includes the tower and 14 other historic structures, is registered with the National Park Service as a national Historic Landmark and is listed National Register of HistoriNational Park Service as a national Historic Landmark and is listed National Register of Historinational Historic Landmark and is listed National Register of HistoriNational Register of Historic Sites.

On the final day, the field team, along with excited members of the National Park Service and other spectators, nervously watched as the helicopter gently lifted the plaster jackets — some weighing a half of a ton or more — from the excavation site.

Conservation biologists often need to predict where rare species are capable of living — for selecting the best site for a national park, for example, or forecasting how badly a species» range will suffer as the climate changes in the future.

By comparing soil taken from 31 uncultivated prairie sites, such as cemeteries and national parks, with soil from agricultural land, Fierer's team identified microbes that probably inhabited the untouched prairies but were later lost.

Edutopia has covered a number of partnerships between schools and National Park sites, such as how the Ferryway School in Malden, Massachusetts incorporated a trip to the Saugus Iron Works to help students design their own waterwheels.

(To find one, check out such sites as Indian Pictographs, National Park Service Pictographs, or Pictographs on Parade.)

→ A rental place needs to be located in a high - demand area, such as on a lake or near sought - after sites (such as near Fundy National Park in New Brunswick).

Much of the learning during Project WISE is done outside, as classroom concepts are applied to sites in the national park and San Francisco communities.

Also known as the Drakensberg National Park, the area is a World Heritage site, and internationally protected wetland area.

Known as WISE After Hours (WAH), these trips included day visits to local national park sites like Muir Woods, Tennessee Valley, and the Marin Headlands, as well as overnight trips to Mt. Tamalpais and Yosemite Nationnational park sites like Muir Woods, Tennessee Valley, and the Marin Headlands, as well as overnight trips to Mt. Tamalpais and Yosemite National Ppark sites like Muir Woods, Tennessee Valley, and the Marin Headlands, as well as overnight trips to Mt. Tamalpais and Yosemite NationalNational ParkPark.

@Large is the latest installation in the Golden Gate National Parks» Art in the Parks program, a cooperative effort of the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the Presidio Trust to work with community partners such as the Headlands Center for the Arts, the FOR - SITE Foundation, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Since 1997 Ocean Riders has operated the Golden Gate Dairy Stables on the former dairy site under a limited - use permit from the National Park Service as a trail riding barn.

Check out the countless attractions such as Aqualand in Las Americas and Tenerife's Zoo, Jungle Park, and Mount Teide National Park (declared a World Heritage Site in 2007).

The partnership of the national parks and San Francisco Public Library also will offer free community shuttles from nine branch libraries to national park sites such as Lands End, the Presidio, Crissy Field, Fort Point, and more.

Today, it stands as one of the country's most popular national park sites and visitor destinations, attracting more than 1.4 million people each year.

Situated in the heart of the new Central Business District, the hotel is convenient to government and business offices and shopping districts as well as local attractions such as Si Fang Mountain National Park and the World Heritage Site of Wudang Mountain.

1) Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, set one of the key scenes of his masterpiece — on the short list of films up for discussion as the Greatest of All - Time — at Fort Point, now a National Historic Site in the heart of the Golden Gate National Parks.

Indeed, Muir Woods and the Kent gift are regarded as inspirations for the citizen - led creation of the Golden Gate National Parks — a spectacular 75,000 - acre greenbelt north and south of the Golden Gate that includes the Marin Headlands, Alcatraz, the Presidio, and other sites.

The National Park Service identified a «retreat and conference center» as the central re-use concept for the historic site.

As on the other islands, the National Park Service has made great efforts to preserve and protect these island resources, including enforcement of marine protected areas, stabilization of cultural sites, rehabilitation of historic buildings, removal of nonnative plants and animals, recovery of island foxes, and reestablishment of bald eagles.

In order to save these island species, as well as protect sacred Chumash Native American cultural sites, the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy embarked upon a multi-year program to help restore balance to Santa Cruz Island's naturally functioning ecosystems.

From its inception as a military fortress during the Civil War era, to the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes during the 1960s, to its standing today as one of the country's most popular National Park sites, the history of Alcatraz is fascinating to discover.

Taking a scenic flight is popular, as tourists can enjoy a bird's eye view of the Kimberley's rustic charm, including sites like the Bungle Bungles and Windjana Gorge National Park.

About Art in the Parks >> Art in the Parks is a cooperative effort of the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the Presidio Trust to work with community partners such as the Headlands Center for the Arts, the FOR - SITE Foundation, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

The NPS manages the Golden Gate National Parks, as well as 401 other park sites across the U.S. www.nps.gov / goga

Today, Alcatraz is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and stands as one of the country's most popular national park sites and visitor destinations, attracting more than 1.4 million people eaNational Recreation Area and stands as one of the country's most popular national park sites and visitor destinations, attracting more than 1.4 million people eanational park sites and visitor destinations, attracting more than 1.4 million people each year.

The NPS manages the Golden Gate National Parks, as well as 394 other park sites across the U.S.. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/goga or call [phone].

These unique hotels are located throughout mainland Portugal and the Azores in either historic cities such as Evora, a world heritage site, or in rural areas of outstanding natural beauty or interest such as Geres National Park.

@Large is the latest endeavor in the Golden Gate National Parks» Art in the Parks program, a cooperative effort of the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the Presidio Trust to work with community partners such as the Headlands Center for the Arts, the FOR - SITE Foundation, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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).

Installed across four locations on Alcatraz and on view from September 27, 2014, through April 26, 2015, the exhibition is inspired by the island's layered history as a 19th - century military fortress, notorious federal penitentiary, significant site of Native American history, and now one of America's most visited national parks.

The NPS manages the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which includes Mount Tamalpais, as well as 401 other park sites across the U.S. www.nps.gov/goga.

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).

Now the site of the wreck and its surrounding waters have been designated as the Rhone National Marine Park — the only park of its kind in the British Virgin IslaPark — the only park of its kind in the British Virgin Islapark of its kind in the British Virgin Islands.

As president and founder of the consulting firm Heritage Partners, she led national park planning and design projects for more than a decade at over 70 national park sites throughout the North East.

Cathie assembled nationally recognized professional teams to develop long - term plans for national park sites such as the Statue of Liberty, Governors Island, Acadia and the Boston Harbor Islands.

On Wednesday, September 12th, come hear National Park Service biologist Dan Richards as he shares his nearly 30 year experience monitoring 21 rocky intertidal sites at Channel Islands National Park.

The island's stunning variety of tourism attractions include hiking through the tropical rainforest, riding the scenic railway that connects the island's sugar plantations, touring Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, the only man - made UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Eastern Caribbean, and the more traditional vacation pastimes such as watersports, golf, shopping, tennis, gourmet dining, gaming at one of St. Kitts» two casinos or simply relaxing on one of the island's sandy beaches.

The Knysna Section of the Garden Route National Park has many fun, historical, and adventurous activities as well as excellent facilities, picnic sites, and points of interest that make it an ideal destination for holidaymakers and day visitors.

The Tubbataha Reef National Park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 for its unique atoll reef and rich range of wildlife including, birds, marine turtles, whales, sharks and numerous other species of fish.

This area is preserved as well as is a site of nation's biggest national park, Corcovado.

Splash Dive Shop has sponsored one of these buoys at Laughing Bird Caye (National Park and World Heritage Site) on the very popular and appealing dive site known as Coral GardSite) on the very popular and appealing dive site known as Coral Gardsite known as Coral Gardens.

These parks (which includes Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, and Redwood National Park) have been collectively designated as a World Heritage Site and form part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve.

Banff Township itself is located within the national park boundary, and offers all the usual amenities you would expect, as well as museums, galleries and historic sites for those seeking a more cultured visit.

Our team and staff are also actively involved in local conservation projects, such as the Placencia Mooring Masters and organizing the aunnual cleanup of Laughing Bird Caye, a national park and World Hertage Site.

Day tours include trips to off - the - beaten - track destinations as well as city and cultural tours and trips to famous landmarks such as the Golden Gate National Park, Vredefort Dome (a World Heritage Site) and Basotho Cultural Village.