Sentences with phrase «miles of rivers»

Towns and cities surround many of the more than 16,000 miles of rivers and streams in the state.

Thousands of miles of rivers and lakes are definitely a highlight in Idaho.

The second largest Wild and Scenic Rivers package in history passed the US Senate yesterday, safeguarding over 1,000 miles of rivers in Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

This modus operandi has turned the Nature Conservancy into one of the biggest and most trusted conservation NGOs worldwide, with 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide under its care.

In this country there are 3.5 million miles of rivers, and 1.7 million of those miles are not functioning as rivers should.

In any landscape, the opportunity to protect 300 lakes and ponds, 90 mountains, and 415 miles of rivers and streams would be compelling.

Factory - farmed animals also generate about 500 million tons of manure a year, a figure that jumped 60 percent between 1990 and 2008 and has polluted 34,000 miles of rivers and 216,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs throughout the country.

This financial assistance has helped protect more than 35 million acres of land, stop or remove 26 dams, and preserve access to thousands of miles of rivers and several climbing areas.

By 2009, mountaintop removal coal mining in Central Appalachia had destroyed an estimated 470 mountains and had buried or polluted 2,000 miles of rivers and streams.

Since 1973, American Rivers has protected and restored more than 150,000 miles of rivers through advocacy efforts, on - the - ground projects, and the annual America's Most Endangered Rivers ® campaign.

The United States has more than 250,000 rivers — that's 3.5 million miles of rivers.

Mountaintop coal mining is permanently destroying thousands of miles of rivers, lakes and streams in states like West Virginia.

With more than 2,000 miles of rivers and canals and 16 start location across the UK, there is something to suit everyone.

The Adirondack Park in upstate New York, with its 3,000 lakes and ponds and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, is nothing short of nirvana for paddlers.

With over 7,600 freshwater lakes, ponds and reservoirs and 70,000 miles of rivers, brooks and streams, New York State is particularly vulnerable to the introduction of invasive species.

In the North Country, with 3,000 lakes and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R - Willsboro, recalled how she witnessed the fouling of Lake Champlain by zebra mussels — a migrant from the Caspian Sea that clogs water pipes, sucks nutrients away from other fish, and yields sharp shells that cut tender feet on beaches.

New York's world - class fishing and wide variety of cold water, warm water and saltwater fish species can be found in more than 7,500 lakes and ponds, 50,000 miles of rivers and streams, and hundreds of miles of coastline in New York State.

«Through huge efforts and major investments hundreds of miles of rivers and canals running through our towns and cities are now cleaner than in living memory and fish stocks are thriving right in your back yard!

Since 1951, the Nature Conservancy has protected 119 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide.

Within Colorado's borders, 230 mines are leaking heavy metals into 1,645 miles of rivers and streams.

They also instituted a voluntary evacuation within about one mile of the river to limit people's exposure to benzene fumes — a known carcinogen.

Nearly 40 miles of the river, shorelines and wetlands were polluted.

The District also owns and maintains 22 miles of river shoreline, 25 lakes, 63 park shelters and more than 2,500 acres of open space.

It has had its share of HABs, including a severe one in 2016 that produced toxins and covered as much as 30 miles of the river with bright green algae for 60 days.

When Cyclone Aila struck in 2009, flooding breached more than 1,000 miles of river embankments and displaced about 100,000 people in the region.

Luckily there are both options here, with the Wales Coastal Path covering the whole of the Welsh coastline or the Usk Valley Walk, which follows 50 miles of the River Usk from Carleon to Brecon you can pick which walk will suit you and your date best.

With more than 80 mountain ranges, 3,100 miles of river and one of the largest national park areas in the U.S., Idaho is truly a natural wonder.

There are also many miles of river suitable for flatwater boating in the downstream sections of both the mainstem Eel and the South Fork.

The Fishery has long been a favourite destination for anglers in search of top quality angling and consists of loughs and several miles of river, providing a wide choice for the sea trout angler, interested in lough or river fishing.

Set in a 300 - acre private natural reserve, this jungle hotel has two miles of river frontage and borders the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve, a 6800 - acre rainforest sanctuary that is home to colorful toucans, hummingbirds, howler monkeys and jaguars.

Today, the operation includes 400 acres, two miles of river frontage, more than 70 boats and 79 different accommodations ranging from single - bedroom to a 10 - bedroom, 10 - bath option.

This project will be the most significant dam removal and river restoration effort in the world — never before have four dams of this size been removed at once which inundate as many miles of habitat (4 square miles and 15 miles of river length), involving this magnitude of budget (approximately $ 295 million) and public works.

To this day, over 40 miles of the river are still contaminated by tar sands after over a billion dollars was spent on clean up.

The cleanup begun this month after 25 years of scientific, political and public relations wrangling focuses on a mere six miles of the river, but the most heavily contaminated.

It has more miles of river than all other states in the United States and even has the country's largest underground water supply, which is the Ogalala Aquifer.

Not exact matches

On August 8, 1975, the dam collapsed and sent a wall of water nearly 20 feet (6 meters) high and 7.5 miles wide (12 kilometers) downriver, according to a summary of a chapter in the book «The River Dragon Has Come!»

Coast Guard boat and helicopter crews, and the Mobile fire and police departments «saturated a search area covering three square miles» near the mouth of the Mobile River, and the investigation continues, a Coast Guard spokesperson said.

Why it's hot: One square mile of boutiques and condos, Hoboken is just across the Hudson River from New York City and boasts a 2,221 member - strong N.J. Tech Meetup that gets together monthly.

Since then it's taken the first - ever photos of Jupiter's poles, discovered atmospheric «rivers» of ammonia, watched 870 - mile - wide cyclones swirl, recorded mysterious auroras, and probed deep into the planet's thick cloud tops for evidence of a solid core, among other feats.

In 1886 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Missouri Pacific Railroad both built railroad tracks heading west from the Great Bend of the Arkansas River in Kansas to Greeley County on the western border, roughly 200 miles away.

Arcadis commended its projects like its Active Transportation Rail - to - River Corridor that will turn 1.9 miles of underutilized rail into a boulevard for bikers and pedestrians.

Since then, it has taken the first - ever photos of Jupiter's poles, discovered atmospheric «rivers» of ammonia, watched 870 - mile - wide cyclones swirl, recorded mysterious auroras, and probed deep into the planet's thick cloud tops for evidence of a solid core, among other feats.

Folded into an armchair more than 200 miles south of Liverpool, in the company's London headquarters on the Thames River, Polman rattles off figures more commonly heard in the UN General Assembly than the C - suite of a company with $ 58 billion in sales.

Twenty months after the spill these expensive recovery efforts continue, and 30 miles of the Kalamazoo River impacted by the spill remain closed to swimming, boating, fishing or even wading for the foreseeable future.

The region is centered in the middle of the U.S., at the cross-section of international air, rail, interstate and major rivers; within 500 miles of one - third of the U.S. population and 1,500 miles of 90 percent of the people in North America.

John Hancock has acquired River's Edge, a 222 - unit, Class A, rental residential complex in the City of Medford, located four miles northwest of Boston.

Start the day by taking in Aspen's breathtaking scenery through a number of different activities, including the famous Brainstorm Tech 25 - mile bike ride through Maroon Bells, yoga class, a private tour of the Aspen Art Museum, river rafting in the Roaring Fork, and hikes for all levels and interests.

Such a placid river, full of game and hippopotamuses (and the occasional croc); and then you begin to hear the roar of the falls from miles away.

Union Pacific's rail network spans 23 states, 32,000 miles, and connects to all major seaports on the West Coast and the major seaports along the Gulf of Mexico West of the Mississippi River Delta.

Trump signed one executive order that commanded the Army Corps of Engineers to issue an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline to cross beneath the Missouri River, the last link needed to complete the 1,172 - mile route from North Dakota to Illinois.