Sentences with phrase «more wilderness areas»

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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.

Although increasing illumination was more common in MPAs associated with human activity, even those designated as strict nature reserves or wilderness areas, which have limited human intrusion, experienced increasing light — about 9 % are experiencing increases in artificial light intensity, the team reports online before print in Conservation Letters.

In the past decade, he has emerged as one of China's leading conservationists and played a key role in establishing more than 20 protected wilderness areas.

Leading international marine scientists have called for the protection of more, large marine wilderness areas in a bid to shield the world's dwindling stocks of fish from destruc...

On a sunny day in April, the K - 8 school looks more like a country club nestled at the edge of a wilderness area and upper - middle - class residential neighborhood than a public school.

The New Jeep Wrangler Offers You More When you know you're going to spend your weekends in the wilderness exploring areas that have trails and sometimes don't have very many marked trails, the Jeep Wrangler is one of the most active and impressive vehicles you can drive.

There's even upgraded off - road capabilities to make it more fun on the trails you find when you head out into the wilderness surrounding the Frankfort, IL area for the drive and experience you want.

Up top, there's access to more than 50 miles / 80 kilometers of trails into the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness Area.

Bordered by Kakadu National Park, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, Arnhem Land is a vast, unspoiled wilderness area of more than 97,000 square kilometres (37,452 square miles).

It is one of the more spectacular parks in the area and attracts those looking for challenging hikes in a wilderness setting.

Lapopu is situated in Manupeu Tanah Daru National Park, one of the two main protected wilderness areas on Sumba, and a guided walk is a great way to find out more about the environment and wildlife of the island.

Our Painted Canyon / Mecca Hills Wilderness Area Jeep Tour is geared for guests who want to do more hiking.

In addition to the exclusive tours and events offered at Metate Ranch, Desert Adventures offers Jeep tours to Painted Canyon and the Mecca Hills Wilderness Area, a Jeep and hiking tour to the Palm Springs Indian Canyons, as well as hiking tours and sightseeing tours to a variety of desert attractions including the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Joshua Tree National Park, Coachella Valley Preserve, Palm Springs Indian Canyons, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farms, White Water Preserve, the Salton Sea and Salvation Mountain, and more.

Up top, there's access to more than 50 miles / 80 kilometres of trails into the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness Area.

Much of this area is rarely visited and opportunities for incredible wilderness experiences abound.Other areas, such as Brooks Camp, are more easily accessed and have amenities like lodging and hot meals.

From this ideal location you are within easy reach of many great attractions including the Addo Elephant Park, Bloukrans Bungy Jumping, Tsitsikamma Canopy Tours, Baviaankloof Wilderness Area, Seaview Game and Lion Park and much more.

More than 30,000 acres (120 km2) of the Point Reyes National Seashore are designated as the Phillip Burton Wilderness, named in honor of California Congressman Phillip Burton, who wrote the legislation creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and was instrumental in helping to pass the California Wilderness Act of 1984.

It is possible to escape into the wilderness almost everywhere on this underpopulated island, yet it is worth remembering though that his becomes less easy in the more touristy areas of the northwestern tip, especially around one of the island's most famous beaches, La Pelosa, close to the town of Stintino.

From heart - stopping skydiving, bungi jumping and paragliding, to more mellow trips to wilderness areas like the Kruger National Park, the Addo Elephant Park, and Shamwari.

Even more remote than the kayak tour listed above, this trip explores the Tebenkof Wilderness Area of Kuiu Island.

Surrounded by the Walpole Wilderness area and only ten minutes drive from the magnificent Tree Top Walk located in the Valley of the Giants, Redman's Riverside Retreat offers all this and more in the privacy of their 60 acre property.

This co-operation results in a huge area of more than 10,000 ha of unspoilt wilderness for traversing and walking.

Florida may be best known for miles of pristine coastline with aquamarine water and sugary sand, but there is plenty more to love about its wilderness areas, from refreshing natural springs to cypress groves to wildlife galore.

The Parks Conservancy's Sue Gardner — who helped mastermind Packing the Parks as a way to mark the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial — certainly had a lot of love in her heart, as she thanked the youth, the supportive staff, and the sponsors and vendors who made it all possible: the NPS, REI, California State Coastal Conservancy, Bay Area Wilderness Training, Merrell, Dirty Gourmet, Whole Foods, the Presidio Trust, San Mateo County Parks, and many more.

This area has fewer tourists, so more unspoiled wilderness to explore.

In the hustle and bustle of the Bay Area, it sounds implausible: a wilderness sanctuary spanning more than 2,000 acres, rife with wildlife, offering panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay.

Blain county is a much more open area with giant mountains to explore and wilderness to hunt in.

As it turns out, Teddy Roosevelt did more than his share in establishing many protected wilderness areas, which most of us would consider to have already been of help.

Without him, we probably would have even more rampant overdevelopment than we do, and we would most likely have lost many of our unique parks and wilderness areas.

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.

More than 100 local businesses and organizations submit letters supporting a Browns Canyon Wilderness Area.

But even more astonishing, when compared to similar mapping research conducted in the 1990s, the researchers found that an estimated 3.3 million km2 — almost 10 percent — of wilderness area has been lost in the decades since.

2) «While the death of young men in war is unfortunate, it is no more serious than the touching of mountains and wilderness areas by humankind.»