Sentences with phrase «thousands of acres of land»

Young bought up thousands of acres of land around 1920, and named his new town «Hollywood by the Sea» to distinguish it from his other real estate venture,...

We've preserved thousands of acres of land, halted harmful industrial mega-projects, successfully reshaped inappropriate residential development and created parks that connect people with the river in dozens of communities.

Wealthy tycoons such as T. Boone Pickens, former President George H.W. Bush and his family, Hong Kong's Li Ka - shing, Philippines» Manuel V. Pangilinan and other Filipino billionaires, and others are also buying thousands of acres of land with aquifers, lakes, water rights, water utilities, and shares in water engineering and technology companies all over the world.

Right now, wildfires are tearing through the Western half of the United States, torching hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Utah.

In 2014, Pegula sold the gas drilling rights of thousands of acres of land in Ohio for $ 1.75 billion.

This has left huge swaths of acrid smoke over many thousands of acres of land.

Not exact matches

It's designed to ensure that, over thousands of acres, not a single row is seeded or fertilized twice and not an inch of land or an ounce of fuel is wasted.

The Stonecrest City Council voted 4 - 2 on Monday to de-annex 345 acres of land if the Seattle - based e-commerce giant picks the area for what the company calls HQ2, a corporate hub which could lead to the creation of thousands of jobs.

The family owns thousands of acres of prime vineyard land in California, as well as wineries and vineyards in Oregon, Australia, Chile, France, Italy, and South Africa.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District owns thousands of acres of river - edged properties; perhaps some additional land can be leased to the Park District for public parks.

«Greenbelt is excited to partner with Mass Audubon in the conservation of this incredible parcel that includes thousands of acres in a mosaic of protected land,» added Ed Becker, the local land conservation organization's Executive Director.

The bill called for more than one thousand acres of land in Shoreham and Mastic to be added to the Pine Barrens in Suffolk County.

«Dry, Calm Conditions Needed for Desired Effect» The aerial spraying of approximately 30 - thousand acres of land in parts of western Oneida County has been postponed as a result of less than ideal weather conditions forecast for today and tonight, health department officials announced today.

Located at the end of a country road, abutting the entrance to the Taconic Crest Trail, and thousands of acres of primitive State Land, we're secluded, yet only minutes to skiing, the Cherry Plain State Park, and all the Berkshires cultural and recreational activities that make Rensselaer County so special.

Earlier today, Governor Paterson was joined by Stockbridge - Munsee President Kim Vele and other stakeholders in Madison County to sign the Stockbridge - Munsee Land Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New YLand Claim Settlement Agreement, which cleared the way for this compact and settled a longstanding land claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New Yland claim impacting thousands of acres in Central New York.

Legislation in 1998, advanced by Bryan and Nevada's other senator, Harry Reid, and then - congressman John Ensign, allowed the U.S. Department of the Interior to sell tens of thousands of acres of federal land to private developers, enabling Las Vegas Valley authorities to steer federal land sales they otherwise would not have the right to control.

For ranchers who depend on wide expanses of open land for grazing, losing several thousand acres in a fast - burning range fire denies them use of that land not only for the rest of the year but also for up to three years after that, while the plants regrow.

Now a decadelong struggle over the fate of thousands of acres of public land on the Roan has come to a head, and just in time for the hotly contested race for Colorado's open U.S. Senate seat.

While she was enjoying the great Arizona outdoors on her favorite horse, Cassidy ends up in the arms of Ace Grady, now billionaire owner of thousands of acres around her parents» land.

By erecting thirty thousand dams of significant size across the American West, they dewatered countless rivers, wiped out millions of acres of riparian habitat, shut off many thousands of river miles of salmon habitat, silted over spawning beds, poisoned return flows with agricultural chemicals, set the plague of livestock loose on the arid land — in a nutshell they made it close to impossible for numerous native species to survive.

On sea, there are water sports, and on land, a thousand acres of forest, hills and valleys.

Many thousands of acres of forest land have a variety of animals habitat.

The villa spans nearly eight thousand square feet and includes over a quarter of an acre of private land with six bedrooms capable of hosting twelve guests and is ideal for hosting large social events.

There are now thousands of acres of public land «where the federal government doesn't dare tread, because of the threat of violence,» says Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Birmingham, Alabama - based nonprofit that tracks extremist groups in America.

EcoPlanet is the first company to successfully industrialize bamboo, providing a proven model of successful ecosystem restoration at scale, converting thousands of acres of degraded land back into fully functioning ecosystems, reversing the negative effects of global climate change and providing thousands of marginalized people with the potential to change their own lives in areas of the world where few opportunities exist, all while reducing deforestation and forest degradation through the provision of a sustainable alternative fiber for timber and fiber manufacturing industries.

But they're concerned about one part of the proposals — the length of the timber - sales contracts that would allow harvesting on thousands of acres of state forest land annually in the Interior.

Bill and Ellen Straus» commitment to agriculture and the environment helped launch a conservation movement that has permanently saved tens of thousands of acres of endangered agricultural land from subdivision.

In order to make this bad deal work, the coal companies were allowed to re-route the highway's proposed route, moving it away from local business districts and threatening to take thousands of acres of privately - owned land through eminent domain.

Renewable installations can require hundreds to thousands more acres of land than a coal, natural gas or nuclear power plant to produce the same power.

Not that levees weren't needed, but knowing what we know now, we probably would have done things differently so that the wetlands would be replenished with the dirt from the Mississippi, so that Louisiana's land area wouldn't be disappearing at the rate of tens of thousands of acres every year.

Joule is producing tens of thousands of gallons per acre using non-arable land and non-potable water.

As executive director of the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, he has led the group in safeguarding tens of thousands of acres, creating dozens of parks and preserves, and transforming neglected urban waterfront sites into more publicly beneficial uses.

A Center report called Public Lands Enemies analyzes 132 bills part of an effort by 15 U.S. lawmakers, backed by extractive industries, to privatize our public lands — putting at risk hundreds of thousands of public acres home to diverse native wildLands Enemies analyzes 132 bills part of an effort by 15 U.S. lawmakers, backed by extractive industries, to privatize our public lands — putting at risk hundreds of thousands of public acres home to diverse native wildlands — putting at risk hundreds of thousands of public acres home to diverse native wildlife.

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.

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.

In total, these should add up to many thousands of acres of protected land.

At Black Tomato we've started working with Ted Turner Expeditions, where adventures are set up with luxurious lodges within thousands of acres of private rolling ranch - land, to the effect that guests will feel as if they have their own private national park to explore.

With thousands of acres of park land and open space, a wildlife preserve, and award - winning golf courses, this city caters to nature lovers.

Client needs 12 - 15,000 acres (yes, that's thousands not hundreds) undeveloped land in tourist or retirement environment, on which to build a hotel (or two), several cabins, and a subdivision of fine homes (no carnival atmosphere)... the land needs to be on water: ideally Muskoka, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching (Orillia), or any spot in southern Ontario that is just waiting for a developer to start a project immediately.

Just about 10 - 15 minutes to the Beach and the house sits on over an acre of land and over three thousand livable sq. ft. in the home alone.

Directly across the street from thousands of acres of undeveloped state land with panoramic views of the Superstition Mountains.