Sentences with phrase «wilderness areas left»

The park was established in 1992 to protect one of the last wilderness areas left in the world.

Not exact matches

I admit that the problems in the roaded areas of our national parks are serious, but problems in the boondocks are equally serious, and chopping up the wilderness areas that are left isn't going to solve anything.

That would seem to leave 62 percent on the table for expanded human consumption but the vast majority of this biomass appears to be not harvestable because it includes root growth below ground and biomass production on lands in parks or wilderness areas that are either protected or inaccessible.

The story centers on a 17th century family that's moved alone to an uncharted area on the edge of the New England wilderness; they've willingly left their Puritan plantation over a religious disagreement.

Wilderness areas are the most intact, undisturbed, truly wild spaces left on the planet... They are unaffected by any development and many, if not all of them, practice the highest level of conservation — legally protected and untouched by man.

To leave your balcony and enter your Tree House, is to go from wilderness to luxury, with spacious living areas, glass - fronted fireplace, very functional kitchen and large comfortable lounges.

The provision calls for an immediate full - scale disposal of «certain» public lands, without defining which lands it would apply to, leaving national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and national forests apparently up for grabs and vulnerable to development, privatization, or transfer to state ownership.

For those of us who grew up around wilderness areas, «leave no trace» was something we learned early and really took to heart.