Sentences with phrase «wilderness park in»

Jasper is the largest wilderness park in the Canadian Rockies with over 4,200 square miles of mountain wilderness.

Yosemite National Park was one of the first wilderness parks in the US with a full 93 % of the park designated as wilderness area.

Not exact matches

There are over 400 national parks in the United States that offer scenic hikes, access to world - famous landmarks, and the chance to escape into the wilderness — for a small fee.

Causes vary: Lightning is a frequent cause of wildfires in remote wilderness areas, but the National Parks Service says that up to 90 percent of wildfires in the United States are caused by people.

Robinson began his career working as a park ranger in wilderness areas throughout British Columbia, where he was decorated for bravery by the Governor General of Canada.

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.

«DEC never intended, nor agreed, that Iowa Pacific should turn this corridor in the pristine, forever wild wilderness of the Adirondack Park into a commercial disposal site,» said the DEC in a statement.

Instead, Maselli said in a recent interview, he was warned locating within the Blue Line would mean a drawn out and difficult confrontation with the Adirondack Park Agency, cast as a difficult regulatory foe more intent on preserving pristine wilderness than encouraging businesses like his.

I am also thrilled to see a Comptroller who has a commitment to our environment be it for electric vehicles, cutting down on pollution and safeguarding the monies used to preserve our state parks and other areas of wilderness in our great Borough and State.

«The classification of the Boreas Ponds as Wilderness and the expansion of High Peaks Wilderness Area marks a great day for the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Park,» said Protect the Adirondacks» Executive Director Peter Bauer in a statement.

From its inception in 1892, the six - million - acre (24,000 km ²) Adirondack Park, which is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky, and Everglades National Parks combined, has been a battleground between those who would preserve wilderness and proponents of the development rights of property owners.

«Sustainable prosperity starts with preserving the wilderness areas that attracted many residents to the Park in the first place, providing the basis for our tourism industry.

For most New Yorkers, the Adirondack Park is akin to Yellowstone or Yosemite National Parks in spirit, experience, and wilderness character.

RAY BROOK The Adirondack Park Agency formally approved the classification of the Boreas Ponds Tract on Friday, creating the largest Wilderness area in the northeastern United States.

Challenging a study that ties Wilderness classification to a 25 percent increase in property values, the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board says the connection between classification and land value is far more nuanced more

Challenging a study that ties Wilderness classification to a 25 percent increase in property values, the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board says the connection between classification and land value is far more nuanced

A Window on Eternity chronicles Wilson's exploration of the recovering wilderness (now a national park) by helicopter, in an elephant - proof Jeep, and even on hands and knees.

The National Wilderness Preservation System has 680 chunks of such terrain, varying in size from a six - acre island in Florida to a nine - million - acre park in Alaska.

Now you can record your adventures in the wilderness (or the local water park) without worrying about trashing your camcorder.

Death Valley National Park Explore 3 million acres of wilderness, including the Badwater Basin salt flats, the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level.

In 63 percent of America's protected places — including parks, monuments and designated wilderness areas — sounds made by human activity are doubling the volume of background noise.

But regulators have largely ignored noise in parks, wilderness, and other protected areas, which cover 14 % of the country.

John Muir In Martinez, California, visit the Muir family home and see the «scribble den» where the father of national parks formulated his influential arguments for wilderness preservation.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — State Highway 14 cuts a tightly winding channel through the canyons of the Cache la Poudre Wilderness, a section of national forest in this state's northwest corner and the site of last year's High Park fire.

Experience, he emphasizes, should be frequent and hands - on; nature documentaries can only do so much, and regular forays into local green spaces are no less important than grand Yosemite adventures: «A meaningful connection with nature is forged first and foremost through firsthand, multisensory experiences, from abundant unstructured time in the backyard to weekends in the park and occasional visits to wilderness.»

The mountain landscapes of the American West are rich in fossil fuels, timber, fish, wildlife, and natural beauty, and host some the largest and most famous national parks, monuments, and protected wilderness.

Green groups fear that once mining starts near the Grand Canyon, similar destructive plans will also get the green light in and around other protected areas, including Arches National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Canyonlands National Park and the proposed Dolores River Canyon wilderness area.

When National Park Service scientists Lowell Sumner and George Collins visited the Brooks Range mountains in the early 1950s, they were struck by the remoteness of the wilderness of northeastern Alaska.

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.

And then whether it's a couple of times a year, you wan na get exposed to even bigger sources of nature, and then at the very tip top of the pyramid, it's like, you know, National Parks and massive places where you're just completely in undomesticated wilderness and that's sort of the top of the food chain.

I rock climb, backpack, train dogs, hike and mountaineer in the wilderness in and out of Yosemite National Park, it is right in my back yard.

Especially well contrived are the climactic scenes in the desert of the Joshua Tree National Park, east of Los Angeles, where Billy and Hans, as self - appointed collaborators, drag a reluctant Marty, tempting him into the wilderness.

Multimedia presentations, impassioned lectures, in - class study and discussion, video, and audio are all great ways to complement the wilderness experience, but the difference between walking through a park and learning about one through media is the difference between looking at a photograph of a flower and smelling one.

Whether you're setting out on a historical - landmark tour or on a wilderness expedition (or something in between — many lakes and creeks are only steps away from a parking area), you'll find the East Side of the Sierra Nevada an experience waiting to happen.

Or heading up to Wilderness Park with the kids for an overnight camping trip, all your gear neatly stowed in the back of a GLE SUV.

Husband and wife Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis live in a neighborhood in Forest Park, a 5000 acre northwestern wilderness on the edge of Portland, Oregon.

According to NASAR, the National Association For Search And Rescue, SAR dogs and their handlers work as volunteers under the direction of law enforcement and emergency service agencies to help locate children and elderly people lost in parks or in neighborhoods with lots of shrubbery; hikers and hunters lost in the wilderness; train and plane - wreck victims and those missing after...

Dragon Walk (A Lacey Fitzpatrick and Sam Firecloud Mystery Book 5) by Melissa Bowersock Sam and Lacey aid the LAPD in their search for a missing young marathoner in the Griffith Park wilderness area.

- Library Journal «Those prepared to slog through the blizzard of poetry used to convey clues will be rewarded by a gripping climax in the snowy wilderness of Ontario's Algonquin Park.»

Find My Friends may work if you are seeking adventure in Central Park or climbing a rock mountain at the local amusement park, but certainly will not save your life in the wildernPark or climbing a rock mountain at the local amusement park, but certainly will not save your life in the wildernpark, but certainly will not save your life in the wilderness.

An FP executive named Gene Park has become a minor celebrity because of media accounts that have him as a «Voice in the Wilderness,» decrying abusively structured mortgage credit.

Wilderness Park is a wonderful green area covering close to 1,500 acres, and Lincoln also has a flourishing tech sector with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the entire US.

Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Park in Leesburg and Algonkin Regional Park in Sterling — both of these parks are a part of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

Some people drive their Setters to wilderness areas for runs, ride bicycles with their dogs next to them on leash, jog with their dogs on leash, or use a long, retractable leash (flexi - leash) to walk their dog in a park or neighborhood area.

In support of this action by the City, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been land banking properties on Turkey Mountain for over a decade, announced that it will deed its properties to the River Parks Authority for inclusion in the Turkey Mountain Urban WildernesIn support of this action by the City, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been land banking properties on Turkey Mountain for over a decade, announced that it will deed its properties to the River Parks Authority for inclusion in the Turkey Mountain Urban Wildernesin the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness.

Karen talks about how these fascinating Alaskan Huskies work beside park personnel to provide critical transportation in the back - country, assist park researchers, break trail, and patrol the park's boundaries while maintaining the integrity of the wilderness.

Let's discuss the informal code of conduct that should be practiced on every trail, regardless of whether it's in a remote wilderness or your neighborhood park.

Exploring Banff's over 1,600 km (1,000 mi) of wilderness trails, chances are good that you may spot some of them, especially elk, which number in the thousands and are commonly found in the valleys of the park with mule deer and white - tailed deer.

Watch for humpbacks, orcas, and tidewater glaciers on a wilderness cruise in Kenai Fjords National Park.

Delve deeper into the pristine wilderness of Jasper and Banff National Parks with a National Geographic expert, taking in their beauty from every angle — amid wildflowers in lush valleys and atop powerful glaciers and craggy peaks.