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    The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages land containing forest, prairie...
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    The Palos Forest Preserves are 15,000 acres of forest preserves in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, located principally in Palos Township,...
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    Arctic National Park and Preserve is to preserve the vast, wild, undeveloped character and environmental integrity of Alaska's central Brooks Range and to...
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  • The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. Its mission is to acquire and...
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    prairies, on the northwest by the Central forest-grasslands transition, and on the north by the Ozark Mountain forests. They receive 40–52 inches (1,000–1...
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    on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-15. "John Ripley Forbes, Big Trees Forest Preserve". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-20. The...
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  • Forest Glen Preserve is a 1,800-acre (7.3 km2) nature preserve in McKendree Township in Vermilion County, Illinois. It is located about 4 miles (6.4 km)...
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  • Thumbnail for History of Central European forests
    The history of Central European forests is characterised by thousands of years of exploitation by people. Thus a distinction needs to be made between the...
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    remaining 48 percent is publicly owned by the state as part of the Forest Preserve. Use of public and private lands in the park is regulated by the Adirondack...
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    Forestry (redirect from Timber preserve)
    watershed management, erosion control, and preserving forests as "sinks" for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Forest ecosystems have come to be seen as the most...
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    Alabama across central Tennessee and Kentucky into southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Its natural communities are a matrix of temperate forests, woodlands...
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    Hawk Woods is an old-growth forest located in central Athens County, Ohio, United States, outside the city of Athens. The forest comprises 106 acres (0.43 km2)...
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  • Thumbnail for Rwensambya Central Forest Reserve
    Rwensambya Central Forest Reserve is a tropical forest located in Kyegegwa district. It covers an area of 671 hectares. The reserve is a home to chimpanzees...
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    dating back to 187–176 million years. Japan – there is a fossilized forest preserved at Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum Indonesia – petrified wood covers...
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  • Thumbnail for Elfin Forest Natural Area
    The Elfin Forest Natural Area is a nature preserve protecting a unique plant community in Los Osos-Baywood Park, San Luis Obispo County, central California...
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    The central forest–grasslands transition is a prairie ecoregion of the central United States, an ecotone between eastern forests and the North American...
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  • Thumbnail for Dark-sky preserve
    A dark-sky preserve (DSP) is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts or reduces light pollution or maintains and protects naturally...
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    German forst denoting "forest"; Middle Low German vorst denoting "forest"; Old English fyrhþ denoting "forest, woodland, game preserve, hunting ground" (English...
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    Environmental Protection, The Preserve, prior to its protection, was "the largest remaining unprotected coastal forest between Boston and New York." The...
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    California. The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland...
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  • Thumbnail for Central U.S. hardwood forests
    The central U.S. hardwood forests comprise a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Eastern United States, as defined by the World Wildlife...
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  • Thumbnail for Denali National Park and Preserve
    Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a United States national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska...
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    National Park and Preserve lies at the core of a globally significant forest containing the most diverse flora of any river gorge in central and southern Appalachia;...
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    the intention of preserving one of two potential sections of the line, one based at Lutterworth, running from Leicester to Rugby Central, and one based...
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  • preserving the ecological balance of the region. Nyamakere Central Forest Reserve plays a role in preserving the rich biodiversity. A variety of rare and indigenous...
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    County Forest Preserve land. Sitting across the river and Central Avenue from Old Edgebrook, Indian Woods (South Edgebrook) is defined by Central Avenue...
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  • Thumbnail for Laurel forest
    Laurel forest, also called laurisilva or laurissilva, is a type of subtropical forest found in areas with high humidity and relatively stable, mild temperatures...
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    from the forests, destroying the forests in the process, to generate short-term profits, while environmentalists seek to preserve the forests in their...
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    coastal forests, Haida Gwaii ecoregion, Vancouver Island ecoregion, British Columbia mainland coastal forests, Central Pacific coastal forests, Cascades...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake Forest, Illinois
    Lake Forest's most notable features is its virgin prairies and other nature preserves. In 1967, a group of 12 long-time residents of Lake Forest formed...
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