Environmental advocates can sometimes be heard to say “Make Earth Day everyday”. Well, we are going to heed their call and continue highlighting National Park areas that examine the glories of conservation, preservation, and sustainability. Today we move across the country from California’s Muir Woods to another park that boasts oversized trees: South Carolina’s Congaree [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Conservation’
Earth Day Week: Congaree National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Conservation, Floodplain Forest, South Carolina, Swamp, Tall Trees on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earth Day Week: Muir Woods National Monument
Posted in National Monument, tagged California, Conservation, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, John Muir, National Monument, Redwoods, Tall Trees on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Earth Day week! In honor of wonderful planet Earth we are going to highlight National Park areas this week that examine the glories of conservation, preservation, and sustainability. There’s one man that immediately springs to mind when those topics are mentioned: environmentalist pioneer John Muir. It also just so happens that Monday was even [...]
Congaree National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Boardwalk, Canoe, Conservation, Floodplain Forest, Logging, Mosquitos, National Park, South Carolina, Swamp, Tall Trees on October 21, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Richland County, S.C.
Visited: October 21, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 266 of 353
NPS Website
WHAT IS IT?
Home to North America’s largest, at 22,000 acres, intact floodplain forest. What that means is a great diversity of tall trees, a swamp-like feel, lots of birds and even more mosquitoes.
BEAUTY (6/10)
Trees of all types tower above and a life-providing musty stench [...]
Big Cypress National Preserve
Posted in National Preserves, tagged Alligators, Birding, Conservation, Cypress, endangered species, Everglades, great campsites, Jimmy Carter, Oil, Orchids, Panther, Swamp on January 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
southern Florida
Visited: January 2, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 132 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
729,000 acres consisting primarily of cypress forests. This large expanse of land serves as a watershed to the Everglades National Park, Big Cypress N PRES’ neighbor to the south.
BEAUTY (7/10)
The wild beauty of lurking American alligators dominates the Park’s murky canal [...]
