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 ‘Swamp’
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 »
Family Reunion Week: Congaree National Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Boardwalk, Family Tree, Redwoods, South Carolina, Swamp, Tall Trees on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Every ten years or so Michael’s family has a reunion. All the descendants of his great grandmother (mother’s side) gather somewhere in the greater Reading, Pennsylvania area. Last weekend was that weekend and a good time was had by all, especially we caught up with the many people we hadn’t seen since – well – [...]
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 [...]
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Posted in National Battlefield, tagged Battlefield, Loyalists, North Carolina, Revolutionary War, Swamp on October 18, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Currie, N.C. Visited: October 18, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 263 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site of a February 27, 1776 Revolutionary War battle that preceded the signing of the Declaration of Independence by more than three months. The Patriot victory ended British authority in the North Carolina colony. BEAUTY (4/10) [...]
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Posted in National Memorial, tagged Arkansas, Civil War, Colonization, Fort, France, Ghost Town, New World, Revo, Swamp on August 29, 2005 | 1 Comment »
near Gould, Ark. Visited: August 29, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 240 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site of one of France’s earliest permanent New World settlements. For almost 200 years, from 1686 to 1863, the Arkansas Post was an important city but now nothing remains. BEAUTY (5/10) The Park is a [...]
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 [...]
Big Thicket National Preserve
Posted in National Preserves, tagged Birding, Boardwalk, Bush Administration, Canoe, Hunting, Oil, Swamp, Texas, UNESCO, World Biosphere Zone on November 29, 2004 | 1 Comment »
near Beaumont, Texas Visited: November 29, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 120 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Biological crossroads where the southeastern swamplands, eastern deciduous forest. Midwest prairie and pine savannas meet. The Park consists of nine distinct land units, a few of which are connected by two river corridor units. Roads [...]
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