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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]