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The land which was originally wetlands used by migratory foul had earlier been used as a private hunting preserve. [3]In 1906 the Squaw Creek Drainage District No. 1 after much litigation using the contactors Rogers & Rogers completed ditches to drain nearly 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of land into the Missouri River in a massive project in which more than 500,000 cubic yards of earth were moved ...
Corbin Park (also known as the Blue Mountain Forest and Game Preserve) is a private game reserve in New Hampshire. It contains land in Croydon , Cornish , Plainfield , and Grantham . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It occupies somewhere between 24,000 and 26,000 acres (97 and 105 km 2 ) of land [ 3 ] and was started in 1889 by businessman Austin Corbin . [ 1 ]
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness is a 5,342-acre (21.62 km 2) regional park located in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in Northern California.The nearest city is Danville, California.
January 3, 1997 1,060 acres (4.3 km 2) [8] Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge: Calhoun County: May 29, 2003 9,016 acres (36.49 km 2) Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County: 1978 264 acres (1.07 km 2) Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge: Jefferson County: 1980 24 acres (0.097 km 2) Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Entrance sign to Mojave National Preserve. There are 21 protected areas of the United States designated as national preserves.They were established by an act of Congress to protect areas that have resources often associated with national parks but where certain natural resource-extractive activities such as hunting and mining may be permitted, provided their natural values are preserved.
Colorful coach says it was time to sell SC hunting property for state preserve. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Login ...
American bison grazing at the preserve. The park's 1,674 acres (6.8 km 2), a mixture of mixed grass prairie, marshes and wooded hills, includes wildlife as 20-30 American bison, [6] 25-40 elk, 20-30 white-tailed deer, and a colony of prairie dogs. An array of birds, insects, and plants have also been identified within the refuge.
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife refuge located north and east of the city of Hartford, Kansas, United States, in northwestern Coffey and southeastern Lyon Counties. It was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , John Redmond Reservoir flood control project. [ 1 ]