Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Blevins Gap Nature Preserve is a nature preserve in southern Huntsville, Alabama. It measures 994 acres (402 ha) in total and contains over 12 miles of trails within its borders. Cecil Ashburn Drive splits the preserve into two parts. The northern section measures 267 acres (108 ha) with 4.5 miles of trails, a rocky incline, and waterfalls.
Monte Sano Nature Preserve is, at 1,107 acres (448 ha), one of the largest urban nature preserves in the US and is located on Monte Sano Mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. The Land Trust of North Alabama manages the nature preserve and Land Trust volunteers have created 23+ miles of public trails.
National Millennium Trail project – 16 long-distance trails selected in 2000 as visionary trails that reflect defining aspects America's history and culture; Trail, long-distance trail; List of long-distance trails, Long-distance trails in the United States, List of rail trails; State wildlife trails (United States) Walking, hiking, backpacking
The department's primary responsibility is to manage the wildlife and public lands of Alabama. This includes: 22 state parks, 23 public fishing lakes, three freshwater fish hatcheries, 34 wildlife management areas, two waterfowl refuges, two wildlife sanctuaries, a mariculture center with 35 ponds, and 645,000 acres (2,610 km 2) of trust lands managed for the benefit of several state agencies ...
The forest was established as Alabama National Forest on January 15, 1918, with 66,008 acres (267.12 km 2). [1] On June 19, 1936, it was renamed Black Warrior National Forest, [5] which in turn was renamed William B. Bankhead National Forest on June 6, 1942. [6] [7] In 1959, Executive Order 10850 removed land from the forest's boundaries.
First Day Hikes is a program of free, guided hikes offered by the fifty state park systems of the United States each year on New Year's Day. The program began locally in Massachusetts in 1992 and then went nationwide in 2012 under the aegis of the America's State Parks alliance.
In 1990, a logging crew was working along a road in Heflin, Alabama, when they stumbled upon human remains, according to an Oct. 25 news release from the Heflin Police Department.
The Knobstone Trail (KT) is Indiana's longest footpath – a 60-mile backcountry-hiking trail passing through Clark State Forest, Elk Creek Public Fishing Area, and Jackson-Washington State Forest. These state resource properties contain more than 42,000 acres of rugged, forested land in Clark, Scott and Washington counties in southern Indiana.