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The Nature Conservancy protects the land and water in order to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities. [20] The Wildlife Society addresses national and international issues that effect current and future North American wildlife. The society is made up of professional wildlife conservationists. [21] Land-grant colleges and ...
The present system of 80 experimental forests and ranges began in 1908. Many experimental forest are more than 50 years old. The system provides places for long-term science and management studies in major vegetation types of the 195,000,000 acres (790,000 km 2) of public land administered by the Forest Service.
Water from the Miocene Ditch was crucial for mining placer gold deposits in important creeks near Nome. It was used on Anvil Creek, in the Snake River drainage, and on Dexter Creek, a tributary of the Nome River. At least in the early years, mining on Dexter Creek was highly dependent on this water (Nome Nugget 1902; [6] Nome News 1903 [7]).
Banner Creek is a small stream tributary to Nome River from the west, about 3 miles (5 km) above Dexter Creek. Basin Creek is an easterly tributary of Nom River, about 4 miles (6 km) below Hobson Creek. Hobson Creek joins Nome River about 10 miles (16 km) from the sea; it has a narrow valley and a southerly course. Dorothy Creek is a tributary ...
The additional land areas include 20 national grasslands, 59 purchase units, 19 research and experimental areas, five land utilization projects and 37 other areas. The National Forest System has an extensive and complicated history of reorganization, so while there are currently 154 named national forests, many of these are managed together as ...
The Nome mining district, also known as the Cape Nome mining district, is a gold mining district in the U.S. state of Alaska.It was discovered in 1898 when Erik Lindblom, Jafet Lindeberg and John Brynteson, the "Three Lucky Swedes", found placer gold deposits on Anvil Creek and on the Snake River few miles from the future site of Nome.
A view of a water filled low spot at Willow Creek Preserve, Friday, December 8, 2023, in Sheboygan, Wis. Glacial Lakes Conservancy is looking into water quality testing and recent grant to build ...
Nome National Forest is a seasonal artificial forest in Nome, Alaska. Containing 100 trees on average, it is planted on the frozen Norton Sound in early February and stays until the ice starts to melt. Other than trees, it also contains about 50 animal figures made from plywood.