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A 3,600 acre purchase and smaller tracts totaling 2,012 was added in 1971. 2,000 acres of Green Bay Packaging's Arkansas Mill division land was added to the WMA. The company owns over 250,000 acres in the state and this was part of the companies "Sustainable Forestry Initiative". [29]
A beaver is featured prominently on the stamp and seal issued to Professional Engineers and Geoscientists by APEGA. It also appears on the back on the state flag of Oregon. The beaver also appears in the coats of arms of the Hudson's Bay Company, [108] University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the London School of Economics.
Beaver ponds act as a refuge for riverbank plants during wildfires, and provide them with enough moisture to resist such fires. [76] Introduced beavers at Tierra del Fuego have been responsible for destroying the indigenous forest. Unlike trees in North America, many trees in South America cannot grow back after being cut down.
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) [Note 1] is a North American rodent.It is the only living member of its genus, Aplodontia, and family, Aplodontiidae. [2] It should not be confused with true North American and Eurasian beavers, to which it is not closely related; [3] the mountain beaver is instead more closely related to squirrels, although its less-efficient renal system was thought to ...
Arkansas: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur. [1] District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone ...
The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred the management of forest reserves from the United States General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the US Forest Service. [3]
Arkansas becomes 25th U.S. state May 6, 1861 Arkansas secession from the Union May 18, 1861 Arkansas becomes 9th Confederate state June 22, 1868 Arkansas is restored to the Union Spring 1874 Brooks–Baxter War January 10, 1921 Oil discovered around Smackover March 4, 1921 Hot Springs National Park established Spring 1927 The Mississippi floods ...
Hobbs State Park – Conservation Area (formerly known as Beaver Lake State Park and Hobbs State Management Area [2]) is a 12,056-acre (4,879 ha) Arkansas state park in Benton, Carroll, and Madison Counties, Arkansas in the United States. The park was bought in 1979 through a huge financial effort from Northwest Arkansas banks. Hobbs State Park ...