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National Conservation Lands poster for Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (2014). National Conservation Lands, formally known as the National Landscape Conservation System, is a 35-million-acre (140,000 km 2) collection of lands in 873 federally recognized areas considered to be the crown jewels of the American West. [1]
Landscaping an elementary school courtyard in the city of Kuching. Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following: Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the ...
Plant domestication is seen as the birth of agriculture. However, it is arguably proceeded by a very long history of gardening wild plants. While the 12,000 year-old date is the commonly accepted timeline describing plant domestication, there is now evidence from the Ohalo II hunter-gatherer site showing earlier signs of disturbing the soil and cultivation of pre-domesticated crop species. [8]
Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of the built and natural environments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The design of a sustainable landscape encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development: economic well-being, social equity and environmental protections.
The kitchen garden may be a landscape design feature that can be the central feature of an ornamental, all-season landscape, but can be little more than a humble vegetable plot. It is a source of herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flowers, but it is also a structured garden space, a design based on repetitive geometric patterns.
Sauer was determined to stress the agency of culture as a force in shaping the visible features of the Earth's surface in delimited areas. Within his definition, the physical environment retains a central significance, as the medium with and through which human cultures act. [42] His classic definition of a 'cultural landscape' reads as follows:
Autumn colours at Stourhead gardens. The landscape design phase consists of research, gathering ideas, and setting a plan. Design factors include objective qualities such as: climate and microclimates; topography and orientation, site drainage and groundwater recharge; municipal and resource building codes; soils and irrigation; human and vehicular access and circulation; recreational ...
National Landscape Conservation System (BLM Special Areas) National Park Service; National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Wildlife Refuge System; Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) PAD-US companion site - ProtectedLands.net; National Conservation Easement Database (NCED) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lakes Gateway; U ...