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The park was developed as a dairy farm by the Carver family in 1859. At one point, the 186-acre property had a house, barn, two silos, and sixty head of cattle. After most of the buildings burned down in 1927, the descendants of Captain George A. Carver offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1952. [4] [5] It opened in 1963. [6]
But then Rodger Black’s trail camera captured a wild creature “in the wee hours of the morning,” according to a Nov. 9 Facebook post from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
The harvesters pay for the timber based on a fixed stumpage schedule. Much of this revenue is returned to the community in lieu of property taxes. This management has produced significant increases in woodcock, grouse, bear, and moose populations. Approximately one third of the refuge is designated as federal wilderness.
The Moose River Plains Wild Forest is a 64,322-acre (100.5 sq mi; 260.3 km 2) tract in the Adirondack Park in Hamilton and Herkimer counties in the state of New York in the United States of America; it is designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. [1]
Aug. 10—Chugach State Park, Eagle River, Hunter Pass, South Fork, trails The newly constructed Muktuk Marston/Hunter Pass trail in Chugach State Park will link Arctic Valley Ski Area with Eagle ...
The state park occupies 3,129 acres (1,266 ha) surrounding Grafton Notch, the mountain pass between Old Speck Mountain and Baldpate Mountain, [4] mountains in the Mahoosuc Range. The park is abutted by the eastern and western sections of the Mahoosuc Public Reserved Land , which total 31,807 acres (12,872 ha). [ 2 ]
Birch Point State Park is a public recreation area occupying 62 acres (25 ha) on Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine. [3] The state park features a sandy, crescent-shaped "pocket beach" [ 4 ] with scenic views of the Muscle Ridge Islands dotting Muscle Ridge Channel. [ 5 ]
Peaks-Kenny State Park is a seasonal public recreation area covering 813 acres (329 ha) on the south shore of Sebec Lake, mostly located in the town of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The state park grounds include a white sand beach at South Cove, 56 campsites, picnic area, hiking trails, and canoe and kayak rentals.