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Balcones Canyonlands is a national wildlife refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Lago Vista, Texas. [1] The refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds, the golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) and the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), and to preserve Texas Hill Country habitat for numerous other wildlife species. [2]
The canyon wren is more often heard than seen, and its falling series of whistles is one of the more familiar bird calls of the canyons of the western United States. Canyon wren nest from Texas. It builds a cup nest out of twigs and other vegetation in a rock crevice. It lays 4 to 6 eggs, white with reddish brown and gray speckles.
The city's newest park, Plum Canyon Park, is located in northern Canyon Country on the border with Saugus. The George A. Caravalho Santa Clarita Sports Complex in far western Canyon Country includes a gymnasium with two indoor, full-sized basketball courts, four pickleball courts, two volleyball courts, two futsal courts, and four racquetball ...
Sand Canyon is an equestrian community, with trails for horseback riding, and large, upscale estates - among the most expensive in the Santa Clarita Valley. Most homes in Sand Canyon are custom-built. [4] The community includes Sand Canyon Country Club. Plans for a Sand Canyon resort and spa have encountered hurdles and criticism from residents ...
It lies between the Santa Clarita neighborhoods of Newhall and Sand Canyon. The park, under the name Placerita Canyon Natural Area, is currently managed by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. [2] The Placerita Canyon Nature Center is the park's visitor center and museum.
Canyon Ranch operates two destination spas and one retreat property in the United States. The two Canyon Ranch spa resorts are located in Tucson, Arizona, and Lenox, Massachusetts; its retreat property is located in Woodside, California. Canyon Ranch also operates Spa + Fitness locations with primarily day spa facilities.
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park is a 2,500 acre public regional park within the city of Lake Forest in southern Orange County, California. Whiting Ranch features riparian , oak woodland , grassland , chaparral , and coastal sage scrub environments throughout various canyons and hillscapes. [ 1 ]
The diverse geography of Texas, the second-largest state, hosts a variety of habitats for amphibians, including swamps and the Piney Woods in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the central Hill Country of the Edwards Plateau, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west (the Trans-Pecos), and grassland prairie in the north ...