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Forests occupy about one third of the canton with about one quarter being considered unproductive ( mountains or glaciers ).
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Forests are an important part of Białystok's character, and occupy around 1, 756 ha ( 4, 340 acres ) ( 17. 2 % of the administrative area of the city ) which places it as the fifth most " wooded " city in Poland.
Forests are an important part of the city character, they currently occupy approximately ( 17. 2 % of the administrative area of the city ) which places it as the fifth most " wooded " city in Poland ; behind Katowice ( 38 %), Bydgoszcz ( 30 %), Toruń ( 22. 9 %) and Gdańsk ( 17. 6 %).
Forests account for more than half of the area ( 57. 1 %); the arable land is 35. 6 %, urban territory is 3. 3 %, rivers and lakes occupy 2. 6 %, road infrastructure-0. 6 % and quarries and mines-0, 4 %.
Forests occupy 27000 ha in mountainous territories and plains near the Caspian Sea and they are of great importance with its climatic and natural resources for the rayon.
Forests of mediterranean pines, chestnut trees and some oaks occupy 20 %, and the remainder is scrub, grassland or urban.
Forests occupy 8. 5 % of the district territory and is characterized by common oak, chestnut, maple, ash, wild cherry.
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It is estimated that about 70,000 miles of forest highways will eventually be needed to fully serve the National Forests.
It is estimated that about 542,250 miles of forest development roads, and 80,000 miles of trails, constitute the system that will eventually be needed to obtain the maximum practicable yield and use of the wood, water, forage, and wildlife and recreation resources of the National Forests on a continuing basis.
Within exterior boundaries of National Forests and National Grasslands, there are about 40,000,000 acres in non-Federal ownership.
The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.
Forests cover about a third of the area, but also the lakes Maggiore and Lugano make up a considerable part of the total area.
Forests are also among the most significant assets of the oblast: about 20 % of the West Siberian forest resources are located in Tomsk Oblast.
Forests cover about 14 % of the county, mainly around major waterways, and consist principally of deciduous hardwoods among which maple – beech and oak – hickory forests are the most common.
Forests cover about 23 % of the county, or about, and consist principally of deciduous hardwoods among which maple – beech and oak – hickory forests are the most common.
It does not resemble most other National Forests in that it has numerous fairly large but non-contiguous sections scattered about most of the state of Nevada and a portion of eastern California.
The State Forest Service changed its name to the New Zealand Forest Service in 1949 at about the same time that the Forests Act of 1949 passed through Parliament.
The Pomeranian town, which had a population of 13, 976 as of 2004, is located close to the Tuchola Forests about 7t0 km north of Bydgoszcz, and is the seat of Tuchola County.
United States National Forests and other forests cover about 83 percent of the basin ; another 6 percent is grassland, 3 percent shrub, and only 0. 2 percent wetland.
The Waipoua, Warawara and Puketi Forests together contain about three quarters of New Zealand's remaining mature kauri trees.
Forests, often cut for timber, cover about 81 percent of the basin and farms account for 6 percent, while range, wetlands, water, and urban areas cover a combined 13 percent.
It covered over six million acres ( 24, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of the Sierra Nevada and was about four times the average area of typical California National Forests.
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Forests at one time covered nearly the entire island, but by the late 20th century lands classified as forests and forest reserves covered only one-fifth of the land.
* Northern Region: based in Missoula, Montana, the Northern Region ( R1 ) covers five states ( Montana, Northern Idaho, North Dakota, Northwestern South Dakota and Northeast Washington ), twelve National Forests and one National Grassland.
* Pacific Southwest: based in Vallejo, California, The Pacific Southwest Region ( R5 ) covers two states ( California and Hawaii ), eighteen National Forests and one Management Unit.
* Pacific Northwest: based in Portland, Oregon the Pacific Northwest Region ( R6 ) covers two states ( Washington and Oregon ), twenty-one National Forests and one National Scenic Area.
* Eastern: based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Eastern Region ( R9 ) covers twenty states ( Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey ), seventeen National Forests, one Grassland and America ’ s Outdoors Center for Conservation, Recreation, and Resources.
* Alaska: based in Juneau, Alaska, the Alaska Region ( R10 ) covers one state ( Alaska ), and two National Forests.
These three protected areas in conjunction with surrounding National Forests constitute the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which at almost, is one of the largest intact mid-latitude temperate ecosystems in the world.
At one meeting in the fall of 1895 that included Muir, Joseph LeConte, and William R. Dudley discussed the idea of establishing ' national forest reservations ', which were later called National Forests.
* Turnpike Road-part of the original Turnpike Road that extended from Bath, NY westward in the early 19th century ( now essentially a one lane road through State Forests ).
The Parry Sound Forest Fire District was founded by Ontario's former Department of Lands and Forests ( now the MNR ) in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests from fire by early detection from fire towers.
Forests cover approximately half of the area and timber production is one of the major contributors to the economy.
The Tweed Forest Fire District was founded by the former Ontario Department of Lands and Forests ( now the MNR ) in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests from fire by early detection from fire towers.
The Parry Sound Forest Fire District was founded by Ontario's former Department of Lands and Forests ( now the MNR ) in 1922 as one of 17 districts to help protect Ontario's forests from fire by early detection from fire towers.
* Georg Ludwig Hartig worked from 1797 to 1805 as Inspector of Forests for the Prince of Orange-Nassau, in Dillenburg ; at the same time led one of the earliest schools of forestry in Europe, also in Dillenburg
The Urban Fauna Survey Unit ( Department of Conservation Forests and Lands, 1989 ) nominated the site as one of regional significance on the basis of its high diversity of common native fauna in a suburban environment.
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