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Franks Tract was once the United States' second-largest source of peat, after the Everglades. [4] Located along the San Joaquin River, about 11 miles (18 km) east of Antioch, California, the site was originally reclaimed between 1902 and 1906 and owned by Dr. N.K. Foster and F.C. Franks. [1]
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College is a co-educational secondary academy [3] in Chalvey, Slough, Berkshire for students aged 11–19, with a sixth form of around 83 students studying for A levels. [2] Since the May 2011 Ofsted report, the school has been described as "outstanding". [4]
The Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest is an 88-acre oak-hickory forest located in Orange County, Indiana, near Paoli. Identified as a surviving fragment of virgin Central Hardwood forest, a woodland type that largely vanished in the 1800s, it is a National Natural Landmark within the Hoosier National Forest. [1]
Pike State Forest is a 4,444-acre (17.98 km 2) state forest in Pike County, Indiana.The nearest city to the forest is Winslow.The Patoka River runs through the forest, which has a varied topography consisting of both hills and lowlands near the river.
Morgan–Monroe State Forest is a state forest in Morgan County and Monroe County of Indiana, and is the second largest state forest in Indiana.The 24,000 acres (97 km 2) comprising this deciduous forest was abandoned farmland, as the previous residents realized that the land's rocky soil was very poor for agricultural purposes.
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota around Chase Lake.The majority of the land area of the refuge has been designated as wilderness and is known as the Chase Lake Wilderness.
Rooster Rock State Park is a state park located east of Corbett, in the U.S. state of Oregon.One of the features of the park is Rooster Rock, a column of basalt forming a natural obelisk, which stands near the south side of the Columbia River Gorge, in the lee of Crown Point.
Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1958 as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds. The refuge primarily consists of 40,000 acres.