• Upland Island Wilderness is one of five designated wilderness areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service in East Texas. The 13,331-acre (53.95 km2) wilderness...
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    designated wilderness areas lying within Angelina National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Turkey Hill Wilderness Upland Island...
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    the Little Diomede Island Upland Surface" (PDF). Arctic. 54 (1): 12–21. doi:10.14430/arctic759. JSTOR 40512273. "Diomede Islands Colonies". BirdLife...
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    Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness, also known as Fire Island Wilderness, is a 1,380-acre (5.6 km2; 2.16 sq mi) wilderness area on Fire Island. It is...
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  • the upland slopes. Groves of aspen exist in several washes, including Rattlesnake Canyon. List of wilderness areas in Nevada List of U.S. Wilderness Areas...
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    upland longleaf pine woodlands occur on uplands and on the higher parts of upland-wetland mosaics, while the east Gulf coastal plain interior upland longleaf...
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    the island (600,000 acres) is protected as the Nunivak Wilderness. The art of Nunivak Island has its roots in the ancient past. The oldest known sculpture...
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  • the Wilderness consists primarily of desert brush and grass at the lower elevations and a scattering of pinyon pine and juniper stands on the upland slopes...
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  • 232,393.03 km2) of wilderness. They are located in 44 states (excepting Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, and Rhode Island) and Puerto Rico...
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    fishing and crabbing, but all beach, marsh, and upland areas are closed to the public. "Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information...
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    National Wildlife Refuge are known for the multitude of waterfowl. High Island is known for its nesting colonies of spoonbills and herons. The Attwater...
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    population inhabiting the coastal towns and the mountains and wilderness areas upland from Salalah, located in the Dhofar Governorate in southwestern...
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    The Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness (BRCW) is located in western Colorado with a small portion extending into eastern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado...
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    Lakes Wilderness Clipper Mountain Wilderness Cucamonga Wilderness Dead Mountains Wilderness Death Valley Wilderness (part) Golden Valley Wilderness Grass...
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    (20 km2) of mangrove islands and other submerged lands. In 1970, Pelican Island became the smallest wilderness area in the National Wilderness Preservation System...
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    protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders...
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    Desor, at 1,394 ft (425 m), the highest point on the island, and passes through northwoods wilderness, and by inland glacial lakes, swamps, bogs and scenic...
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  • Upland South Upper Midwest Virginias Waxhaws West Coast Western United States Mariana Islands (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) Samoan Islands (American...
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    Nathalie; Senior, Rebecca A. (16 October 2018). "Rewilding in the English uplands: Policy and practice". Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (2): 266–273. doi:10...
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    Isle Royale (category Islands of Keweenaw County, Michigan)
    number of habitats exist on the island, the primary being boreal forest, similar to neighboring Ontario and Minnesota. Upland areas along some of the ridges...
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    The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or BWCA) comprises 1,090,000 acres (440,000 ha) of pristine forests, glacial lakes, and streams in the...
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    not specify the extent of Bantayan Island Wilderness Area (BIWA), which is therefore taken to include the whole island group, more than 11,000 hectares...
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    include open wet "prairies", cypress forests, scrub-shrub vegetation, upland islands, and open lakes. The Okefenokee Swamp is one of the world's largest...
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  • desert uplands, often sharing vegetation like rabbitbrush, Indian ricegrass, arrowweed, and sand dropseed. Other vegetation found in the Wilderness include...
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    and Jarvis Island. Within the continental U.S. there are eight distinct physiographic divisions. These major divisions are: Laurentian Upland – part of...
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    parvidens) Becky Peak Wilderness (BLM) Bristlecone Wilderness (BLM) Goshute Canyon Wilderness (BLM) Government Peak Wilderness (BLM) Great Basin Great...
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    shore of Lake Apopka in Lake County, Florida, is the northernmost named upland associated with the Lake Wales Ridge, a series of sand hills running south...
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    New England–Acadian forests (category Geography of Prince Edward Island)
    of Maine, the Lake Champlain and the Champlain Valley of Vermont, the uplands and coastal plain of New Hampshire, northwestern Massachusetts, and ends...
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    Moa (section South Island)
    geranoides (North Island, New Zealand) Crested moa, Pachyornis australis (South Island, New Zealand) Family Megalapterygidae Genus Megalapteryx Upland moa, Megalapteryx...
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    in the areas of deeper soil, and fire has particularly influenced the uplands. Reference to the forest descriptions of early surveyors has documented...
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