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The Great Smoky Mountains are particularly rich in biodiversity. The Appalachians are home to 158 different species of tree, more than anywhere else in North America. There are two main types of forest: deciduous oak forest at low elevations (between 250m and 1350m), and coniferous spruce-fir forest above that.
The Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge is part of the cooperatively-managed Blue Ridge Wildlife Habitat Area, an 11,000-acre (45 km 2) area set aside as an important roosting area located close to historic nesting and foraging habitat for the California condor.
The Appalachian Trail extends for 330 miles (530 km) from the southern end of Shenandoah National Park through the forest and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The forest is within a two-hour drive for over ten million people and thus receives large numbers of visitors, especially in the region closest to Shenandoah National Park.
In order to be defined as a rainforest, the forest must average at least 140 cm (55 in) of precipitation annually and a temperate rainforest as opposed to a tropical rainforest is defined by a mean annual temperature between 4 and 12 degrees Celsius (39 and 54 degrees Fahrenheit).
Apr. 13—LENOIR — The Blue Ridge Electric Members Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2022 grant cycle. Applications are accepted online at br.energy/grantapp and are due by July ...
Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: Georgia: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: Maryland: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: New Jersey: Nearctic: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests: Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests: New York: Nearctic: Temperate ...
The area is typically 30-40 °F cooler than the valleys below, and it is a popular getaway for Las Vegas residents and visitors. The Lee Canyon (Ski and Snowboard Resort) lies in Lee Canyon on State Highway 156.
In 1973, the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Federal Conservation Areas held a special hearing in the Foley Federal Office Building in downtown Las Vegas to review a legislative resolution sponsored by Nevada's lone Congressman, David Towell (R-NV) to establish the Red Rock Conservation Area by transferring Federal land to the ...