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The Trexler Nature Preserve is an 1,108-acre county park (448 ha) owned and maintained by Lehigh County in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. [2] The preserve is situated in Lowhill Township and North Whitehall Township and the land that comprises the preserve was originally purchased between 1901 and 1911 by local industrialist General Harry Clay Trexler.
The CSKT Bison Range (BR) is a nature reserve on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana established for the conservation of American bison. Formerly called the National Bison Range, the size of the bison herd at the BR is 350 adult bison and welcomes 50–60 calves per year.
It has a herd of approximately 62 American bison and 19 elk. [1] An initial group of six bison were released in 1996. [2] The bison herd roams an approximately 800-acre enclosure (320 ha). [3] The core of the Neal Smith refuge was a 3,600-acre (1,500 ha) block of land originally acquired by Iowa Power and Light) for a nuclear power plant.
The recreation area is managed by the Pine Ridge Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest. It is home to wildlife species such as coyotes, bobcats, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, eagles, hawks, and wild turkeys. Activities in the recreation area include hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking.
Sixteen American bison were brought from the National Bison Range in Montana to an enclosed 1,400-acre (5.7 km 2) section of the refuge in March 2007 as part of the USFWS Pilot Bison Project. [11] The number of bison reached 87 in 2013, forcing the USFWS to reduce the herd to just 60 animals as the limited acreage could not support so many animals.
Points of interest include McPherson Ridge, where the battle began, and the Soldier's National Cemetery, where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. ... including elk, bison, and ...
The Pine Ridge is an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska (a small section extends into South Dakota). The high tableland between the rivers has been eroded into a region of forested buttes , ridges and canyons .
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