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The halfway point has been reached in an extended public consultation into whether Galloway should become Scotland's third national park. NatureScot is conducting the process which ends on 14 ...
U.S. Geological Survey National Center visitor entrance in 2011 The approximately 1,000,000 sq. ft., 1,200 foot long U.S. Geological Survey National Center building sits on a 105-acre site and is divided into three main sections—the agency administration offices, the laboratories, and the map reproduction area.
The community was named after Galloway Wheeler. [2] Located near Wheeler is the Lowther Store, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [3]
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The Wheeler Survey lasted until 1879, when the survey, along with the King and Powell Surveys, were terminated and their work was reorganized as the United States Geological Survey. Wheeler Peak in Nevada (part of the Great Basin National Park ), Wheeler Peak in New Mexico (the state high point), and the scenic Wheeler Geologic Area in southern ...
George Montague Wheeler (October 9, 1842 – May 3, 1905) was an American pioneering explorer and cartographer and the leader of the Wheeler Survey, one of the major geographical surveys of the western United States in the late 19th century.
South of Scotland Enterprise is the development agency for southern Scotland, covering the council areas of Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. [3] It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, [1] and was established in 2020, following the passage of the South of Scotland Enterprise Act 2019.
The park was granted Dark Sky Park status ("Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park") in November 2009, being the first area in the UK to be so designated. [ 2 ] The park, established in 1947, covers 774 square kilometres (299 sq mi) [ 1 ] and receives over 800,000 visitors per year.