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    The Forest Hill Formation

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    Introduction The Forest Hill Formation is a geological area that mainly stretches from west-central to southeastern Mississippi‚ but thins right at the border of and barely touches Clarke County‚ Alabama (Echols‚ et al.‚ 1893). Geologist Ephraim Nobel Lowe originally proposed the name Madison Sands for this formation‚ due to the fact that he had studied it in Madison County‚ Mississippi. The name was later changed to Forest Hill by Charles Wythe Cooke. The Forest Hill Formation overlies the Red

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    Save Our Forests

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    FOREST IS A VULNERABLE NATURAL RESOURCE SAVE OUR FOREST The poster is expressing concern about one of the most important resource: forest. It is one of the most vulnerable resources on our planet. The poster shows how humans are destroying this natural resource through cutting down trees and burning forests. This in turn is affecting the wildlife. The habitats of the wildlife are destroyed due to which some species become endangered and others die because they are not able to adapt to the new

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    Changes in the Forest of Arden How do characters change throughout a play‚ story‚ or novel? Well‚ in the play As You Like It‚ by William Shakespeare‚ many different characters change during their stay in the Forest of Arden. A handful of characters meet new people and undergo new‚ different experiences that change the characters forever. In Act V‚ scene ii Oliver explains the two major changes he undergoes to his younger brother Orlando. Oliver says‚ “I love Aliena‚” (V‚ ii‚ 7). This shows how

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    Summerise the history of Forest School Locally and in the UK ‘Forest School in the UK may seem a fairly new movement. In reality it is based on a rich heritage of outdoor learning going back at least to the 19th century.  Philosophers‚ naturalists and educators in Europe and the UK such as Wordsworth‚ Ruskin‚ Baden Powell‚ Leslie Paul (who founded the Woodcraft Folk in 1925)‚ Kurt Hahn (who founded Gordon stone and was the inspiration for our first outdoor education centers)‚ Susan Isaacs and

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    Acid Rain Case

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    Harvard Business School 9-792-060 Rev. April 28‚ 1993 Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) Early in 1992‚ managers at the Southern Company were reexamining their strategy for complying with the acid rain provisions of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Southern Company was a holding company; its operating units were electric utilities in Georgia‚ Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Florida. The largest Southern subsidiaries‚ Georgia Power and Alabama Power‚ provided most of the electricity

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    by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a major American work filled with detailed characters and rich symbolism. From the beginning of The Scarlet Letter‚ the Puritans were terrified of the forest; Although the narrator always associated the forest and nature in general with kindness and love Throughout the novel‚ the theme of the forest continues to crop up. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter‚ the forest was know for being a scary‚ dark place; a place where women would go to practice witchcraft and the infamous

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    Causes of Forest Fires

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    losses. An example of these disasters are floods‚ air pollution and forest fires. So‚ this essay will highlight the main causes of forest fires. The first main cause of forest fires is because of nature. It can be caused by many factors like lightning .When the Lightning strikes a tree‚ the tree begins to burn with fires which expanded to other trees and unlikely the flames continue non-stop. For instance‚ the numbers of forest fires which destroying million of hectares of valuable trees are increasing

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    California Forest Fire

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    According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a disaster? Well‚ I think we have not. In my opinion‚ besides water‚ the forest is the most critical part

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    National Forest Paper

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    American Rangelands and Forests Part 1 Rangeland or Forest Location Brief History of Rangeland or Forest What are current land management problems? What are the current federal land management strategies that address these problems? What is one sustainable effort that should be implemented? American Rangeland or Forest: Croatan National Forest Atlantic coast of North Carolina Est. July 29‚ 1936 160‚000 acres Pine Forests‚ Bogs‚ Raised Swamps Public access‚ Maintain natural resources

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    Descriptive Writing – The forest. [pic] A crisp winter morning and there was a frosty chill in the air. A sweet surrendering scent of the moist morning dew that cascades all around the sublime forest. The mixed cool autumn leaves from the tall trees lay scattered on the forest floor; they were in the motion of turning a brittle brown. There was the sound of shattered glass that emphasised the leaves being crunched‚ as if you were to step on them‚ pushing their papery remains deep into the

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