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NWRS - Legislative Mandates - National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act The mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System (``Refuge System'') is to preserve a national network of lands and waters for the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, and plant resources of the United States for the benefit of present and future generations. (2) The mission of the System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans. ``(2) The System was created to conserve fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats and this conservation mission has been facilitated by providing Americans opportunities to participate in compatible wildlife-dependent recreation, including fishing and hunting, on System lands and to better appreciate the value of and need for fish and wildlife conservation. refuges.fws.gov /policyMakers/mandates/16USCSec668dd.html   (4044 words)

Bureau of Reclamation Projects 1710) directed the Secretary of Interior to establish the Falls of the Ohio Wildlife Conservation Area in the Ohio River in Kentucky and Indiana, primarily to preserve fossilized coral beds. Title III- Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Mitigation and Conservation; provides for the establishment of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, whose purpose is to coordinate the implementation of the mitigation and conservation provisions of this Act among the Federal and State fish, wildlife, and recreation agencies. Bureau of Reclamation Projects: a variety of specific and omnibus authorizing statutes provide for fish and wildlife conservation at water resources projects of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. www.fws.gov /laws/lawsdigest/burec.html   (2483 words)

Falls of the Ohio - Education Canoe and Hike in the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. More info: The National Wildlife Conservation Area covers 1,404 acres and we visit about a quarter of it. The Conservation Area is a part of the river that is only open to small boats, is quite safe and has lots to see, including unusual rock formations, three islands, a dike over 100 years old, and a great variety of birds and plants. www.fallsoftheohio.org /education/programs.shtml   (1082 words)

Ohio River - One Language In the early 1980s, the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area was established at Louisville, Kentucky. The Ohio River was formed by glacial meltwater from the last stage of this ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation. The Ohio River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, 981 mi (1,579 km) long in the eastern United States. www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Ohio_River   (926 words)

Falls of the Ohio State Park offers unique canoeing/hiking opportunity Aug. 6 Falls of the Ohio State Park invites anyone interested in fossils, birdwatching, and other outdoors activities to join in a canoeing/hiking expedition in the National Wildlife Conservation Area on the Ohio River on Saturday, August 6. This part of the National Wildlife Conservation Area, which covers 1,404 acres in its entirety, is a part of the river that is only open to small boats. Falls of the Ohio State Park offers unique canoeing/hiking opportunity Aug. www.outdoorcentral.com /mc/pr/05/08/01a4gg.asp   (384 words)

clarksville.htm FALLS OF THE OHIO INTERPRETIVE CENTER: The centerpiece of the fossil beds and the state park is the new Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center. FALLS OF THE OHIO AND DEVONIAN FOSSIL BEDS: The only major natural obstruction in the Ohio River's 981-mile course from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi River, the Falls of the Ohio are actually a series of violent rapids created by an outcropping of limestone that spans the river between Louisville and southern Indiana. In 1854 a land speculator named Lawson Very attempted unsuccessfully to establish the town of Ohio Falls on land adjacent to and including undeveloped portions of the original Clarksville grant. www.sunnysideoflouisville.org /history/clarksville.htm   (1596 words)

Falls of the Ohio This National Wildlife Conservation Area is a favorite for 265 species of birds that feed in the shallow streams, marshes and potholes in the coral bed, as well as in the river. alls of the Ohio fossil beds lie on the Ohio River, in Jeffersonville Indiana. The interpretive center houses an interactive gallery, library, wildlife and river observation rooms, and a state-of-the-art theater presentation. members.aye.net /~fallohio   (139 words)

36 CFR Ch. III (7-1-98 Edition) Regulations governing the protection, use and management of the falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, Kentucky and Indiana Claims against the Smithsonian Institution including the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Rules and regulations governing the buildings and grounds of the National Zoological Park of the Smithsonian Institution www.access.gpo.gov /nara/cfr/waisidx_98/36cfrv3_98.html   (503 words)

The Cumberland, newsletter of the Sierra Club in Kentucky - August 2003 After an unsuccessful attempt to lobby President Clinton to make this area a National Monument, the Sierra Club is meeting with ranchers and off-road vehicle riders to try to come up with a compromise conservation plan for the region. Defenders of Wildlife this year won a legal victory for the lynx when another federal judge ruled that Norton violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to adequately protect the wild cat. During the park’s Falls Festival, tour the amazing outer fossil beds and wilderness with the author of a Falls guidebook. kentucky.sierraclub.org /newsletter/text/news0803.asp   (7729 words)

NA Confidential: Ohio River Greenway and Mike Sodrel's motorized transport fetishes The project area is approximately seven miles in length and includes land access to the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife and Conservation Area.” On the Indiana side, Jeffersonville’s decade-old “restaurant row” and the nearby Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville are two prominent examples of the same phenomenon. The conversion of Louisville’s formerly decrepit waterfront into landscaped parkland is the most obvious symbol of the welcomed trend toward reconnecting the Falls Cities with the river. cityofnewalbany.blogspot.com /2004/12/ohio-river-greenway-and-mike-sodrels.html   (1133 words)

Kentucky Ornithological Society - Rare Bird Alert Archives The Falls of the Ohio in Jefferson County proved to be without shorebirds on August 14th. On August 26th, two individuals were observed during a Beckham Bird Club Field Trip at the Falls of the Ohio in Jefferson County and one individual was seen on the same date at a pond on the Meng Road in Warren County. The end of fall migration is drawing near and the winter season is upon us as reports from across the state indicate a build up of late migrants and winter residents with a reduction in other migrants. www.biology.eku.edu /KOS/rarebirdarchive.htm   (18369 words)

2002 DNR Biennial Report These grants were awarded for projects at Prophetstown State Park (bicycle trail), Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area (renovation of historic iron bridge), Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area (renovation of historic hay press), and Cataract Falls Recreation Area/Brown County State Park (renovation of covered bridges). As a result the Falls will be an integral participant in the 2003 national bicentennial of the expedition. The work involved major improvements to the building mechanical/electrical systems, as well as improvements to public areas of the inn. www.in.gov /dnr/public/2002report   (8608 words)

Name of story - Travel: Cincinnati.Com The McAlpine Locks and Dam channel are on the ‘‘working’’ south side of the Ohio River and regulate the flow in the riverbed exposed at the Falls of the Ohio State Park on the north, or Indiana, side. John James Audubon made more than 200 sketches of 14 species while living in the falls area in the early 19th century. The falls, within sight of downtown Louisville, include 220 acres of exposed Devonian fossil bed — one of the largest in the world — 265-plus species of birds and 125 species of fish. www.cincinnati.com /travel/stories/090800_falls.html   (1071 words)

kg071901s53810.htm The focal point of early development in the area was the Falls of the Ohio, the only unnavigable point between Pittsburgh, some 600 miles upstream from Louisville on the Ohio River, and New Orleans, at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Louisville urban area is estimated to have a workforce of about 560,000 people and in 1999 the average unemployment rate was at a record low of 3 percent. Leading the area's largest employers are United Parcel Service, the package and document delivery company with its main hub in Louisville, and the Jefferson County Public School system, which operates the largest public school system in the state of Kentucky. www.courierjournal.com /kyguide/kg071901s53810.htm   (1667 words)

Chicago Fishing Links' News Tidbits Wildlife Restoration Program funds are made available based on land area (plus inland waters such as lakes and large rivers) and the number of hunting license holders in each state. Wildlife also should be left in their natural environment because of the diseases they can transmit to humans and domestic animals. Nationally, the wildlife restoration apportionment for 2003 totals $213 million, with $39 million apportioned for hunter education. www.chicagofishinglinks.com /news_page_archives3.htm   (14782 words)

Audubon Science - Conservation Newsletter Audubon Ohio's IBA program seeks public involvement in the conservation of a network of nearly 100 sites throughout the state that will be protected or managed with the conservation of these birds in mind. The goal is to identify and conserve areas that are critical to one or more bird species for breeding, feeding, wintering or migration and to avert population declines of common and uncommon birds. The new office also will be involved in conservation activities on and around the Mississippi River, including habitats for the threatened Interior Least Tern as well as sites for migrating shorebirds and breeding waterbirds. www.audubon.org /bird/news.html   (6274 words)

Clarksville down in the dumps In addition to Goodman's property, which is a federally designated wetland, the Cab-X area sits next to a 1,400-acre nature preserve called the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. This landfill along the Ohio River in Clarksville should be examined for evidence of a historic fort, some say. The site is cheaper to use than the Clark-Floyd Landfill, he said, because of its proximity to urban areas. www.courier-journal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050516/NEWS02/505160362/1025/NEWS02   (1217 words)

Ohio River Greenway Description:   The Ohio River Greenway project is a seven-mile series of riverfront paths and recreation areas that will connect Jeffersonville, Clarksville and New Albany, and will include land access to the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife and Conservation Area. The project is being steered by the Ohio River Greenway commission and developed by the Army Corp of Engineers. These include overlooks, picnic areas, fishing piers, playgrounds, basketball and volleyball courts and an improved boat ramp in New Albany. www.indianatrails.org /ORG.htm   (125 words)

Falls of the Ohio - Education The Beechwood Member can be found on the western edge of Goose Island, still part of the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area and protected from collecting. The Falls of the Ohio at Louisville, Kentucky are world-renown for the incredible number and variety of fossils that have been found. Stumm, E. C., 1964, Silurian and Devonian corals of the Falls of the Ohio: Geological Society of America Memoirs, v. www.fallsoftheohio.org /education/how-many.html   (693 words)

Great Lakes The major recreation area is W of the intersection of IN 64 and 145. Cumberland Falls, located on the upstream end of the lake, is famous for its "moonbow" which can be seen on clear, moonlit nights. A quiet recreation area on the Wabash River in north central Indiana, S of Huntington on IN 5. www.usace.army.mil /inet/functions/cw/cecwo/greatl.htm   (2483 words)

:: wibc.com :: Keeney said most of the land was federal property, belonging to the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. Anne Bader, president of the Falls of the Ohio Archaeological Society, said work would likely reveal a connection between what appears to be a village in Clarksville and the artifacts found at Shippingport Island starting in late 2002. Plans call for a 14-foot trench in the bottom of the Ohio River, which would be filled with limestone boulders. www.wibc.com /news/story.aspx?id=30496   (442 words)

88.5 WJIE Weekend Aug 6- 9:00am-Noon- The Falls of the Ohio State Park located at 201 W. Riverside Drive in Clarksville, Indiana is offering a Canoe Hike in the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation area. Youth of all ages are the focus of this event since they are the future leaders of the nation. Aug 6- 8:00am-5:00pm- Morgan’s Great Raid is a Civil War Reenactment all day event with a variety of activities including a weapons display and firings at 11:00am and a skirmish at 2:00pm in the Shepherdsville City Park. www.wjie.org /weekend.html   (1038 words)

1999 CFR Title 38, Volume 1 PART 331--REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PROTECTION, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FALLS OF THE OHIO NATIONAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA, KENTUCKY AND INDIANA www.access.gpo.gov /nara/cfr/waisidx_99/36cfr331_99.html   (21 words)

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network - Your Chesapeake Connection Dutch Gap Conservation Area surrounds the location of Henricus, the second successful English settlement in Virginia. It consists of 810 acres of woodlands, wildlife and waterways along the James River, a major Chesapeake B... Patuxent Research Refuge - National Wildlife Visitor Center www.baygateways.net   (189 words)

day trips - West Main Street Historic Cultural and Arts District (largest collection of 19th century cast-iron storefronts this side of Soho in NYC; Churchill Downs, Falls of the Ohio State Park and National Wildlife Conservation Area; Louisville Slugger Tour; Colonel Harland Sanders Museum; Hadley Pottery; John Conti Coffee Museum; Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery; Louisville Stonewear. Scattered in around the natural beauty of our parks and museums here in the gently rolling Appalacian foothills, you'll find this area rich in attractions of culture, industry, and invention. - one of area's major arts and crafts centers, Brown County Art Gallery and Association, Brown County Art Guild, Brown County Playhouse, Brown County State Park and Abe Martin Lodge, Brown County Inn. www.queencity.com /happen/daytrips.htm   (360 words)

GAIN Data Page They are also responsible for the Corps' only National Wildlife Conservation Area, the Falls of the Ohio. The Corps is responsible for Flood Control, Natural Resources Management, and Recreation, directly or indirectly through leases/licenses and other out grants at 20 multi-purpose lakes in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. eelink.umich.edu /GAIN/SE.dir/entry.919.html   (81 words)

Falls of the Ohio This National Wildlife Conservation Area is a favorite for 265 species of birds that feed in the shallow streams, marshes and potholes in the coral bed, as well as in the river. Here more than 600 fossil species can be seen and touched, 400 of which were described for the first time at the Falls of the Ohio. alls of the Ohio fossil beds lie on the Ohio River, in Jeffersonville Indiana. members.aye.net /~fallohio   (139 words)

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Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area ( Clarksville), featuring the oldest exposed Devonian fossil beds in the United States Louisville is situated on the Kentucky- Indiana border at the only natural obstacle in the Ohio River, the Falls of the Ohio. The McAlpine Locks and Dam is located on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, near the downtown area. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky   (7198 words)

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