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  Johann & Sandra's Web - Oregon Mountaineering
The state of Oregon is home to forty mountain peaks in eleven mountain ranges, making it one of the premier alpine destinations on the continent.
From the towering volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains in the West to the Rocky Mountains in the East, Oregon has varied and mountainous terrain throughout it's various climate regions.
Separated from the Wallowas by the Grand Ronde River and Powder River, the Blue Mountains constitute one of the largest uplifts in Oregon, extending into several counties.
www.johann-sandra.com /mountaineeringor.htm   (416 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mountain mahogany has leaves that are dark green on top with a fuzzy silver underside.
Mountain mahogany has brown seeds which are dispersed in the air on the feathery plumes.
Mountain mahogany is considered nutritious to foraging animals because the mineral levels compare favorably with those of other forage plants.
medplant.nmsu.edu /mahogany.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Owyhee River - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
It cuts across the Humboldt National Forest, past Mountain City and Owyhee in the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
It then passes through the Owyhee Canyon between Big Grassy Mountain and Whitehouse Butte, then turns north, flowing east of Burns Junction and then west of the Mahogany Mountains.
It enters the Snake from the east on the Oregon-Idaho border approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Nyssa, Oregon and 2 miles (3 km) south of the mouth of the Boise River.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /o/ow/owyhee_river.html   (551 words)

  
 Giza High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
There was a sideboard of mahogany, inlaid with ivory, and bearing enormous handles of glittering brass, and groaning under the piles of silver plate.
The mahogany sideboard, with all its splendor and polish, expresses the Old World, which many of the pioneers hope to create in the New World.
The elaborate and ornate mahogany sideboard is a creation of the civilized world that the pioneers hope to build.
etext.lib.virginia.edu /railton/enlt213m/high.html   (659 words)

  
 Telescope Peak
Take the latter road into the mountains, 9.7 to the junction with the Emigrant Valley Road (where the Wildrose Campground lies).
Mahogany Flat Campground is a good overnight location for altitude acclimitization.
Also visible are part of the rest of Death Valley and Mt. Charleston to the east, Panamint Valley to the west, and the White Mountains to the north.
www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Campground/1435/telscope.htm   (563 words)

  
 San Marcos Mountains
The bright green shrubs are southern mountain misery (Chamaebatia australis), a gabbro endemic in San Diego County.
It is called mountain misery, perhaps because of the strong-smelling resin that gets on your clothing as you hike through thickets of this shrub.
Mountain mahogany actually belongs to the rose family (Rosaceae) and produces very hard wood that sinks in water when dry (with a specific gravity greater than 1.0).
waynesword.palomar.edu /smount1.htm   (1486 words)

  
 True mountain mahogany community and shrub size responses to browsing by Deborah Turley, Bruce A. Roundy, and Scott C. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mahogany cover was similar, but width and breadth of shrubs were smaller outside than inside the > 50-year old exclosure in the Wasatch Mountains.
True mountain mahogany is highly tolerant of winter browsing, and can compensate for > 100% utilization of annual growth by increased growth during wet years.
A practical management approach is to monitor cover and size of shrubs inside and outside well-placed exclosures across the winter range over time, and reduce herd numbers as appropriate to allow browsed shrubs to maintain or reach the size of unbrowsed shrubs when their growth has leveled off after a few years of exclusion.
uvalde.tamu.edu /jrm/nov03/turley2.htm   (410 words)

  
 Dry Mountain Research Natural Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The 893 ha Dry Mountain RNA is located north of the town of Ridley, Oregon in Harney County.
Pine associations are found in areas with deeper soils, whereas the mahogany is generally confined to shallow, rocky soil on steeper slopes.
The mahogany is important forage for big game species, and also provides thermal cover for winter months.
www.fsl.orst.edu /rna/sites/drymtn.htm   (249 words)

  
 → Anchorage Mahogany Manor Historic Downtown Inn, Anchorage, Alaska - bed and breakfast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mahogany Manor offers an upscale, comfortable lodging experience located on a half acre wooded bluff lot at the edge of downtown.
As Mahogany Manor is located on a bluff with dense surrounding woodlands, the location of this room within the house offers considerable seclusion and privacy.
During the summer when the trees are in full bloom, there is a scant view of the mountains and city skyline through your private forest.
www.bnbchoices.com /usa/alaska/mahogany-manor.bnb   (1563 words)

  
 Phylogenetics of the Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket in Southern California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
“mahogany”) is found exclusively in Southern California on sandy soil substrates (oak woodland, riparian, chaparral and coastal sage scrub), ranging north to the Santa Monica Mountains, east to the San Gabriel, San Bernadino and San Jacinto Mountains and south to Torrey Pines State Park.
The mahogany Jerusalem is physically quite distinct; it is the second largest insect species known in California, and lacks the abdominal striping pattern found in all other Stenopelmatus species.
The fairly wide distribution of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket (see Distribution Map) and song cohesion throughout its range suggest that, historically, mahogany Jerusalem cricket populations have maintained high levels of gene flow.
www.werc.usgs.gov /sandiego/jerusalem-crickets.html   (604 words)

  
 Texas - Davis Mountains Preserve
Davis Mountains Preserve in Jeff Davis County is situated in the northeastern Chihuahuan Desert.
South-facing slopes are dominated by pinyon pine, gray oak, alligator juniper and mountain mahogany.
Conservation on the Davis Mountains Preserve and on neighboring lands is crucial to the protection of the hydrological system that originates at Tobe Gap and Bridge Gap on Mount Livermore, extends through rugged canyonlands and opens out into the desert flats near the town of Balmorhea.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/texas/preserves/art6647.html   (687 words)

  
 americas.org - Mahogany Protection Sought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
With the support of Bolivia, the world’s second largest exporter of bigleaf mahogany, environmentalists say the initiative’s chances of adoption are stronger.
Action to control trade could be the decade’s most important protection act, since exporting mahogany is a leading cause of rainforest degradation.
If the proposal is approved, countries can continue to export mahogany as long as the trade doesn’t threaten the survival of the species in the wild or its role in the natural habitat.
www.americas.org /item_11972   (292 words)

  
 Organ Mountains Complex — New Mexico Wilderness Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Organ Mountains encompass extremely rugged terrain with a multitude of steep-sided crevices, canyons, and spires; and several perennial springs.
The arroyos in the Organ Mountains cut across the rolling mesas to carry storm runoff to the Mesilla Valley and the Rio Grande on the west side and the Tularosa Basin on the east side.
The Organ Mountains unit is on the north side of the road about 4½ to 5 miles northeast of the interstate.
www.nmwild.org /places/desert/organ   (1050 words)

  
 Congo
Along the Atlantic coast is a low, treeless plain, which rises inland to the Mayumbe Mountains, an almost completely forested region with an average elevation of about 550 m (about 1800 ft).
The principal commercial species are okoumé (a mahogany) and limba (a hardwood).
While the Mayumbe Mountains experience a long dry season, parts of the Congo Basin receive more than 2500 mm (more than 100 in) of rainfall annually.
www.afroyonda.info /country/cg.html   (318 words)

  
 JAMAICA - A premier caribbean travel destination featuring the resort areas of Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
These suites' atmosphere is complemented by mahogany furnishings, offering even the most discriminating couples the perfect ocean retreat.
Balcony, sitting area and mahogany furnishings on the uppermost floors of Riviera Building (block 3).
Panoramic views of the resort's lushly landscaped gardens and continuing onto the verdant highlands of the St. Ann Mountains.
www.visitjamaica.com /resorts/ocho/lodgings_hotels_rooms.aspx?guid=302853f9-6f86-4d15-953f-bd8880201c8e   (254 words)

  
 Floridian: Real Florida: The man who talks with trees
But his wife is threatening mutiny over the mountains of mahogany piled in his backyard.
King has permits to remove mahoganies threatening to damage a house and another permit to cut down a diseased mahogany, one of the largest in Key West.
The roots of mahoganies are caving in its side.
www.sptimes.com /2002/04/07/Floridian/Real_Florida__The_man.shtml   (2694 words)

  
 Magdalena Mountains — New Mexico Wilderness Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Chupadera Wilderness addition is to the southeast of the Magdalena Mountains and is contiguous with the existing Chupadera Wilderness in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Shrubs that are mixed in the grasslands include sotol, cholla, yucca, Apache plume, mountain mahogany, shrub live-oak, gambel oak, and alligator juniper.
The area around the Magdalena Mountains boomed with small towns from around 1890 to the 1950's as minerals were taken out of the mountains.
www.nmwild.org /places/highlands/magdalena   (1158 words)

  
 Haiti
Haiti has many mountains, in fact, the word Haiti means mountains in the Arawak Indians language.
The mountains stop a lot of the rain from getting to the plains, sometimes it is very dry there.
High in the mountains, where the weather is less tropical the plants and animals are the same as here in North America.
www.saskschools.ca /~avonlea2/grass3/grade34/indexkristi.htm   (708 words)

  
 Cedro Peak Trails
The Cedro Peak Mountain Bike Trails are comprised of a network of intermediate to hard single and double track trails in the east Sandia Mountains, a part of the Cibola National Forest.
The trails have expansive views of the Sandia Mountains to the north, the Manzanos and the Cedro Peak.
Mahogany Trail - This marked trail goes south with intersection with the Gamble Oak Trail to the Oak Flat Road.
www.swcp.com /~nmts/rides/cedroPeakTrails.htm   (1546 words)

  
 SummitPost.org - Telescope Peak Climbing Information
The summit rewards you with spectacular views of Death Valley and Mount Charleston to the east and the High Sierra, Mount Whitney, the White Mountains and Panamint Valley to the west.
The mountain is usually climbed from early May until mid-November, when the trail is mostly snow-free.
If you have information about this mountain that doesn't pertain to any of the other sections, please add it here.
www.bettercamper.com /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/464   (621 words)

  
 Death Valley National Park - Camping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mahogany Flat is located at 8,200 feet in the Panamint Mountains and is accessible to high clearance vehicles only.
Thorndike is located at 7,400 feet in the Panamint Mountains and is accessible to high clearance vehicles only.
Located at 4,100 feet in the Panamint Mountains, Wildrose Campground is not accessible to vehicles over 25 feet in length.
www.nps.gov /deva/pphtml/camping.html   (346 words)

  
 Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Exploring the Pryor Mountain country is an opportunity to experience a land that has changed little since prehistoric people came to take advantage of relatively snow-free winters and year round sunshine in the lower foothills.
The Bureau of Land Management's Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range is located on the south slope of East Pryor Mountain overlooking the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming.
As the snow clears from the top of the mountains in early summer, as many as half of the mustangs are drawn to the grass of the high parks.
www.kbrhorse.net /wclo/blmdak01.html   (1282 words)

  
 rosidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Steeper slopes of Blue Mountains as well as north and south of Sydney.
Blue Mountains south of Jenolan to Moss Vale, usually on poor soil.
Associated with Mountain spotted gum, Budawang ash and manna gum.
www.tech2u.com.au /~vals/locals/plants08.htm   (2994 words)

  
 Tropical Rainforest Coalition
We have already begun the out planting of the Royal Mahogany and the Manabi Mahogany species which were prepared in our nursery beds during the last several months.
The Rio Palenque Mahogany is a tree in the Lauraceae family related to the avocado.
We would like to place the majority of the traditional Mahogany in nursery bags for a year to allow these plants to obtain about half a meter in height before planting out in January of 2001 at the outset of next years wet season.
www.rainforest.org /projects/jatunsacha/bilsa.html   (1241 words)

  
 SCA Destination Finder
The combination of river and mountains draws a number of creatures not found elsewhere in desert areas, including several species of animals, birds, and plants that are quite rare, even unique, due to these mountains' isolation.
Average rainfall at the Basin, in the Chisos Mountains, is twice that at Rio Grande Village in the oasis along the river.
Explore the Chisos Mountains on trails to Boot Canyon, Emory Peak, and the South Rim, which offer good views of the park and take you into another world which seems far removed from the desert.
syndication.getoutdoors.com /sca/destination_regions/5546.html   (282 words)

  
 Curl-leaved Mountain-mahogany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The curled leaves and silky curled tails on the fruit are distinctive.
Deer browse on the leaves and shelter in thickets of mahogany.
Similar small shrubs of the eastern mountains and foothills are other forms of Mountain-mahogany,
home.earthlink.net /~swier/MtnMahogany.html   (166 words)

  
 MorrisoniteA1- Where it comes from
In the other direction, the Steens Mountains can be seen on the horizon.
Trees are rare until the higher elevation of the Mahogany Mountains is reached to the east.
Sheepshead Ridge extends north from the lava plateau and marks the east end of the canyon.
www.thegemshop.com /morrison1.htm   (507 words)

  
 Mahogany - definition from Biology-Online.org
It is used in the manufacture of furniture.
to be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table.
to put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him.
www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Mahogany   (139 words)

  
 KFMU
Aug 11, 2007 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH EDDIE DANIELS STRINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS TENT
Aug 14, 2007 SUBDUDES STRINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS TENT
Aug 16, 2007 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL STRINGS IN THE MOUNTAINS TENT
www.kfmu.com /concerts.php   (507 words)

  
 Thunderstone's Webinator: Search: utah wilderness
Austin, Dennis D. Response of curlleaf mountain mahogany to
mahogany to top pruning in south central Utah.
microsymbiont of the actinorhizal root nodules of mountain mahogany
www.fs.fed.us /cgi-bin/texis/searchallsites/search.allsites/?query=utah+wilderness&db=allsites&cmd=context&id=424c67ac0   (1079 words)

  
 AE10822 Barska 28x AnchorMaster, 60mm Diameter Brass Refractor Telescope with 700mm Focal Length, with Plossl Eyepiece ...
Anchormaster telescopes delivers you the image, capturing you in the moment of spectacular sights.
Elaborately detailed in polished brass and mahogany wood, beenthralled with Anchormaster's grandness.
Handcrafted Mahogany tripods with extendable legs and polished brass stabilizing chain
www.adorama.com /BA70060AM.html?sid=11545139793487377   (165 words)

  
 Ontario and Small Towns in America
At the check-out counter, I look at the shopping carts.
Hey, I love a good meal of mountain dew and Doritos as much as the next guy.
But these shopping carts are filled with purple soda, donuts and ice cream.
www.notesfromtheroad.com /greatbasin/owyhee4.html   (792 words)

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