Word: acree
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A sprawling 18,000-acre work farm that has as grim a history as any prison in America, Angola might seem like an unlikely place to go looking for a good time. The fieldwork used to be so brutal that in 1951, 31 prisoners cut their Achilles tendons in protest...
The 2.5-acre garden is part of a parcel of land next to the Arboretum owned by the State Laboratory for Disease Control. It contains more than 3,000 plots cultivated by local residents and lab employees, according to garden coordinators.
The Endangered Species Act is only part of it. The Wild Westerners have set their sights on the clean air and water laws, wetlands protection and the further acquisition of federal lands. They want to increase logging in parts of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest temperate...
North of Point Reyes in the rugged coastal mountains of Mendocino County, 930 firefighters and 50 engines tried to keep a 2,000-acre wildfire from a string of subdivisions in the Ukiah Valley, home to 30,000 people.
"Steal Big, Steal Little" is the story of twin brothers feuding over the million-dollar inheritance of a 40,000 acre Santa Barbara ranch. One brother schemes to turn the ranch into an urban development, neglecting his heritage. The other brother longs to "roam the range" without any responsibility.