Word: forest
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...went on the Chile trip. We slept in tents in the rain forest, and I got to hike over a mountain for, like, eight hours. I think the more of those experiences you can chalk up, the more of a fulfilled and enriched human being you're going...
...Though many perceive rural areas to be just farmland, plains, and dense forest, much of the nation’s water supply, food supply, and critical industries (power plant and water treatment facilities) are located in rural areas,” Frances said in a press release...
Hecker is one five graduate student strikers who share a house on Forest Street, north of Harvard Yard...
...Playing with Fire Sister Dorothy Stang, who was murdered in Brazil [MILESTONES, Feb. 28], had received death threats from opponents of her campaign to save the Amazon rain forest. Stang had spent decades fighting to prevent the logging and burning of this rich resource. TIME described the disastrous effects of torching the Amazon in its Sept. 18, 1989, cover story...
...mind slogging through thick mud and dense forest, a gorilla-spotting holiday in RWANDA might appeal. Now that relative political stability has returned to the country, it's once again possible to observe mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. Following in researcher Dian Fossey's footsteps, visitors can catch a rare glimpse of some of the 700 surviving primates at Parc National des Volcans, a conservation center in the northwestern part of the country. Expect your trek to be rewarded with screeches, grunts, beating of chests and close encounters with some of the most fascinating creatures on earth. The park...