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- axisofphilippe, on 10/10/2007, -16/+8I read that as "America's WIDEST places" then got really excited to make a Britney Spears joke. :(
- bullsfan03, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4same here, only i was excited to make a joke about your mom :(
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -6/+5This is 2007, the early 1990's called, they want their mom jokes back.
- yelofnivek, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2WAYNES WOOORLD!!
- shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Tell them they get the your-mom jokes, but they have to take back OJ too.
- ckhw2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yo Momma's so wide... when she signs up for a Digg account, they make her do it twice!
- ckhw2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yo Momma's so wide... when she googles her name, the first result redirects her to Google Maps!
- bullsfan03, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The 80's called, they want their "so and so called" jokes back.
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -6/+5This is 2007, the early 1990's called, they want their mom jokes back.
- bullsfan03, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4same here, only i was excited to make a joke about your mom :(
- axisofphilippe, on 10/10/2007, -21/+2You're an unfunny douche bag.
- Sparkster185, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14That little "Reply" button works wonders.
- yomamaisfat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+54I do all of my vacationing on Google Earth. It's cheap as hell.
- SnowPuffKing, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4You forgot to factor in the cost of the divorce.
- CaseyJay, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5mirror?
- vikingcoder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The 52 Most Important Places To Protect Within The Next 10 Years
http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlegacy/52places/52pl ... (13 MB)
http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlegacy/52places/
AL: Upper Cahaba River
AK: The Western Arctic’s Teshekpuk Lake
AZ: San Francisco Peaks
AR: Fourche Creek
CA: Giant Sequoia National Monument
CO: Roan Plateau
CT: Last Green Valley
DE: Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
DC: Anacostia River
FL: Western Everglades
GA: Coastal Wetlands
HI: Maha’ulepu
ID: The Owyhee Canyonlands
IL: Shawnee National Forest
IN: Lost River Karst System
IA: The Loess Hills
KS: Haskell Baker Wetlands
KY: Mammoth Cave National Park
LA: Coastal Cypress Forests
ME: 100 Mile Wilderness
MD: Mattawoman Creek
MA: The Middlesex Fells Reservation
MI: Salmon Trout River
MN: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
MS: Gulf Islands National Seashore
MO: Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
MN: Great Burn Wild Forest
NB: Sand Hills
NV: Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area
NH: Mount Sunapee Highlands
NJ: Delaware Bayshore
NM: Otero Mesa
NY: Pine Bush Preserve
NC: Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
ND: Garrison Reach, Missouri River
OH: Little Miami River
OK: The Glover River
OR: Mt. Hood
PA: Spring Creek Canyon
PR: Northeast Ecological Corridor
RI: Big River Management Area
SC: Savannah River
SD: South Dakota’s Grasslands
TN: Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area
TX: Neches River
UT: Grand Staircase-Escalante
VT: Green Mountain National Forest
VI: Mattaponi River
WA: Wild Sky Wilderness
WV: Seneca Creek Backcountry
WI: Ice Age National Scenic Trail
WY: The Red Desert
- vikingcoder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The 52 Most Important Places To Protect Within The Next 10 Years
- MattCairns, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4I dont know what the article is since the server is already down but as soon as i hear something about the sierra club i bury it.
- CaseyJay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3textbook definition of "reactionary"
- MattCairns, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I like my oil.
- CaseyJay, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3textbook definition of "reactionary"
- BenO169, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9I'm forbidden!
- slightlyoffbeat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2dead
- benlebar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24http://duggmirror.com/environment/Visit_52_of_Amer ...
Blog junk
Here's the direct link to Google Earth .kmz file:
http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlegacy/52places/Amer ... - mostreliable, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Buried for being a dead link. kthnx
- nskinn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Article text:
"In a part of the world where wild spaces are being threatened by oil and gas drilling, unchecked development, irresponsible recreation, logging, and global warming, the Sierra Club are doing what they can to protect the remains of America’s wild legacy. They have launched a campaign to protect 52 wild places (one in each state, plus one in Puerto Rico and one in the District of Columbia.
From the fragile caribou habitat of Alaska’s Teshekpuk Lake to the wild forests surrounding Oregon’s Mt. Hood, the Sierra Club is working with local communities to protect our last remaining wild lands for future generations.
Preserving our outdoor heritage won’t be easy. Extractive industries and powerful, well-financed special interests have their own designs on these national treasures. Fortunately, more than a century of fighting to protect our land, air, water and wildlife has taught us many lessons in how we can resist these threats. But we must act now to protect our last remaining wild places, because once they’re gone, they can’t be replaced." - riverstyx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17I like turtles!
- Fizzle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I like turtles too
- merino, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I like to make werewolf movies!
- arsheroica, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I think the title should read, "America's 403 Most Forbidden Places".
- mytoeissore, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Forbidden
- dvaughn9876, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0ya that sucks...i am forbbiden
- Dustmuffins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The sierra club comes after me for riding my mountain bike and "destroying" nature... So naturally I'm a bit hesitant about their stuff...
Also, they forbade me from this site, that's the last straw! - captainpete, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1that blog sucks.
- gryphonauto, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Environmentalist propaganda makes baby Jesus cry. I think there should be a level of caution in how we alter the environment, however there also needs to be realism and compromise. The messages of many of these places falls flat on it's face because they don't support being reasonable and go all-out. Like drilling in Alaska . . . I don't see what's the huge deal, some oil drills here & there isn't going to change the environment.
Moderation people, moderation! - dwhs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Whats a kmz file, it don't work for me.
- Avian00, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Seriously, why do these stupid "Visit a bunch of cool places with Google Earth" stories keep making the front page of Digg? Buried as LAME.
- hammerattack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They couldn't have picked a more boring list of places. In Georgia we have the Little Grand Canyon - Providence Canyon, a testament to destructive farming practices gone hellishly wrong. It's far more interesting than the miles of swamp near Brunswick and the overpriced yuppie tourist kingdom of St Simons Island (which is a fine place to vacation if you don't mind your beach access being limited to a small sliver between multimillion dollar beach resorts). Incidentally, those wetlands are no more or less interesting than the other wetlands that stretch from North Florida to North Carolina's outer banks.
http://gastateparks.org/info/providence/
Speaking of North Carolina... Pocasin Lakes? Spare me. Try visiting the Blue Ridge Mountains instead. And I do mean the upper portion of the State's share of the Blue Ridge mountains. In particular, look for Todd, NC and the New River, which is quite possibly the oldest waterway in North American and one of a handful of rivers on the planet that flow south to north.
In Texas, the Neches River is neat but you'll really want to explore Natural Bridge Caverns between San Antonio and New Braunfels.
In Arizona, the San Francisco peaks are some far off blips on the horizon that would require you to trespass across hundreds of miles of private ranch land (a shootin' offense in them thar parts). Try Meteor Crater (Berringer Crater), a one-mile-wide testament to how close we are to annihilation from space debris. Or, you can visit Montezumas Castle, a four story apartment complex carved into the side of a cliff centuries BCE.- mtudee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0There are a lot of rivers that flow south to north that empty into Lake Superior from Michigan's upper peninsula.
- hammerattack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1there are a lot of rivers on the planet. The number that flow south to north... is a tiny fraction. Hence, "handful".
- vikingcoder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Compass bearing is completely irrelevant to the direction a river flows. There is nothing special about a "north flowing" river. It is no different than an east, west or south flowing river. Water flows in one direction - down. "Down" is based purely on elevation, and has absolutely nothing to do with compass bearing.
4 of the 10 longest rivers in the world flow north, including the longest river in the world - the NIle.
http://www.geocities.com/loisnotlane/rivers.html
- vikingcoder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Compass bearing is completely irrelevant to the direction a river flows. There is nothing special about a "north flowing" river. It is no different than an east, west or south flowing river. Water flows in one direction - down. "Down" is based purely on elevation, and has absolutely nothing to do with compass bearing.
- hammerattack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1there are a lot of rivers on the planet. The number that flow south to north... is a tiny fraction. Hence, "handful".
- mtudee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0There are a lot of rivers that flow south to north that empty into Lake Superior from Michigan's upper peninsula.
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