Sunrise at the Campsite 🖼️
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Sunrise at the Campsite ...
For two nights I camped at the same location in Allegany National Forest. There where plenty of other sites, but I particularly like this one, because it was on top of a ridge, with early sunrise and later sunset, and did not have grasses around that could catch fire.
Taken on Friday November 12, 2010 at Allegheny National Forest.
More about Allegheny National Forest...
The Forest Service brought new concepts in forest management to the Allegheny Plateau -- multiple benefits and sustainability. The Organic Act of 1897 introduced the National Forest mission: to improve the forest, provide favorable conditions for water flows, and furnish a continuous supply of wood to meet people's needs. On these lands, seedlings for tomorrow's forest are the focus of forest management activities. Watersheds are managed to ensure clear water for fisheries like trout and clean drinking water for all.
Over time, various laws added other benefits like wilderness, heritage resources and grazing to the original ideas of watershed protection and continuous wood supply. The Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act of 1960 recognized outdoor recreation and habitat for wildlife and fisheries.
The motto "Land of Many Uses" captures the National Forest goal of a healthy, vigorous forest that provides wood products, watershed protection, a variety of wildlife habitats and recreational opportunities -- not only for us today, but in a sustainable way so future generations can enjoy these benefits, too.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/allegheny/
