Friday

Find a forest: National Parks World Wide


The less often seen vista of the Teton Range
from the west in Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho, U.S.


QUOTE: 
  • National Parks: "national property in which every man has a right and interest who has an eye to perceive and a heart to enjoy". English poet William Wordsworth.
THEORY:
  • Exploring a forest is great for everyone. Fall in love with nature and feel happier and healthier and more connected as a family. Life seems simpler and slower and just right.
  • 2011 was the International Year of Forests a United Nation's world wide campaign to raise awareness and support for the world's forests.

ACTIVITIES:
Explore river red gum forests in the Riverina region of NSW Australia.
Discover and explore forests and woodlands across England
Enjoy a forest holiday in Scotland, Yorkshire or Cornwall.
Wander through a rainforest of 1,000-year-old cedars at Mount Revelstoke, Canada.
Plan a visit to the pristine forests of South Africa's world heritage listed Maputaland Coastal Forest Reserve.

  • Find a park:
Australia's national parks
Britain's national parks
Canada's National Parks List
Great Britain Forest Search
New Zealand National Parks
USA National Parks Service
World Heritage List
World List of national parks by country

VIDEO: A 3-minute music video highlight of Arches National Park - one of America's most beautiful and mysterious landscapes. From Delicate Arch - the icon of the American Southwest, to Landscape Arch - one of the longest and most spectacular arches in existence, the park has more arches than any place on the planet.





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