Slovenia is a small country in Central Europe, but contains within its borders Alpine mountains, thick forests, historic cities and a short Adriatic coastline, It initially enjoyed substantial economic and political stability after gaining independence from Yugoslavia.
The areas embrace volcanic spires, dunes, ribbons of wetlands wedged between steep canyon walls, grasslands, Joshua tree forests, historic roadways and petroglyphs.
Wyoming's numerous state and national parks, national forests, and historic sites provide nearly unparalleled opportunities for camping, hiking, and observing wildlife.
Tours cost from $3,250pp (two sharing a bike and a room), including accommodation and meals, lapoderosatours.com Journey Latin America's self-drive tour of western Cuba starts in Havana and takes in the Viñales valley, forested Las Terrazas, historic Cienfuegos and colonial Trinidad.
The kicker: "Now the Massey Energy coal company, the largest practitioner of mountaintop removal, and a few corporate cronies are accomplishing what the Pleistocene could not: flattening Appalachia's mountains, obliterating those ancient forests and historic landscapes". .
After my family's 150-year-old homestead was strip-mined into oblivion, in one of the most diverse forests and historic communities in the American heartland, I set out to examine the overlooked human and environmental costs of our nation's dirty energy policy over the past two centuries.
The Phillips parcel has an unusually diverse makeup, with significant wetlands (Jeremy Swamp among them), meadows, an apple orchard, old growth forest, even a historic house (the Osborn House).
Most recently, 36 hectares at Sawrey Ground, Ambleside, in the Lake District, were sold last March for £200,000 – although there was local opposition at the loss of a "historic forest".
Here's an excerpt: Federal forest ecologists say historic policies of fire suppression to protect Sierra timber interests left a century's worth of fuel in the fire's path.
The group was involved in the Auburn project and is also a partner in the renovation of the historic Forest Arms building, which will add another 75 apartments in midtown.
The new cemetery tourism — a subterranean version of the History Channel — is also a means of developing brand loyalty in the wake of what Joseph Dispenza, president of the historic Forest Lawn in Buffalo, calls a "diminishing customer base".
