And allowing the project would violate the founding principle of federal wilderness — areas that are to remain pristine, off-limits to vehicles — and would set a precedent that could endanger other refuges, opponents say.
My dressing table starts off pristine and very quickly looks like a bomb site.
As with all kinds of under-pricing, the result is over-use: trees get felled that would not be worth cutting anywhere else, in areas that are often pristine and better off without roads or logging.The system of timber sales dates from 1897, when land was set aside by law for national forests; managers were authorised to sell timber from the land as a way of covering the cost of maintaining it.
Light streams through its curved glass and steel roof, bouncing off pristine white floors.
He's checking out a new art gallery/fashion boutique/event venue — a cavernous space where bass-heavy music reverberates off pristine white walls — that recently opened on Broadway in downtown L.A. Or, as it's known by the folks here, DTLA.
Acquire fitted straight leg trousers or jeans - short at the cuff to show off pristine white socks.
Second, we proposed a check on the integrity of the peeled-off film by comparing the responses of the pristine and peeled-off EBT3 films to the same X-ray irradiation.
Barack Obama pivoted from his goal of fighting climate change on Tuesday, setting out a plan to allow the first oil drilling in Atlantic waters off the US east coast but bar companies from some of the pristine waters off the north coast of Alaska.
But because we've become so hyper about making our surroundings as pristine as possible — sealing off our homes from the outdoors and using pesticides and antimicrobials with a vengeance — we've tipped the scales away from those harmless or helpful bugs, in favor of some of the bad guys.
Everything was set – pristine – so we went off to bed, ready to wake up the next morning and welcome everyone round.
Researchers studied the progress of an 18-month dredging project near Barrow Island, a previously pristine area off the Western Australian coast.
