The next day in the five-million acre Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, the sun burned bright, giving an electric glow to the throbbing canopy where parakeets swooped, sloths napped and tamarind and red howler monkeys played.
The study area extends from the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska on the west and through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the east.
Tycanol National Nature Reserve in Pembrokeshire is one of just six sites in Wales where the protected species grows.
Not only is Palin pro-life, she favors drilling for oil and natural gas in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Reserve--something McCain opposes.
The site is designated as a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), NNR (National Nature Reserve) and SAC (Special Area of Conservation).
Parts of the mountain, which summits at 1, 046m (about 3, 431ft), are covered by a national nature reserve because of its geology and wildlife.
The money was used to help create a national center for scouting in West Virginia called the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve.
Among the sticking points: a proposal to lift a 1981 ban on offshore oil drilling and open the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska for exploration.
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If you want to see the grassland and some of the species, the best site to visit is the trust's national nature reserve at Dunsdon.
Sutton Park attracts about 2m visitors a year and was designated as a national nature reserve and a site of special scientific interest by English Nature in 1997.
It borders the Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve which was designated under the Ramsar Convention as a wetland habitat of international importance and a special protection area.
"Thanks to the clearance the plant is now present over a large area of the cliff above Tremadog Square, " said Doug Oliver, NRW national nature reserve warden in the area.
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Also last month, as part of the President's effort, the Department of the Interior held a lease sale that covered over 140, 000 acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Back when the U.S. government ran the giant Elk Hills oil fields in California as a national petroleum reserve, the funding for individual oil wells had to be approved by Congress.
The Alliance is particularly proud of its role in getting the Obama team in 2012 to lock up half of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve set aside 90 years ago specifically for oil and gas.
"We respect they are the landowners and they can do what they want but it is a National Nature Reserve held by a public body for the public and they should have a more progressive attitude, " said Rob Dyer, the BMC's access and conservation officer.
In recent days there has been much discussion about energy, with each of you mapping out sharply contrasting positions concerning drawing down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and opening up part of the Alaska National Wildlife Arctic Reserve to drilling for oil and gas.
But for guaranteed otter spotting in the wild, head to Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
And as National Guard and Reserve families, you all are living in our communities among everyone.
He accused Bush of weakening homeland security by overextending the National Guard and Reserve.
As essential components of our military, the National Guard and Reserve have helped carry that legacy forward.
She has just been a tireless advocate of highlighting the service of the National Guard and Reserve members and families.
For National Guard and Reserve members, the time between deployments would have to be at least three times as long as the time spent in deployment.
First, the International Health, Racquet and Sports Club Association has agreed to offer free memberships to immediate family members of actively deployed National Guard and Reserve members.
Among other duties, the office is charged with protecting the job rights of National Guard and Reserve members, some of whom are called away from employers for long periods of time.
And today we have 20, 000 National Guard and Reserve members in California who have access to health care because I teamed up with Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to get that done.
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I've worked with Senator Lindsey Graham from right here in South Carolina to provide health care for National Guard and reserve members across the country over the threat of a veto from President Bush.
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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act bars employers from taking action against National Guard and Reserve members based on their military service and allows them to reclaim their jobs after periods of active duty or training.
Believe it or not, many of our National Guard and Reserve members, the men and women who have been called to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan did not have health insurance for themselves or their families when they were activating.
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