1973 NNL Designations

Molly Bog eval picture 1972 Paul Favour NPS
Molly Bog NNL located in Vermont. Picture was taken during the 1972 evaluation that recommended the site for designation and shows "a typical view of the drier bog in the foreground with abundant cotton grass in bloom and heath shrubs grading into the adjacent black spruce-tamarack bog forest."

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NNLs designated on May 31, 1973

State NNL Secretary Approval Date
California Amboy Crater 5/31/1973
California Cinder Cone Natural Area 5/31/1973
California Tijuana River Estuary 5/31/1973
California Turtle Mountains Natural Area 5/31/1973
Connecticut Bingham Pond Bog 5/31/1973
Connecticut Chester Cedar Swamp 5/31/1973
Connecticut Pachaug-Great Meadow Swamp 5/31/1973
Indiana Portland Arch Nature Preserve 5/31/1973
Maine Colby-Marston Preserve 5/31/1973
Maine Crystal Bog 5/31/1973
Maine Orono Bog 5/31/1973
Maine Passadumkeag Marsh and Boglands 5/31/1973
Maine Penney Pond-Joe Pond Complex 5/31/1973
Nevada Ichthyosaur Site 5/31/1973
Nevada Lunar Crater 5/31/1973
Nevada Timber Mountain Caldera 5/31/1973
New York Bear Swamp 5/31/1973
New York Big Reed Pond 5/31/1973
New York Dexter Marsh 5/31/1973
New York Lakeview Marsh and Barrier Beach 5/31/1973
New York McLean Bogs 5/31/1973
New York Montezuma Marshes 5/31/1973
New York Moss Lake Bog 5/31/1973
New York Oak Orchard Creek Marsh 5/31/1973
New York Round Lake 5/31/1973
New York Thompson Pond 5/31/1973
New York Zurich Bog 5/31/1973
Pennsylvania Hearts Content Scenic Area 5/31/1973
Pennsylvania Tionesta Scenic and Research Natural Areas 5/31/1973
Tennessee Dick Cove 5/31/1973
Tennessee McAnulty's Woods 5/31/1973
Vermont Barton River Marsh 5/31/1973
Vermont Franklin Bog 5/31/1973
Vermont Little Otter Creek Marsh 5/31/1973
Vermont Molly Bog 5/31/1973
West Virginia Germany Valley Karst Area 5/31/1973
 
MeltzerWoods IN eval report photo 1973_cropped
Meltzer Woods NNLs in Indiana was designated on November 7, 1973. Pictured are Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Meltzer with one of the largest trees at the site, a Shumard's red oak. Photograph taken May 1973.

Paul Favour/NPS

NNLs designated on November 7, 1973

State NNL Secretary Approval Date
Alabama Newsome Sinks Karst Area 11/7/1973
California Pixley Vernal Pools 11/7/1973
Colorado Garden Park Fossil Area 11/7/1973
Colorado Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas 11/7/1973
Connecticut McLean Game Refuge Natural Areas 11/7/1973
Indiana Hemmer Woods 11/7/1973
Indiana Hoot Woods 11/7/1973
Indiana Kramer Woods 11/7/1973
Indiana Meltzer Woods 11/7/1973
Indiana Tamarack Bog Nature Preserve 11/7/1973
Indiana Wesselman Park Woods 11/7/1973
Michigan Strangmoor Bog 11/7/1973
Montana Bridger Fossil Area 11/7/1973
Montana Cloverly Formation Site 11/7/1973
Tennessee Big Bone Cave 11/7/1973
Tennessee Cedar Glades Natural Area 11/7/1973
Tennessee Conley Hole 11/7/1973
Tennessee Cumberland Cavern
(Higginbotham and Henshaw Caves)
11/7/1973
Tennessee Grassy Cove Karst Area 11/7/1973
Tennessee Lost Sea (Craighead Caverns) 11/7/1973
Vermont Cornwall Swamp 11/7/1973
Virginia Butler Cave-Breathing Cave 11/7/1973
Virginia Grand Caverns 11/7/1973
Virginia Luray Caverns 11/7/1973
West Virginia Greenville Saltpeter Cave 11/7/1973
West Virginia Lost World Caverns 11/7/1973
West Virginia Organ Cave System 11/7/1973
West Virginia Sinnett-Thorn Mountain Cave System 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Abraham's Woods 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Cedarburg Bog 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Chippewa River Bottoms 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Chiwaukee Prairie 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Finnerud Forest Scientific Area 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Flambeau River Hemlock-Hardwood Forest 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Kakagon Sloughs 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Spruce Lake Bog 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Summerton Bog 11/7/1973
Wisconsin Wyalusing Hardwood Forest 11/7/1973

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