1967-1969 NNL Designations

Newspaper photo from 1967 designation ceremony at Hueston Woods NNL in Ohio. Pictured is (L to R) Norv Hall, Division of Parks and Recreation; Dr. Robert Hefner Oxford; Thomas E. Whitcraft; Mr. and Mrs Morris Taylor; and Maynard Dils, park manager.

NNLs designated in 1967

Year Designated	State	NNL
1967	Alaska	Aniakchak Crater
1967	Alaska	Bogoslof Island
1967	Alaska	Lake George
1967	Alaska	Mount Veniaminof
1967	Alaska	Shishaldin Volcano
1967	Arizona	Barringer Meteor Crater
1967	Arizona	Grapevine Mesa Joshua Trees
1967	California	Point Lobos State Reserve
1967	California	Trona Pinnacles
1967	Colorado	Raton Mesa
1967	Florida	Reed Wilderness Seashore Sanctuary
1967	Georgia	Wassaw Island
1967	Iowa	White Pine Hollow Preserve
1967	Maine	Mount Katahdin
1967	Michigan	Warren Woods Natural Area
1967	New Jersey	Great Falls of Paterson-Garret Mountain
1967	New Jersey	Troy Meadows
1967	New York	Deer Lick Nature Sanctuary
1967	New York	Ellenville Fault-Ice Caves
1967	New York	Fossil Coral Reef
1967	New York	Ironsides Island
1967	New York	Mendon Ponds Park
1967	New York	Petrified Gardens
1967	North Carolina	Smith Island
1967	Ohio	Brown's Lake Bog
1967	Ohio	Buzzardroost Rock-Lynx Prairie-The Wilderness
1967	Ohio	Cedar Bog
1967	Ohio	Clear Fork Gorge
1967	Ohio	Clifton Gorge
1967	Ohio	Dysart Woods
1967	Ohio	Glacial Grooves State Memorial
1967	Ohio	Holden Natural Areas
1967	Ohio	Hueston Woods
1967	Ohio	Tinkers Creek Gorge
1967	Oregon	Horse Ridge Natural Area
1967	Pennsylvania	Box Huckleberry Site
1967	Pennsylvania	Cook Forest
1967	Pennsylvania	Hickory Run Boulder Field
1967	Pennsylvania	Presque Isle
1967	Pennsylvania	Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area
1967	South Dakota	Fort Randall Eagle Roost
1967	South Dakota	Sica Hollow
1967	South Dakota	Snake Butte
1967	Vermont	Lake Willoughby Natural Area
1967	Wisconsin	Ridges Sanctuary-Toft's Point-Mud Lake Area

 

Lignumvitea Key NNL, located in Florida, was designated in 1968. Picture is from the 1968 evaluation and depicts a person next to one of the large gumbo limbo trees found within the dense forest on Lignumvitae Key.

Richard W. Klukas

NNLs designated in 1968

Year Designated	State	NNL
1968	Alaska	Arrigetch Peaks
1968	Alaska	Clarence Rhode National Wildlife Range
1968	Alaska	Malaspina Glacier
1968	Alaska	McNeil River State Game Sanctuary
1968	Alaska	Simeonof National Wildlife Refuge
1968	Alaska	Unga Island
1968	Alaska	Walker Lake
1968	Alaska	Walrus Islands
1968	Alaska	Worthington Glacier
1968	California	Audubon Canyon Ranch
1968	California	Emerald Bay
1968	Connecticut	Dinosaur Trackway
1968	Florida	Lignumvitae Key
1968	Hawaii	Diamond Head
1968	Idaho	Great Rift System
1968	Indiana	Big Walnut Creek
1968	Indiana	Pine Hills Natural Area
1968	Kansas	Monument Rocks Natural Area
1968	Maine	Gulf Hagas
1968	Michigan	Grand Mere Lakes
1968	Nevada	Valley Of Fire
1968	Ohio	Cranberry Bog
1968	Pennsylvania	Lake Lacawac
1968	Pennsylvania	Pine Creek Gorge
1968	Pennsylvania	Susquehanna Water Gaps
1968	Pennsylvania	The Glens Natural Area
1968	Texas	Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve
1968	Texas	Dinosaur Valley
1968	Vermont	Camel's Hump

 

Pygmy Forest NNL in California was designated in 1969. Photo is from the 1969 evaluation and depicts the forest during winter rains, when the dwarf trees stand in puddles and ponds.

Hans Jenny

NNLs designated in 1969

Year Designated	State	NNL
1969	California	Pygmy Forest
1969	Kansas	Baker University Wetlands
1969	Maryland	Sugar Loaf Mountain
1969	New Mexico	Grants Lava Flow

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