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    World War. The unifying factor of the bog bodies is that they have been found in peat and are partially preserved; however, the actual levels of preservation...
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  • pavilion. The park is a 265-acre (1.07 km2) nature preserve, comprising wetlands, ponds, sand barrens, spring-fed streams, and woodlands. It includes pitch...
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    Landmark in May 1973 for its calcareous bog, unlike the more common acidic bogs in the Northeast. Thompson Pond and two other nearby bodies of water, Stissing...
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    Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve is a fen left behind by the retreating glaciers of the Wisconsin glaciation about 12,000-18,000 years ago. A protected...
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    muck pond where skeletal remains of 168 individuals were found buried in the peat at the bottom of the pond. The skeletons were well preserved because...
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    Walden Pond is a celebrated pond in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States. A good example of a kettle hole, it was formed by retreating glaciers...
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  • Nature Preserve Bigelow Cemetery Prairie State Nature Preserve Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve Boord State Nature Preserve Brown's Lake Bog State...
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    Clear Springs Nature Preserve is a nature preserve located in Montague Township, Michigan, less than half a mile from the interchange between US Highway 31...
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    the preserve include Sphagnum peat mosses, Aulacomnium bog mosses, Dicranum forked mosses, Polytrichum haircap mosses and Rhizomnium. In spring the preserve...
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    Pinhook Bog, in LaPorte County to the east; the Heron Rookery in Porter County, the center of the park; and the Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve and...
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