why is the glass house mountain protected?
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Link #1 has the pdf brouchure on the protected mountains .. \n__________________________________________________\n\nGlass House Mountains \nA series of spectacular volcanic plugs rising dramatically from the coastal plain. \nThe remarkable Glass House Mountains are a series of steep-sided volcanic plugs which dominate the landscape of the Sunshine Coast hinterland. They are formed of rhyolite and trachtyte, lavas which hardened inside the vents of tertiary volcanoes that have been greatly reduced by about 25 million years of erosion. \n\nThe first European to see the mountains was Captain James Cook. In his Journal on 17 May 1770 he wrote: '..however, if any future navigator should be disposed to determine the question whether there is or is not a river in this place, which the wind would not permit us to do, the situation may be always found by three hills, which lie to the northward of it, in the latitude of twenty six degrees fifty three minutes. These hills lie but a little way inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation, which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but these are not nearly so remarkable...' \n\nThe next European to visit the area was Matthew Flinders who spent 16 days sailing around Moreton Bay in July-August, 1799. During his explorations he came ashore and climbed Mount Beerburrum from which he surveyed the whole of Moreton Bay. The excellent booklet Matthew Flinders in Moreton Bay 1799, published by the Redcliffe Historical Society, records Flinders visit to the Glasshouse Mountains: \n\n'On the following morning Flinders took the boat up a small creek that pointed towards the peaks. About half past nine he left the boat accompanied by two seamen and a native. The country they passed through was swampy, covered with mangroves, they waded through rocky swamps. In observing the flat-topped peak (Tibrogargan) it was considerably nearer than the highest Glass-house (Beerwah) that he had first meant to visit, but seeing one of the round mount (Beerburrum) with sloping sides was nearer, he altered course for it and after walking about nine miles from the boat he reached the top. \n\n'The view of the bay and neighbouring country was very extensive, to the south there were several distinct columns of smoke visible. The mount was a pile of loose stones of many sizes, which had made the ascent quite difficult.' \n\nToday the Glass House Mountains have become one of the premier tourist attractions on the Sugar Coast. Located inland from Caboolture and 61 km from Brisbane they are not only important to the European history of southern Queensland but play a major part in the Aboriginal culture of the area. \n\nAccording to Aboriginal legend Tibrogargan (which is 364 m high) the father and Beerwah (at 555 m the highest of all the peaks) the mother, had a number of children of whom Coonowrin (377 m - the narrow and most dramatic of all the volcanic plugs) was the eldest, Tunbubudla were the twins (293 m and 312 m), Coochin (235 m), Ngungun (253 m), Tibberoowuccum (220 m), Miketeebumulgrai (199 m) and Elimbah (129 m). \n\nThe legend tells of Tibrogargan noticing that the sea was rising and calling out to Coonowrin to help his pregnant mother gather the young children together so that the family could flee from the rising sea. Coonowrin ran away in fear and Tibrogargan, incensed by his son's cowardice, followed and hit him so hard with a club that his neck was dislocated. When the seas retreated the family returned to the plains. Conowrin, teased about his crooked neck and ashamed of his behaviour, went to Tibrogargan and asked for forgiveness but the father just wept with shame. Conowrin then approached his brothers and sisters to ask forgiveness but they too could o
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Teacher is wrong. This is a popular misconception, but the usually cited "proof", that old windows are thicker at the bottom, only proves that old glass was irregular in thickness. A smart glazier would install a pane thick edge down for better strength.\n\nEvidence to the contrary includes the fact that large telescope mirrors and lenses, which must be figured  to within less than 100 nanometers (4 micro-inches), maintain this figure indefinitely. Telescopes over 100 years old are still in use. Also, glass artifacts over 3000 years old still hold their shape.\n\nThis misconception arises because glass, being an amorphous, as opposed to crystalline solid, has no clearly defined melting point. However, at temperatures below the glass transition temperature, glass is most definitely solid. Actually, metals exhibit more "liquid" behavior than glass does, because they will creep under load, something glass does not do.
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I still believe that most of must wants to preserve the nature, however it is the conflict of interest that is preventing us from doing so,  because of the development and modernization of our world some natural habbitat are being destroyed. We focus more on modernization thus conservation of nature is being taken for granted.
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Typically they are protected and as the guy above said why would you want to?\n\nWhy don't you post another questions like, "How do I keep woodpecker from beating holes in my cedar siding and waking me up at 6:00 AM every morning?"\n\nHint - a product called Tangle-foot
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The West has made a deal with all the warlords and drug czars (now called provincial premiers) in order to quieten the place down. \n\nUltimately, the US wants to secure the place so it can finish the construction of an oil pipe from the north through Afghanistan.\n\nA deal was made with the local chieftains in exchange for their support.
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Glass is made of sandstone.  Stone would be earth.
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I'm not familiar with that area, but I would search the web for your local Land Trusts, Greenbelt Alliance rep, Nature Conservatory, Audubon, or public Open Space District, and then pick their brains and get more referrals from them.  There are often preserved open spaces that are not publicized due to limitations in budgets for providing public access.  Some properties have public outings for scheduled access, others allow public access after docent or permit trainings, and some have all-access trails.  Good luck!
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Mount Snow is a great place that is not too challenging yet has a variety of terrain.  Its a big mountain but you are able to ski and see it all.  Killington is a lot bigger but has many trails.  Check out Stratton which is a beautiful mountain, Okemo, Smugglers Notch (challenging terrain).  Those are in Vermont.  New Hampshire and Maine also have great big mountain skiing.
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There is no "why" to mountains -- but there is a "how did they come about" :)\n\nPlate tectonics.  The earth's crust is made up of many plates that float around on underground magma like icebergs on the ocean.  These plates bump up against each other, and when they do, often one gets pushed under the other -- raising the latter one (in whole or in part), and creating mountain ranges.  That the tallest mountain range in the world (the Himalayas) exists at the plate boundary where India is ramming into the Asian mainland should come as no surprise :)
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The National Park Service was established to "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
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Last year, there was a proposal to sell off some of the National Parks to pay for hurricane relief and to help pay for some of the national debt.  I'm sure that one day there will be a group of like minded people in government who will approve of this measure. Save your pennies, one day you might have an opportunity to be the proud owner of a former national park.  \nThe following is copied from the link below:\n________________________________\nNational parks for sale? \nA proposal by House Resources Chairman Richard Pombo, R-Tracy, would sell 15 national parks to raise money for the government. Pombo insists the draft bill was aimed at convincing lawmakers to raise the revenue instead by drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Among the National Park Service sites suggested for sale: \n\n-- Eugene O'Neill National Historical Site, Danville \n\n-- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas \n\n-- Fort Bowie National Historical Site, Arizona \n\n-- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historical Site, Massachusetts \n\n-- Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, District of Columbia \n\n-- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, South Dakota \n\n-- Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial, Pennsylvania \n\n-- Thomas Stone National Historical Site, Maryland \n\n-- Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska \n\n-- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska \n\n-- Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska \n\n-- Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska \n\n-- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska \n\n-- Noatak National Preserve, Alaska \n\n-- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska
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To protect its nest I suppose.
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Probably the same reason greenhouses are called greenhouses and not glasshouses.\nI've heard if you hold them up to the light they really do look golden but I wouldn't recommend it. (Don't try this at home kids)
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Its amazing.  At night a building shines a light on the falls and it illuminates them.\n\nBTW: Dont go down on a barrel it's illegal.
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They prevent pollution from oil and other fossil fuels, and thus help reduce CO2. \nBut they also pose the problem of radioactive waste that we have to get rid of properly. I don't think that there is any radiation outside the plant, unless it explodes, which is very unlikely, but possible. In that case a lot of land around it will be uninhabitable for like 500 years or so (I am guessing according to the half life or Uranium). I am NOT making this up it happened in Russian many years ago. Can't remember the date or place but it did and wasn't good.
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This mountain is famous for statues of US Presidents,George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt,Abraham Lincoln.It is named after a well known US lawyer Charles.E.Rushmore.It is situated near Keystone in South Dakota.
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To get protection and equality.