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Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, 2,526,512 acres (1,022,879 hectares), E central Alaska. The preserve, which protects the two river basins, near the Canadian border, contains paleontological an...

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

(Encyclopedia)Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), physical science research center located near Batavia, Ill., est. 1968 as the National Accelerator Laboratory, renamed 1974 in honor of Enrico Fermi. ...

New River Gorge National River

(Encyclopedia)New River Gorge National River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

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