Rockwoods Reservation
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Rockwoods Reservation is a Script error: No such module "convert". state forest and wildlife conservation area in St. Louis County, Missouri. It was established in 1938, making it one of the oldest conservation areas established by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Rockwoods is significant for its close location in a rapidly developing suburban area and close to a major urban area. It supports a diverse array of native plant and animal life, contains geologically-interesting rock formations, and ecologically-important springs and caves. Rockwoods Reservation is not a pristine wilderness untouched by human hands, however; remnants of extensive former limestone, clay and gravel quarrying operations are hidden in the dense second growth hardwood forest. Most of the original forest was clearcut to feed lime kilns.
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There are six trails in Rockwoods Reservation:[1]
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- Trail Among the Trees - Script error: No such module "convert".
- Lime Kiln Trail - Script error: No such module "convert".
- Green Rock Trail - Script error: No such module "convert". of the trail's Script error: No such module "convert".
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Rockwoods Reservation map
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Rockwoods Cave entrance
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Green Rock Trail
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