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Across
1 Utah National Park created by President Hoover
4 Whole amount
7 Shenandoah National Park's state
8 Central Park's spring flower
9 Caused destruction and ruin
10 Navigational dir.
11 Game bird like a partridge
13 Type of water which requires landscape planning to manage in an ecologicaly sound way
14 Intrusive and aggressive, like some unwanted species
17 Element #30
18 Civil Rights Memorial state, or short
20 Problem to be resolved
23 Philanthropy dedicated to creating small, high quality gardens
24 ___lands National Park, South Dakota
26 'This ___ surprise!'
27 Sustainable Landscapes Initiative, abbr.
29 Chains of mountains
32 Right, for short
33 Design an area of plants and trees in an outdoor environment
34 "A drop of golden sun"
Down
1 Act used to award monument status to specified areas of land
2 Kind of lily
3 Clairvoyance, e.g.
4 Conserves
5 Ecosystem of rare plants now being restored in Arlington National Park, 2 words
6 Natural to a region
7 Transport vehicle
9 Upgrade and improve
12 Part of some California city names
15 Go and see
16 Giant deer
19 Building with a triangular cross section
21 Function
22 Smooths and makes simpler
25 Like many Texas trails
28 Once ___ while
30 Epoch
31 Oregon neighbor