https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/silk-road-country-sunken-forest-lake-4120588
The giant Silk Road country with a sunken forest lake and no tourist crowds
Jan 14, 2026 - Kazakhstan is a culture-rich, nature-filled wonder – and UK travellers are catching on
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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/environment/fire-island-sunken-forest-deer-cull-fjk90ikp
Federal court rules deer culling, fencing allowed at Fire Island's Sunken Forest - Newsday
Aug 26, 2025 - In 2017, the park service finalized a program to remove deer from the sunken forest, which would allow the overbrowsed understory to regenerate.
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