Yatir
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26.07.08 10:38
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Location: Southern Hebron Mountains |
Area: Some 30,000 dunams (6,500 acres or 3,000 ha.) |
Unique features: The forest, which grows on the edge of the desert, is the largest of Israel's man-planted forests. |
Sites: Foresters? Fortress, Yatir Ruins, Anim Ruins. |
The father of afforestation in Israel, Yosef Weitz,
jabbed the ground of Yatir with his walking stick and declared: "A
forest will grow here!" contradicting the experts who argued that
it was impossible for trees to grow on such arid soil. |
KKL-JNF has built in the forest many recreation areas equipped with picnic tables, water, children's playgrounds and sports facilities. Special tables designed for the use of the disabled have been installed in the forest as well. Parking bays and easy to use access paths have been built by these tables. In addition, KKL-JNF has established a fire observation tower in the forest.Visitors to the Lahav Forest may explore the many, archaeological sites which were discovered in its area. The attractions included in these archaeological sites prove that they were inhabited from the Bronze era until the time of the Second Temple.The Joe Allon Center for Bedouin studies is located at the east end of the Lahav Forest. |