Where else are you going to find this kind of pristine, rural site within 60 miles of New York?

They are disappearing from nature preserves, in the most pristine sites of Costa Rica, Brazil, Yosemite, Sequoia and Isle Royale National Parks.

"The reuse of existing sites saves more pristine sites," said Sara Davison, executive director of the Nature Conservancy on Long Island.

Such a pristine site is incredibly rare.

It had been a cornfield before that - it wasn't a pristine site.

Previously known as the Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve, this pristine site is known to harbour 417 flora and 143 fauna species.

Today Fort Phantom Hill is one of the most pristine historic sites in Texas.

It was a beautiful pristine site in the nineteen sixties.

It's like working a massive homicide," said Art Eberhart of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, "except usually you have a pristine site.

THE actual cleanup requirements will be decided by New York's D.E.C., but the agreement contains an inducement for the village not to press for the most pristine site possible.