Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Upper and Lower Table Rock

Upper and Lower Table Rock

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 7, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2015 (UTC)



Upper and Lower Table Rock are two prominent volcanic plateaus located just north of the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, US. Created by an andesitic lava flow approximately seven million years ago and shaped by erosion, they now stand about 800 ft above the surrounding Rogue Valley. The Table Rocks are jointly owned; The Nature Conservancy is responsible for 3591 acre, the Bureau of Land Management for 1280 acre. The Takelma tribe of Native Americans inhabited the Table Rocks for at least 15,000 years prior to European American settlement. Starting in the mid-19th century during a gold rush, settlers forced the Takelma away from the Table Rocks and into reservations. A post office was established in 1872, an airstrip was built atop Lower Table Rock in 1948, and a VOR aviation tower was constructed on Upper Table Rock in the 1960s. The rocks were not protected until the 1970s. They are home to over 70 species of animals and 340 species of plants. The dwarf woolly meadowfoam is a wildflower endemic to the rocks. The rocks are one of the most popular hiking locations in the Rogue Valley, with over 45,000 visitors annually.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Geography: 27 December but a town, last nature geo 21 November
 * Main editors: Little Mountain 5
 * Promoted: 2009
 * Reasons for nomination: promoted long enough, combination of nature and history, - I hope we can have a more panoramic image than the template offers.
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: can the two error messages in the reference lists be addressed? Otherwise, support. 21:51, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * yes, thank you, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 17 December 2015 (UTC)