1.  Amid a thick stand of live oaks, about a hundred yards off to our left, we spotted a dozen wild turkeys.

2.  Across the canyon rim thick stands of sapling ponderosa pines are common.

3.  After nearly a century of mismanagement, millions of acres of federally owned forests are dangerously full of sick, spindly trees in unnaturally thick stands.

4.  Forest managers view the practice as an environmentally sound way of reducing fuels on forest floors and thinning thick stands of second-growth trees.

5.  Human actions have resulted in thick stands of sapling ponderosa pines, a lack of grass, shrinking meadows and thick pine needle duff, according to the report.

6.  If weeds threaten, smother them with a thick stand of some combination of annual ryegrass, rye, oats, cowpeas and subterranean clover.

7.  In the fall, federal officials launched a floating weed harvester to dislodge thick stands of weeds above Brownsville, Rubinstein said.

8.  Naturally, there are thick stands of vegetation and occasional rock formations.

9.  Several mine entryways are blocked by DANGER signs and thick stands of bushes, probably purposefully planted where a vein was tapped out.

10.  The summit, covered in a thick stand of spruce and fir, offers no views.