The Rome Sand Plains are located 5 mi west of the center of a city located in what congressional district?
Rome Sand Plains Rome Sand Plains is a 15000 acre pine barrens about 5 mi west of the city center of Rome in Oneida County in central New York. It consists of a mosaic of sand dunes rising about 50 ft above low peat bogs that lie between the dunes. The barrens are covered with mixed northern hardwood forests, meadows, and wetlands. About 4000 acre are protected in conservation preserves. Pine barrens are typical of seacoasts; the Rome Sand Plains is one of only a handful of inland pine barrens remaining in the United States. A second inland pine barrens, the Albany Pine Bush, is also found in New York, located north and west of state's capital Albany.
Paul Mitchell (politician) Paul Mitchell (born May 8, 1961) is an American politician from the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, Mitchell is the U.S. Representative for Michigan 's 10 congressional district .