Author: United States
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Laws Relating to the National Park Service. Supplement 4, January 1973 to December 1978
Author: United States
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Publisher:
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Laws Relating to the National Park Service
Author: United States
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Publisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Laws Relating to the National Park Service, the National Parks and Monuments
Author: United States
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Publisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Federal Historic Preservation Laws
Author: United States
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Management Policies
Author: United States. National Park Service
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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The National Parks
Author: Barry Mackintosh
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Alaska Subsistence
Author: Frank Blaine Norris
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
"This study is a chronicle of how subsistence management in Alaska has grown and evolved"--P. viii.
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
"This study is a chronicle of how subsistence management in Alaska has grown and evolved"--P. viii.
Preserving the Desert
Author: Lary M. Dilsaver
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ISBN: 9781938086465
Category : Desert conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--fell short of that goal in American eyes until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change that perception. As the Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still carried the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, with the area later expanded in 1994 when it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936, the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that any desert is suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. To their dismay, Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing
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ISBN: 9781938086465
Category : Desert conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
National parks are different from other federal lands in the United States. Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, they were largely set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country, seeking the best representative examples of major ecosystems such as Yosemite, geologic forms such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--fell short of that goal in American eyes until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change that perception. As the Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still carried the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, with the area later expanded in 1994 when it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936, the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that any desert is suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. To their dismay, Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing