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Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2002

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Author: Frank Blaine Norris
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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"This study is a chronicle of how subsistence management in Alaska has grown and evolved"--P. viii.

Author: Barry Mackintosh
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Author: United States. Dept. of Labor
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Charles Victor Barber
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Author: John C. Hendee
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Category : Wilderness areas
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Gerald W. Williams
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780313337949
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Established in 1905, The Forest Service is steeped in history, conflict, strong personalities (including Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot), and the challenges of managing 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands. This unique federal agency is one that combines forest management with wildlife, fish, recreation, mining, grazing, and hundreds of other uses. It operates in the midst of controversy and change. The original intent was to protect the public forests, protect the water supplies, and, when appropriate, provide timber. Much has changed over the last 100 years including many new laws, but the fact that these lands are still fought over today shows the foresight of politicians, foresters, scientists, and communities. This work brings to light the many and varied activities of the agency that many people know little about in a world that is constantly changing. Written by a former Forest Service national historian, topics discussed in the work include wilderness and the Wilderness Act of 1964, recreation battles and interagency rivalry with the National Park Service, timber management including clearcutting, ecosystem management, roadless area and controversies over RARE and RARE II studies, fish and wildlife management including endangered species before and after the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and mining and the General Mining Act of 1872. It also discusses the future challenges: forest fires, water protection and restoration, recreation, involving the public, and fish and wildlife.

Author: Charles A. Fleming
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449

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The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.

Author: Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
Publisher: Department of Interior National Park Service
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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