Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2554
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2554
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One Third of the Nation's Land
Author: United States. Public Land Law Review CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Research and Demonstration Projects
Author: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vocational Rehabilitation AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vocational rehabilitation
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Managing California's Water
Author: Ellen HanakPublisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN: 1582131414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Joint Resolution Making Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1985, and for Other Purposes
Author: United StatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Repression of Montagnards
Author: Sidney JonesPublisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564322722
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A Plea for Help
Preserving the Desert
Author: Lary M. DilsaverPublisher:
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
Federal Indian Law
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Office of the SolicitorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Governing the Commons
Author: Elinor OstromPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107569788
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Tackles one of the most enduring and contentious issues of positive political economy: common pool resource management.
Our Common Future
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195531916
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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