Author: Deborah J. Shields Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 078817505X Category : Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
Abandoned mines, while they may be of historical interest, often pose safety problems, detract esthetically from the landscape, & damage the environment through the discharge of toxic materials & sediments. The goal of this report is to provide a general understanding of the extent to which abandoned mines are likely to be found throughout the thousands of acres of National Forest Service lands. Extensive tables identify the frequency of mines by state, type, status, domain; data on past producers by state, domain, type, & commodity; & more. Figures, tables, references, & glossary.
Author: Paula Altman Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 9780788182334 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 112
Book Description
Provides students, educators, & other information users with a list of generally available free or low-cost energy-related educational materials. Each entry includes the address, telephone number, & description of the organization & the energy-related materials available. Most of the entries also include Internet (Web) & electronic mail (E-Mail) addresses. Some of the organizations represented in this list take policy positions on certain energy issues & express them even in educational materials.
Author: Howard G. Wilshire Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199722617 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 634
Book Description
The American West at Risk summarizes the dominant human-generated environmental challenges in the 11 contiguous arid western United States - America's legendary, even mythical, frontier. When discovered by European explorers and later settlers, the west boasted rich soils, bountiful fisheries, immense, dense forests, sparkling streams, untapped ore deposits, and oil bonanzas. It now faces depletion of many of these resources, and potentially serious threats to its few "renewable" resources. The importance of this story is that preserving lands has a central role for protecting air and water quality, and water supplies--and all support a healthy living environment. The idea that all life on earth is connected in a great chain of being, and that all life is connected to the physical earth in many obvious and subtle ways, is not some new-age fad, it is scientifically demonstrable. An understanding of earth processes, and the significance of their biological connections, is critical in shaping societal values so that national land use policies will conserve the earth and avoid the worst impacts of natural processes. These connections inevitably lead science into the murkier realms of political controversy and bureaucratic stasis. Most of the chapters in The American West at Risk focus on a human land use or activity that depletes resources and degrades environmental integrity of this resource-rich, but tender and slow-to-heal, western U.S. The activities include forest clearing for many purposes; farming and grazing; mining for aggregate, metals, and other materials; energy extraction and use; military training and weapons manufacturing and testing; road and utility transmission corridors; recreation; urbanization; and disposing of the wastes generated by everything that we do. We focus on how our land-degrading activities are connected to natural earth processes, which act to accelerate and spread the damages we inflict on the land. Visit www.theamericanwestatrisk.com to learn more about the book and its authors.
Author: Ervin G. Schuster Publisher: ISBN: Category : Forest management Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
"The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974, as amended, directs the Forest Service to prepare and update a renewable resources assessment that would include "a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities , their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and responsibilities to public and private activities." The first description was part of the RPA Assessment document in 1979. The second was published as an independent support document in 1989. This third description is organized around major Forest Service programs within the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, and Research and Development. Programs and responsibilities within International Programs, Law Enforcement and Investigations, Capital Improvement and Maintenance, along with Senior, Youth, and Volunteer Programs, are also discussed. Each section discusses major program areas, legal authorizations, administrative and organizational considerations, and relationships within the Forest Service and with outside organizations. A listing of major legislative authorities is provided."
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