Author: Aubrey L. HainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Yellowstone National Park, Its Exploration and Establishment, 1974
Author: Aubrey L. HainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
National Park Service Uniforms: Badges and insignia, 1894-1991
Author: R. Bryce WorkmanIn Search of an Identity, 1872-1920
Author: R. Bryce WorkmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Park rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Creating the National Park Service
Author: Horace M. AlbrightPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806131559
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Two men played a crucial role in the creation and early history of the National Park Service: Stephen T. Mather, a public relations genius of sweeping vision, and Horace M. Albright, an able lawyer and administrator who helped transform that vision into reality. In Creating the National Park Service, Albright and his daughter, Marian Albright Schenck, reveal the previously untold story of the critical "missing years" in the history of the service. During this period, 1917 and 1918, Mather's problems with manic depression were kept hidden from public view, and Albright, his able and devoted assistant, served as acting director and assumed Mather's responsibilities. Albright played a decisive part in the passage of the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916; the formulation of principles and policies for management of the parks; the defense of the parks against exploitation by ranchers, lumber companies, and mining interests during World War I; and other issues crucial to the future of the fledgling park system. This authoritative behind-the-scenes history sheds light on the early days of the most popular of all federal agencies while painting a vivid picture of American life in the early twentieth century.
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
Alaska Subsistence
Author: Frank Blaine NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
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.
A History of the Rectangular Survey System
Author: C. Albert WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Navigating Troubled Waters
Author: James R. MackovjakPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Story of Man in Yellowstone
Author: Merrill D. BealPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258384265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description