Land Sales Adjoining landowners have first rights in purchasing public land advertised for sale, and in many cases will prefer to exercise this right. This is a compilation of the most up-to-date information possible on up-coming sales of public lands by State Offices of the Bureau of Land Management. For details of land descriptions, prices, and other information pertinent to sales, you must write the individual State Office concerned. In most cases, there are adjoining landowners who have statutory preference rights and may wish to exercise them to buy the land. Sales notices will point out, insofar as possible, problems relating to (1) access, (2) adjoining owner preference rights, (3) small-tract sales limitation of one per customer, and other pertinent information. When possible, all sales are scheduled far enough in advance so ample notice can be given in Our Public Lands. Sales listed can be canceled on short notice for administrative and technical reasons. A listing of BLM State Offices with addresses is found on this page. LOUISIANA Approximately 10 acres. Natchitoches Parish in west central Louisiana. Sale held third Wednesday of each month until sold. Additional information Eastern States Office. Refer to ES 10215. NEVADA 54.99 acres in Storey County, Nevada. No legal access. Sale 1 p.m. August 25. Write to Nevada State Office for further details. WYOMING 360 acres, 8 miles north, 2 miles west of Laramie in Albany County. No legal access. 160 acres, 6 miles north, 42 miles west of Laramie in Albany County. Legal access. Write to Wyoming State Office for further information about cost and other details. Sale after August 1. NEBRASKA 78.56 acres, 12 miles southwest of Brewster in Blaine County. No legal access. Write to Wyoming State Office for information about cost and other details. Sale after August 1. OREGON 6 parcels approximately 25 miles northwest of Pendleton in Umatilla County. Potential for commercial, industrial or agricultural use. Sale July 20. Write to Oregon State Office for further details. 5.69 acres. 61⁄2 miles southwest of McMinnville, Oregon in Yamhill County. No legal access. Requests for county building permits will likely be denied due to shallow soil. Appraised value $2,000. Additional information from Oregon State Office. Sale August 10, 1976. MONTANA 40 acres. 25 miles S.E. Lewistown, Montana in Fergus County. No water rights. No legal access. Sale after September 15. Write BLM Montana State Office for appraised value and other details. Refer to M 32825. 6.94 acres. Isolated parcel in two lots. 50 miles S. Ennis, 15 miles W. of West Yellowstone, Montana in Madison County. No water rights. No legal access. Sale held after September 15. Write BLM Montana State Office for appraised value and other details. Refer to M 20681. 23 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON. D.C. 20402 OFFICIAL BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 375 U.S.MAIL A special Bicentennial edition of the Interior Department's Conservation Yearbook is off the press. The title is AMERICA 200: THE LEGACY OF OUR LANDS This book is about the underlying connections between our resources and our people. It is about Indians and pioneers, railroaders and miners, developers and conservationists, public figures and public moods. It is about how land was taken and given, bought and sold, to culminate in a mix of public and private ownership that is our legacy. We have drawn from the diaries of early settlers, from the histories of Indian tribes, from newspapers and records of Congress to bring together glimpses of the humor, pathos, courage, ingenuity and general character of the travelers throug American history on a journey of two hundred years and more than three million square miles. But a picture is worth many words, so much of our story is in pictures-rar documents, antique engravings, historic paintings and glassplate photographs along with a profusion of contemporary full-color art and photography. Cost $5.55 per copy. Superintendent of Documents: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 Enclosed find $ (Make check or money order payable to Superintendent of Documents). copies of: AMERICA 200 THE LEGACY OF OUR LANDS, Catalog No. I 1.95:11, U.S. Department of the Interior. Please send FOR USE OF SUPT. DOCS Enclosed. To be mailed later. Refund.. Coupon refund..... Postage.. FOR PROMPT SHIPMENT, PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ADDRESS ON LABEL BELOW INCLUDING YOUR ZIP CODE The Gulkana-Swift and Wild The Gulkana Vies for Wild River Status JOETTE STORMS Public Affairs, Wild river in our minds the words are synonymous with adventure, white water, and isolation. Man needs wild places, to go where he thinks no one else has gone before, and to explore the unknown recesses of nature's soul. This need was recognized in 1968 when Congress passed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The Act provides for the protection of wild rivers in all their free flowing glory. One of the Nation's remaining wild rivers is the Gulkana in south central Alaska. One hundred miles from its headwaters in Summit Lake, the Gulkana meets the Copper River. Along its course, the river cuts across canyons 200 feet deep and races through forest land to meet civilization head on at the crossing of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The Gulkana stirs the hearts of men. They love it, respect it, and seek to test its power. The name comes from the Ahnta Indians who live in the river's basin. Acknowledging its strong, swift character they called it Gul ka na. Those who have challenged the river for sport have asked the Federal Government to designate the river and the land around it from Paxson Lake to Sourdough, 60 miles downstream, as a Wilderness Trail. In the early 1960s a group known as the Tansns Valley Sportsmen's Association recog |