Our Public Lands, Volumes 26-28U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1976 |
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Page 12
... animals they could graze ; what seasons they could use the range and other details of range use were decided . If the deterioration of the range was not reversed , at least it was checked . World War II brought the first definite ...
... animals they could graze ; what seasons they could use the range and other details of range use were decided . If the deterioration of the range was not reversed , at least it was checked . World War II brought the first definite ...
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... animals to their use . Boone blazed the way so that the traveler would know which fork to follow as he reached each of the trail's many branchings . When necessary they chopped down trees or removed fallen logs so that pack horses and ...
... animals to their use . Boone blazed the way so that the traveler would know which fork to follow as he reached each of the trail's many branchings . When necessary they chopped down trees or removed fallen logs so that pack horses and ...
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... animal that was native but is no longer found in the area is the Roosevelt elk . BLM's man- agement plan proposes joint studies with California Fish and Game Department aimed at rein- troduction of the elk to the range . The King Range ...
... animal that was native but is no longer found in the area is the Roosevelt elk . BLM's man- agement plan proposes joint studies with California Fish and Game Department aimed at rein- troduction of the elk to the range . The King Range ...
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... animal remains . In the absence of an easily obtained meal , how- ever , they can catch their own live fish , pirate one from an osprey , or actively pursue a full - grown waterfowl , gulls , rabbits , and other animals when and where ...
... animal remains . In the absence of an easily obtained meal , how- ever , they can catch their own live fish , pirate one from an osprey , or actively pursue a full - grown waterfowl , gulls , rabbits , and other animals when and where ...
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... animals are properly cared for and are not exploited commercially . In Oregon , as in other States with sizeable wild horse popula- tions , such roundups have been conducted . But , say BLM officials , they have been expensive and less ...
... animals are properly cared for and are not exploited commercially . In Oregon , as in other States with sizeable wild horse popula- tions , such roundups have been conducted . But , say BLM officials , they have been expensive and less ...
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Page 11 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 14 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 18 - And that we might go out with every help that could serve to make the result of our voyage entertaining to the generality of readers, as well as instructive to the sailor and scholar, Mr Webber was pitched upon, and engaged to embark with me, for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts...
Page 2 - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 14 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
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Page 14 - An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions...
Page 4 - The department also has major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under...
Page 14 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 20 - West," suddenly arrived in the city, arrayed and equipped in all their classic beauty, — with shield and helmet, — with tunic and manteau, — tinted and tasselled off, exactly for the painter's palette...