Our Public Lands, Volumes 26-28U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1976 |
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... ores . Some ores have magnetic properties and can be located through the skillful use of such instruments as the magnetometer and the dip needle . Even the science of botany has played a role in the search for deposits of metallic. 7.
... ores . Some ores have magnetic properties and can be located through the skillful use of such instruments as the magnetometer and the dip needle . Even the science of botany has played a role in the search for deposits of metallic. 7.
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... located in Meagher County , 12 miles SW White Sul- phur Springs . Hilly with several deep coulees . El 6200 ft . Partial forested with Douglas Fir , rest in native grasses . Several springs in southern portion of tract . Rainfall about ...
... located in Meagher County , 12 miles SW White Sul- phur Springs . Hilly with several deep coulees . El 6200 ft . Partial forested with Douglas Fir , rest in native grasses . Several springs in southern portion of tract . Rainfall about ...
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... located on the Outer Continental Shelf in Alaska's lower Cook Inlet . The nominations represent tracts the petroleum industry would like to see offered in a proposed sale tentatively scheduled for that area . This proposed sale is desig ...
... located on the Outer Continental Shelf in Alaska's lower Cook Inlet . The nominations represent tracts the petroleum industry would like to see offered in a proposed sale tentatively scheduled for that area . This proposed sale is desig ...
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... located on other areas of the public land , 2. They may be removed from the range and placed in the care of qualified individuals or organizations willing to provide the animal a home , and finally 3. Excess animals may be de- stroyed ...
... located on other areas of the public land , 2. They may be removed from the range and placed in the care of qualified individuals or organizations willing to provide the animal a home , and finally 3. Excess animals may be de- stroyed ...
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... located near the village of Kiana , about 300 miles nortwest of Fairbanks , was withdrawn in 1971 as part of the proposed Noatak National Arctic Range under pro- visions of the Alaska Native Claims Act . BLM flew a team of scientists ...
... located near the village of Kiana , about 300 miles nortwest of Fairbanks , was withdrawn in 1971 as part of the proposed Noatak National Arctic Range under pro- visions of the Alaska Native Claims Act . BLM flew a team of scientists ...
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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...