Purchase of Certain Groves of Sequoia Gigantea in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, with the Draft of a Proposed Bill, a Statement of Facts Relating to Negotiations for Purchase of Certain Groves of Sequoia Gigantea in California. April 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and Ordered to be Printed
Title | Purchase of Certain Groves of Sequoia Gigantea in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, with the Draft of a Proposed Bill, a Statement of Facts Relating to Negotiations for Purchase of Certain Groves of Sequoia Gigantea in California. April 23, 1900. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and Ordered to be Printed PDF eBook |
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Preserving the Desert
Title | Preserving the Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Lary M. Dilsaver |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Desert conservation |
ISBN | 9781938086465 |
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
The Ever-changing View
Title | The Ever-changing View PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Godfrey |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Nature |
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"United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region"
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Title | Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Superintendent of Documents |
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Pages | 1868 |
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Genre | Government publications |
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THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
Title | THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2018-05-25 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9251084025 |
The publication was prepared based on information provided by 86 countries, outcomes from regional and subregional consultations and commissioned thematic studies. It includes: •an overview of definitions and concepts related to Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) and a review of their value; •a description of the main drivers of changes; •the presentation of key emerging technologies; •an analysis of the current status of FGR conservation, use and related developments; •recommendations addressing the challenges and needs. By the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
My Life
Title | My Life PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 522 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | History |
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Fundamentals of Tree Ring Research
Title | Fundamentals of Tree Ring Research PDF eBook |
Author | James H. Speer |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0816526850 |
This comprehensive text addresses all of the subjects that a reader who is new to the field will need to know and will be a welcome reference for practitioners at all levels. It includes a history of the discipline, biological and ecological background, principles of the field, basic scientific information on the structure and growth of trees, the complete range of dendrochronology methods, and a full description of each of the relevant subdisciplines.