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Management Of The Public Lands System
1,029 wordsManagement of the BLM's Public Lands System The government has control of over one-third of the nation's land, and 398 million acres of that is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM 6). This land hold a wide diversity of resources, from timber, and grazing lands found on the surface to a mass of oil, natural gas, and minerals laying below the earth. The history of these lands is hardly a dull story, because it is the story of the taming of the "Wild West." Should the BLM though, still...
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Public And Private Environmental Movement
889 wordsAt 87, David Brower, fighter for American environmentalism, isn't ready to hang up his gloves and wish the Earth well. Director of the Sierra Club from 1952 - 1969 and founder of three internationally recognized environmental groups; Brower is still up and about, manning the frontlines of the environmental movement. A combat veteran and three-time Nobel nominee, the soft-spoken activist recently turned his attention from single-issue advocacy to broader coalitions: Last October, he announced the...
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Member Countries Crop Production
1,594 wordsIntroduction Regional groupings such as SADC aims to bring neighbouring countries into a league or association or union where they will be able to work together in terms of matters concerning politics, economics and development, the ultimate being regional integration. The concept of regional integration is nothing new. During biblical times the Canaanites comprising of different countries formed a union to deal with the invading band of Israelites from Egypt. The intention of regional integrati...
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Arable Land Water Table
2,504 wordsConservation Management Of Water In Raised Mires Conservation Management Of Water In Raised Mires And Lowland Wet Grasslands Introduction Wetlands make up 6 % of the earth&sup 1; s land surface and in the past, people had misconceptions about them. The only policy for management was to drain them, but nowadays, the emphasis is on protection. A wetland has a water level high enough to force vegetation to survive for a significant time in anaerobic conditions. Britain has relied on land drainage t...
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Forest Service Clear Cutting
593 wordsSince World War 2, the Forest Service had gone through a major revolution that it included the need to be more efficient and cost-effective in production of timber as a crop from national forest lands. However, the increased effort of timber production clashed with environmental issues, the need for more recreation and wildlife viewing. In 1960, law with management of the national forests according to a philosophy of sustained yield and multiple use charged the Forest Service. This was the produ...
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North America Public Awareness
238 wordsPheasants Forever is a nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1982 in response to the decline of the ring-necked pheasant population. Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant and other wildlife populations in North America through habitat improvement, public awareness, education, and land management benefiting landowners and wildlife alike. Pheasants Forever's system of county chapters allows 100 % of net funds raised by chapters to remain at the chapt...
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