Public land management policy: oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 |
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Page 170 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
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Page 58 - States, its territories and island possessions; that these areas, though distinct in character, are united through their inter-related purposes and resources into one national park system as cumulative expressions of a single national heritage; that, individually and collectively, these areas derive increased national dignity and recognition of their superb environmental quality through their inclusion jointly with each other in one national park system preserved and managed for the benefit and inspiration...
Page 345 - An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the city of Los Angeles, California, certain public lands in California; and granting rights-of-way over public lands and reserved lands to the city of Los Angeles in Mono County in the State of California", approved June 23, 1936 (49 Stat.
Page 110 - The lake is two hundred feet deep, and its sluggish waters are so strong with alkali that if you only dip the most hopelessly soiled garment into them once or twice, and wring it out, it will be found as clean as if it had been through the ablest of washerwomen's hands.
Page 153 - Department" means the Department of Water and Power unless some other department of the City is expressly described. f. "General Manager" means the General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Department of Water and Power of The City of Los Angeles. g. "Section" means a section of this Chapter unless some other ordinance or statute is specifically mentioned. h. "Customer...
Page 345 - An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the City of Los Angeles, California, certain public lands in California; and granting rights in, over and through the Sierra Forest Reserve, the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve, and the San Gabriel Timber Land Reserve, California, to the City of Los Angeles, California.
Page 267 - The state has an affirmative duty to take the public trust into account in the planning and allocation of water resources, and to protect public trust uses whenever feasible.
Page 26 - October 1, 1983, there are hereby author16 ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 17 carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 55 - The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal -areas known as National Parks, Monuments, and Reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the...