Mountaineers and Rangers: A History of the Federal Forest Management in the Southern Appalachians, 1900-81U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1983 - 191 Seiten |
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acquired acreage acres Administration Agriculture Appalachian National Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachian Trail Asheville Atlanta became Blue Ridge Parkway Boone National Forest CCC camps Chattahoochee National Forest Cherokee National Forest coal Company Creek Cumberland Daniel Boone Daniel Boone National district ranger eastern Kentucky economic enrollees established families farm fire Forest Reservation Commission Forest Service photo Forest Supervisor Forestry funds Gennett History impact industry July land purchase logging Lumber Macon mineral Mount Rogers Mountains National Park Nantahala National Forest National Forest land National Forest Reservation NFRC North Carolina Outdoor Recreation Park Service payments percent Pinchot Pisgah National Forest population Purchase Unit RARE II recreational development Redbird Report residents River roads scenic Schenck Smoky Mountains National Southern Appalachian counties Southern Appalachian region southern mountains survey Tenn tract U.S. Department U.S. Forest Service Unaka University VanNoppen Virginia Washington Weeks Act Western North Carolina wilderness WNRC
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Seite 164 - 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.
Seite 81 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life 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.
Seite 13 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Seite 17 - Agriculture to examine, locate and recommend for purchase such forested, cut-over or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber...
Seite 17 - Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by the Speaker...
Seite 148 - The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency are designated members of the Committee.
Seite 18 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR FEDERAL MEN EMPLOYED UNDER THE WEEKS LAW. Candidates for appointment as temporary employees during the season of serious danger from fire must be able-bodied and capable of enduring hardships and of performing severe labor under trying conditions ; must be able to build trails and cabins and to pack in provisions without assistance ; must be thoroughly familiar with the region in which they seek employment (or in other similar regions) including its geography, its forests and industrial...
Seite 18 - He must be able to take care of himself and his horses in regions remote from settlement and supplies. He must be able to build trails and cabins, ride, pack, and deal tactfully with all classes of people. He must know something of land surveying, estimating and scaling timber, logging, land laws, mining, and the live-stock business.
Seite 164 - ... renewable surface resources of the national forests for multiple use and sustained yield of the several products and services obtained therefrom. In the administration of the national forests due consideration shall be given to the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. The establishment and maintenance of areas of wilderness are consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act.
Seite 81 - Federal aid for unemployment relief. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Manufactures.