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Disposal of public lands in Illinois
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Financial history of the public lands in Texas
… and legislative history of each category of public land, together with the significant court decisions affecting their status and their revenue-yielding potentialities. Following this, the receipts actually realized are exhibited. An earnest attempt has been made to give complete statistics …
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Wildly Inaccessible: Reaching Public Lands via Public Transit
Public transit offers a valuable method to sustainably connect people to highly sought amenities, including outdoor spaces. Outdoor recreation has grown in popularity, with a particular uptick in outdoor activity in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, a growing body of research has …
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Assessing and Evaluating Recreational Trails on Public Lands
… habitat, spread invasive species, and fragment landscapes. The second article (Chapter 3) examines informal and formal trails within Great Falls Park, VA, a sub-unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, managed by the U.S. National Park Service. This study sought to answer three specific …
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Oil and gas and the public lands : conflict and resolution
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1983.
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The Value of Knowing: Public Lands Monitoring by Non-Agency Groups
… on information gathered from monitoring of those lands. While some monitoring is being conducted by federal land management agencies, it is happening too infrequently and is often inadequate for properly informing land management decisions. In an attempt to fill this gap non-agency groups have …
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The Value of Knowing: Public Lands Monitoring by Non-Agency Groups
… on information gathered from monitoring of those lands. While some monitoring is being conducted by federal land management agencies, it is happening too infrequently and is often inadequate for properly informing land management decisions. In an attempt to fill this gap non-agency groups have …
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Bears Ears National Monument, Relationship, and the Rhetoric of Public Lands
This dissertation examines the rhetoric of public lands through three case studies related to Bears Ears National Monument (BENM). I argue that a central part of what makes public lands rhetorical are the relationships that people have with the lands, or the experiences, interactions, and meanings …
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Analysis of factors influencing decisions to acquire public lands for wildlife
Public land acquisition for wildlife-related purposes was studied, using land acquisition under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act between 1947 and 1970 for the analysis. On the basis of a literature review, variables were selected for graphing and for regression analysis. Data was …
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Exploring the Structure and Development of Management Prescriptions for Public Lands
… widely accepted as an important component of public land management plans. However, very little effort is spent on evaluating and learning about this part of the planning process. This research identifies and addresses the need to explore opportunities for additional guidance on the …
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Connecting Youth to Public Lands Through the Social Change Model of Leadership Development: The Yosemite Leadership Program
… connecting collegiate students to their gateway public lands sites. The goal of this research was to identify how the SCM could be used to implement methods and practices of leadership development with college students in partnership with a public lands agency. The specific leadership development …
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An investigation into hunter preference and accuracy of various methods of harvest reporting on public lands in Illinois
A multiple harvest reporting system is used for public land hunters in Illinois. The location, type of species, type of property hunted, and the type of weapon used determine what type of harvest reporting method is required. Currently, Illinois harvest reporting methods include: check-in stations, …
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Bees, Bombs, and Burns: Disturbance and the Native Bee Communities of Military and Other Public Lands in Virginia
… communities of native plants and animals. These lands may serve as refugia, protecting rare, threatened, and endangered species that may have disappeared from surrounding areas, particularly those that need disturbance to survive on the landscape. This is especially true for invertebrates, who …
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Opportunities for coordinated road management on public lands for purposes of ecosystem management: the case of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem
This study examines opportunities for coordinated road management for purposes of ecosystem management. The coordination efforts in Greater Yellowstone provide a case study illustrating these opportunities. The study first reviews current literature about ecosystems, ecosystem management goals, …
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Native Voices and Native Values in Sacred Landscapes Management: Bridging the Indigenous Values Gap on Public Lands Through Co-Management Policy
… a federal-tribal co-management model for sacred lands held in federal stewardship. The central question in this inquiry is, are co-management agreements appropriate for sacred landscapes management, and if so, how would they work? In other words, what are the issues, fundamental elements and core …
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A Comparison of Land Use and Land Cover in Public Lands of the Northwestern Great Plains and High Plains Ecoregions and the Implications For Grassland Birds
… birds, but the relative contribution of public lands in representing and maintaining avian biodiversity remains poorly understood. Having a better understanding of the role that publicly managed grasslands play in the conservation of grassland bird habitat is important for assessing the …
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Assessment of Public Land Values and a Comparison Amongst Nonresident Outdoor Recreationists in Montana
… are primarily attracted to characteristics of public lands such as national parks, mountains and forests, and open space. Thirty-five percent of Montana is public land, therefore understanding what values those visitors have for these public lands is very important and has not been analyzed in …
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