Sierra Club Bulletin, Volume 10Sierra Club, 1919 Includes section "Book reviews." |
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... thousand miles away . Moreover it was possible to determine the mass , momen- tum and energy involved in this fall of a mountain . John Muir would have been interested in these measurements made at a distance , but undoubtedly would ...
... thousand miles away . Moreover it was possible to determine the mass , momen- tum and energy involved in this fall of a mountain . John Muir would have been interested in these measurements made at a distance , but undoubtedly would ...
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... Thousands and thousands , hereafter , who go to the mountains , streams and cañons of California will choose to see them through the eyes of John Muir , and they will see more deeply because they see with his eyes . But while in a high ...
... Thousands and thousands , hereafter , who go to the mountains , streams and cañons of California will choose to see them through the eyes of John Muir , and they will see more deeply because they see with his eyes . But while in a high ...
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... thousand blurred fragments must be conned and brooded over with stu- dious care , and kept vital and formative on the edges , ready to knit like broken living bones , while a final judgment is being bravely withheld until the entire ...
... thousand blurred fragments must be conned and brooded over with stu- dious care , and kept vital and formative on the edges , ready to knit like broken living bones , while a final judgment is being bravely withheld until the entire ...
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... thousand feet high , and is scarcely less im- pressive than the great dome . We have collected fine specimens of this clearly defined rock form from all the principal Yosemi- tes of the region . Nevertheless , it also has been ...
... thousand feet high , and is scarcely less im- pressive than the great dome . We have collected fine specimens of this clearly defined rock form from all the principal Yosemi- tes of the region . Nevertheless , it also has been ...
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... thousand miles from here ! It is a pleasure to think that our friend's name and services to the world will be commemorated by those superb woods on the slope of Tamalpais which are called after him . " Dr. Bryce was President of the ...
... thousand miles from here ! It is a pleasure to think that our friend's name and services to the world will be commemorated by those superb woods on the slope of Tamalpais which are called after him . " Dr. Bryce was President of the ...
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Page 340 - 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 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...
Page 222 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States...
Page 113 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created in the Department of the Interior a service to be called the National Park Service, which shall be under the charge of a director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and who shall receive a salary of $4,500 per annum.
Page 112 - Cal., and covered an area of about 1,512 square miles, being 36 miles wide by about 40 miles long. Under the act approved February 7, 1905, entitled "An act to exclude from the Yosemite National Park, Cal., certain lands therein described and to attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve...
Page 456 - First, that the National Parks must be maintained in absolutely unimpaired form for the use of future generations as well as those of our own time; second, that they are set apart for the use, observation, health and pleasure of the people; and, third, that the national interest must dictate all decisions affecting public or private enterprise in the parks.
Page 140 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Page 114 - He may also grant privileges, leases, and permits for the use of land for the accommodation of visitors in the various parks, monuments, or other reservations...
Page 114 - ... years; and no natural curiosities, wonders, or objects of interest, shall be leased, rented, or granted to anyone on such terms as to interfere with free access to them by the public...
Page 222 - He may also, upon terms and conditions to be fixed by him, sell or dispose of timber in those cases where in his judgment the cutting of such timber is required in order to control the attacks of insects or diseases or otherwise conserve the scenery or the natural or historic objects in any such park, monument, or reservation.
Page 343 - ... wise for the accommodation of visitors; and may likewise arrange for the removal of such mature or dead or down timber as he may deem necessary and advisable for the protection and improvement of the park: Provided, That no appropriation for the maintenance of said park in excess of $10,000 annually shall be made unless the same shall have first been expressly authorized by law.