Sierra Club Bulletin, Volume 10Sierra Club, 1919 Includes section "Book reviews." |
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... trip to the Zambesi Baobab forests , Victoria Falls , and the magnificent glacial rock scenery of Southern Rhodesia . From Mombasa I intend to make a short trip into the Nyanza lake region , then home via Suez , Naples and New York ...
... trip to the Zambesi Baobab forests , Victoria Falls , and the magnificent glacial rock scenery of Southern Rhodesia . From Mombasa I intend to make a short trip into the Nyanza lake region , then home via Suez , Naples and New York ...
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... trip that you are now making . You are far happier than you know . Good luck to you all , and I shall hope to see you all on your return , boys and girls , with the sparkle and exhilaration . of the mountains still in your eyes . With ...
... trip that you are now making . You are far happier than you know . Good luck to you all , and I shall hope to see you all on your return , boys and girls , with the sparkle and exhilaration . of the mountains still in your eyes . With ...
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... trips of near- ly forty years before were crammed with sketches and volum- inous notes , jotted down perhaps in the canoe , or around the camp - fire , but oftenest in the solitudes of the great glaciers in whose study he cheerfully ...
... trips of near- ly forty years before were crammed with sketches and volum- inous notes , jotted down perhaps in the canoe , or around the camp - fire , but oftenest in the solitudes of the great glaciers in whose study he cheerfully ...
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... trip . Alaska Trip . Century , Aug. , 1897 , v . 54 , p . 513-526 . Descriptive of the rivers , forests , and glaciers of Alaska . Ancient Glaciers of the Sierra . Californian , Dec. , 1880 , v . 2 , P. 550-557 . Characteristic ...
... trip . Alaska Trip . Century , Aug. , 1897 , v . 54 , p . 513-526 . Descriptive of the rivers , forests , and glaciers of Alaska . Ancient Glaciers of the Sierra . Californian , Dec. , 1880 , v . 2 , P. 550-557 . Characteristic ...
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... trip . Grand Caņon of the Colorado . Century , Nov. , 1902 , v . 65 , p . 107-116 . Clear and interesting descriptions of the wonders of " a gigantic sunken landscape made out of . . . limestone and sandstone . " Hetch - Hetchy Valley ...
... trip . Grand Caņon of the Colorado . Century , Nov. , 1902 , v . 65 , p . 107-116 . Clear and interesting descriptions of the wonders of " a gigantic sunken landscape made out of . . . limestone and sandstone . " Hetch - Hetchy Valley ...
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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.