Opportunity and challenge : the story of BLM / by James Muhn, Hanson R. Stuart ; designed by Peter D. Doran.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Muhn, James, author.

Stuart, Hanson R., author.

Contributor:

Doran, Peter D., designer.

United States. Bureau of Land Management, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Bureau of Land Management--History.

United States.

United States. Bureau of Land Management.

Public lands--United States--History.

Public lands.

Genre:

Government publications

Online resources.

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Story of BLM

Story of the Bureau of Land Management

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1988.

Contents:

Prologue : the public domain from 1776-1946

The search for an identity : the Bureau of Land Management, 1946-1960

A multiple use mandate : the 1960s

An agency with a mission : the 1970s

BLM consolidates its gains : the 1980s

Appendix 1 : commonly used acronyms

Appendix 2 : chronology of significant events

Appendix 3 : commissioners and directors.

Featured articles: Chapter 1. Jefferson and Hamilton and the public lands / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan

Commissioners of the General Land Office / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan

Surveying New Mexico Territory in 1859 / by R.E. Clements and L. Archer

William Morris Stewart

"father" of the Mining Law . by William Condit

The Beaubien-Miranda (maxwell) Mexican Land Grant / by Andrew Senti

Commissioner William A.J. Sparks confronts public land fraud / by William A.J. Sparks

Land rush in Oklahoma Territory / by Anthony Rice

Theodore Roosevelt on conservation / Theodore Roosevelt

History of the U.S. Geological Survey's Conservation Division / by Larry Godwin

Administrative principles of the grazing service / by Richard Rutledge

The Alaskan fire control service / by Roger R. Robinson

Chapter 2. A director's perspective : 1948-1953 / by Marion Clawsin

The range advisory board system / by A.D Brownfield

Tales of early BLM forestry in Alaska / by Edwin Zaidlicz

A director's perspective : 1953-1961 / by Edward Woozley

Records improvement project / by Tom Adler

Eastern States Office / by Curt Jones

Chapter 3. Service center role in BLM / by Ed Dettman

A director's perspective : 1961-1963 / by Karl S. Landstrom

Classification and Multiple Use Act / by Irving Senzel

A new emblem for BLM / by Charles H. Stoddard

A director's perspective : 1963-1966 / by Charles H. Stoddard

The Alaska State Land Selection Program : a state perspective / by Roscoe E. Bell

Off-road vehicle management / by Ralph M. Conrad

California Desert Program : 1966-1974 / by J. Russell Penny

The Vale Project / by Max Lieurance

The Boise Interagency Fire Center / by Jack Wilson

The big blow / by Larry L. Woodard

BLM's first "lady" forester / by Edwin Zaidlicz

Trail Blazer : BLM's first woman forester / by Elaine Pearsons

A director's perspective : 1966-1971 / by Boyd L. Rasmussen

Nigerian experience / by Jack McIntosh

Chapter 4. A director's perspective : 1971-1973 / by Burt Silcock

Implementing NEPA in BLM / by Ron Hofman

Environmental education / by Ron Hofman

BLM's response to the Public Land Law Review Commission / by Mike Harvey

How FLPMA passed / by Eleanor Schwartz

The FLPMA tightrope / by George Turcott

A director's perspective : 1973-1977 / by Curt Berklund

From MFPs to RMPs / by Robert Jones

Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf Office / by Edward J. Hoffmann

Upheaval in Alaska land status / by Curtis V. McVee

A world class project : the Trans-Alaska Pipeline / by Arlan Kohl

Ralph, Rita, and Gena / by Tom Noble

Phoenix Training Center / by Vi Dille and Ken McGinty

A director's perspective : 1978-1981 / by Frank Gregg

Implementing FLPMA / by Frank Gregg

A woman in firefighting / by Louise Power

Chapter 5. A state director's perspective / by Clair M. Whitlock

History of BLM land exchanges in Arizona / by D. Dean Bibles

The differences between BLM and the Forest Service / by Sally K. Fairfax

The lead mines of Missouri / by Charlie Most

The missiles of Garrison / by William Frey

On being a Navajo Coordinator / by Danny S. Charlie

Life as a P.E.T. / by Paul Parthun

The trials and tribulations of being a Resource Area Manager / by Phyllis Roseberry

Bureau Air Resource Management / by Al Riebau

BLM's Hazardous Materials Program / by Myra Musiakiewicz and Michael Giblin

Desert bighorn and BLM / by Allen Cooperrider

A wild horse roundup / by Robert E. Stewart

Cultural Resource Management in Arizona / by Gary Stumpf

The East Mojave National Scenic Area / by John Bailey

Wilderness Review Process in Utah / by Gregory F. Thayn

A director's perspective : 1981-1989 / by Robert F. Burford

The Human Resource Development Committee and its role in implementing change in the Bureau of Land Management / by Mike Evans.

Notes:

"September 1988."

"BLM/YA/GI-88/001+1701"--Page ii

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Muhn, James. Opportunity and challenge.

OCLC:

682280450

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