United States Bureau of Land Management records, 1944-1979

Format:

Book

Series:

Environmental History: Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870-1980.

Environmental History: Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870-1980

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Bureau of Land Management--Archives.

United States.

Public lands--United States--Management--Sources.

Public lands.

Land use--United States--Planning--Sources.

Land use.

Game protection--United States--Sources.

Game protection.

Habitat conservation--United States--Sources.

Habitat conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (651 manuscripts)

Place of Publication:

Gale, a Cengage Company

Summary:

The United States Bureau of Land Management was created in 1946 and this federal agency is responsible for the management of 270 million acres of public lands, the majority of which are in the western states and Alaska. The duties of the Bureau include energy and mineral development, managing grazing, land use planning, and wildlife and fisheries habitat management. The collection contains correspondence and reports pertaining to all issues related to land management. Reports and records in this collection touch on a wide variety of subjects including land management, game management, legislation, indigenous rights and federal and international policies on those topics. They offer researcher insight into the effect of land use management and conservation.

Contents:

Series 1: Department of Interior Operations

Series 2: Bureau of Land Management State Operations

Series 3: Bureau of Land Management Business and Legislation

Series 4: Bureau of Land Management Subject Files

Series 6: Bureau of Land Management Images.

Notes:

Date of documents: 1944-1979.

Reproduction of the originals from Denver Public Library.

OCLC:

1419557853