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	AllRefer.com - public land (Political Science: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		Public land is also called land in the public domain.
		Additional public land was acquired with the Louisiana Purchase (1803), Florida (1819), Oregon (1846), the Mexican Cession (1848), the Gadsden Purchase (1853), and Alaska (1867).
		Almost as soon as public land was acquired the federal government began to dispose of it through grants to states, railroad companies, settlers (see Homestead Act, 1862), colleges (see land-grant colleges and universities), and cash sales.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/publicla.html (443 words)

	Public Lands - MSN Encarta
		Public Lands, in United States law, term designating largely vacant and unappropriated lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the United States Department of the Interior.
		Land warrants were purchased for a mere fraction of their face value by speculators.
		Grants of public lands were awarded by Congress to encourage the construction of canals, wagon roads, and railroads, and to reclaim swamplands.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572288/Public_Lands.html (961 words)

	Public land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The majority of public lands in the United States are held in trust for the American people by the federal government and managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Secretary of Interior or the U.S. Forest Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
		In general, Congress must legislate the creation of new public lands, although the Executive may use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate new national monuments (or to protect existing public lands with such a designation).
		The trust lands (two sections, or 640 acres per township) are usually managed extractively (grazing or mining), to provide revenue for public schools.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Public_lands (542 words)

	Trends in Public Lands Recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		If this trend continues, recreational activities on the public lands will be simply another form of industrial extraction, leaving a degraded, denuded land to the American public while filling the coffers of the recreation industries.
		The results from this "sweeping motorization" of the public lands are sediment runoff into streams, toxic pollution in the air, soil and water; direct vegetation destruction; direct roadkill; habitat fragmentation; the spread of non native weeds, pests and pathogens; and increased access for illegal off-road vehicle use and poaching.
		Public lands can provide recreational activities to a broad array of Americans as long as recreational activities are managed based on the ecological impacts they cause.
	www.wildlandscpr.org /resourcelibrary/reports/rec_trends.html (750 words)

	Welfare Ranching: Taking Stock of Public Lands Ranching
		Protecting the environmental integrity of public lands contributes to this ongoing economic vitality and almost certainly offsets any losses in the livestock sectors that may be associated with changes in livestock use of federal lands.
		This direct calculation of the degree of ranching "dependence" on federal lands is to be contrasted with the method used by livestock interests in their efforts to make the case for protecting the status quo on western public lands.
		It is not obvious that public policy affecting millions of acres of public land-public lands with many other values in addition to their commercial forage value-should be dictated by the interests of a tiny fraction of the West's population.
	www.publiclandsranching.org /htmlres/wr_taking_stock.htm (6799 words)

	Public Land and Other Matters Related Thereto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Public lands and minerals are property of the State; rights and privileges under Federal laws to be preserved; administration of land to conform with Treaties and Compacts.
		Public lands in Nevada which have been administered by the United States under international treaties or interstate compacts must continue to be administered by the state in conformance with those treaties or compacts.
		The public lands should be ceded to the states in which they lie because their present condition is not warranted by the letter of the Constitution of this government...
	users.frii.com /gosplow/public-l.html (7279 words)

	Public Lands - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
		The public lands might be divided into four classes: 1—Lands owned by the general government; 2—Lands granted to the higher institutions of learning; 3—Common school lands: 4—Grants made to railroad companies.
		The grants of land for the purpose of aiding the construction of railroads were made by an act of Congress, approved March 3, 1863, the lands to be subject to the disposal of the legislature of Kansas.
		Thus a portion of the lands were regained for actual settlers under the preëmption and homestead laws, but it was a mere bagatelle when compared with the entire half million acres which rightfully belonged to the public school fund.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/p/public_lands.html (1004 words)

	Grazing on Public Lands - Conservation Policies - Sierra Club
		The primary goal of this Sierra Club federal public lands grazing policy is to protect and restore native biodiversity and achieve functional and self-sustaining ecosystems.
		Federal public lands belong to the American public and must be managed to maintain their long-term ecological integrity.
		The public land management agencies have insufficient funding, staff, and determination to create and administer monitoring systems that will provide reasonable assurance that adverse impacts will be minimized and opportunities for restoration taken advantage of.
	www.sierraclub.org /policy/conservation/grazing.asp (891 words)

	Public Lands Museum
		They needed lands to reward soldiers who had served in their regiments against the British, but they also feared that the land-claim states would dominate the nation economically and politically.
		The indigenous people of North America -- who had their own history of claiming lands that were unoccupied or that belonged to others--contested the young nation's claim to lands they considered theirs and often they did so at the cost of many lives.
		Thus, inseparable from the expansion of the Public Domain are the broken treaties and the wars with Indian tribes that inevitably led to the expulsion of native peoples from most of their homeland.
	www.publiclands.org /museum/story/story04.htm (391 words)

	Place Public Lands into a National Public Lands System
		Although use of public lands by the American public is expanding significantly, citizens are often unable to identify BLM lands on maps or clearly identify on-the-ground lands managed by the Bureau.
		A curious fact is that, as appreciation rose regarding the importance of a greater and greater variety of values, and as lands were dedicated to their preservation and use and usually transferred to special agencies, this concern did not carry over to the public domain remaining outside of the dedicated areas.
		Public participation in land classification programs by BLM under the 1964 law gave the general public in the West and Alaska greater understanding of the resources of the BLM lands, and helped document public sentiment for retaining these lands in public ownership for multiple use management.
	www.publicland.org /publandsys.htm (2227 words)

	TPWD: Public Hunting Lands: General Information
		The Public Hunting Program, begun in 1954, offers the opportunity to participate in low cost, family oriented, spontaneous hunts for a multitude of wildlife species on diverse lands of substantial acreage as well as a variety of other outdoor recreational activities.
		To enter any of the public hunting lands listed in this publication and participate in any of the authorized activities at designated times and units, a person must possess one of the appropriate permits unless it is an activity, time period, or unit for which no permit is required.
		To locate a certain unit of public hunting lands, refer to the Table of Contents and select a specific unit you wish to visit.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /huntwild/hunt/public/lands (544 words)

	Lesson Plans - Public Lands: Hidden Histories
		There is at least one public land in every state, with the majority located in the contiguous western states and in Alaska.
		Many public lands were once the home of Native American tribes, which had a unique relationship with the land.
		The histories of public lands are much like the history of America: filled with battles, victories, hopes, injustices, and stories of bravery.
	nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/lessons/17/g68/hiddenhistory.html (886 words)

	Green Scissors 2003 Public Lands Overview
		Nevertheless, many archaic federal land policies continue to exist and each year taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize destructive practices on public lands.
		The federal government should ensure that public lands remain a source of environmental wealth and should be managed to provide a fair return to all taxpayers.
		However, many enshrined federal public land programs waste billions of taxpayer dollars on extractive development and seriously damage ecosystems that were once pristine.
	www.greenscissors.org /publiclands/index.htm (333 words)

	Public Lands
		Public Land is also referred to as Crown Land, and as the name 'Public' suggests, it is land owned by the citizens of Nova Scotia and held in trust by the government.
		Public Land accounts for approximately 30.4% of Nova Scotia's total area (the smallest amount of Public Land in any Province with the exception of P.E.I.).
		Although Nova Scotian citizens are the owners of this land, it is held in trust by the Provincial and Federal governments, who act as the managers for it.
	www.publicland.ca /publiclands/index.html (403 words)

	History of Public Lands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Land use decisions in Alaska were bound up with the aboriginal land claims of Alaskan Natives, and with the pressures resulting from the 1968 Prudhoe Bay oil discovery and plans for the Trans Alaska pipeline.
		The upshot was, by 1970, huge pressures from the governor and the State of Alaska, the oil industry and developers of all stripes to pass an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to implement a settlement that had been negotiated with Native organizations.
		This “D-2” provision—so-called from section 17(d)(2) of the law—required that up to 80,000,000 acres of federal lands in Alaska identified by the Secretary of the Interior as having highest values for park, refuge and wilderness purposes, were to be reserved and given interim protection until Congress could act on the results of more detailed studies.
	www.alaskacoalition.org /history_public_lands.htm (1497 words)

	NFN - The Problem With Public Lands Grazing
		Ed Abbey wrote that cattle ranching on public lands is the most sacred forms of public welfare in the United States.
		At least on public lands, forage should be going to support native species, not privately owned domestic animals.
		Historically, conservationists working on public lands grazing issues have focused on increasing the federal grazing fee and/or advocating improved grazing practices.
	www.nativeforest.org /campaigns/public_lands/pplg_5_30_02.htm (1385 words)

	Public Lands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Land grants during the colonial period, which were made by the respective sovereigns, or their representatives, are found in the original colony (state) archives.
		The public domain was divided into north-south strips of land, six miles wide, called ranges, and east-west strips of land, six miles wide, called townships.
		The tract books, which contain the records of the first land transfer of a piece of land in the public domain, may be found in the National Archives, state land offices, state archives, or in historical societies.
	www.abqgen.swnet.com /article8.htm (641 words)

	Public Lands Information Center
		The National Geographic Public Lands of the United States map is available for a limited time.
		Lands That We Love: Americans Talk About America's Public Lands is a collection of moving essays and spectacular photographs which illustrate how public lands are not only important to us as a nation, but also personally meaningful.
		Public Lands Information Centers are operated by the Public Lands Interpretive Association, a nonprofit educational organization, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, and the USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region.
	www.publiclands.org (544 words)

	Louisiana Public Lands
		The refuge area is classified as mid to late successional bottomland hardwood forest, cypress mixed with bottomland hardwoods, open water, willow, smartweed, water hyacinth, frog's bit, and cattail.
		The refuge was authorized on September 22, 1984, by Public Law 98-396.
		Public use opportunities are fishing, hiking, biking, guided tours and environmental education programs.
	www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Louisiana/public_lands (570 words)

	Public Rewards from Public Lands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Public Rewards from Public Lands presents the value of these lands in economic, social, and environmental terms.
		An introduction to the report and an outline of four aspects of land management the BLM has emphasized: Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Resource Decisions, Public Land Treasures, Watershed Restoration, and Safe Visits.
		Maps of the lands under BLM management; statistics on financial benefits from the public lands to the Federal government and the States; a summary of the BLM's wild horse and burro program and of commercial and recreational activities on BLM lands; and names and acreages of the public land treasures managed by the BLM.
	www.blm.gov /nhp/pubs/rewards/2000 (205 words)

	Privatizing America's Public Lands
		Until the last three decades use control of the public lands resided largely in the regional commodity users: ranchers, miners, loggers, and irrigators.
		Land would be auctioned not for dollars but for public land share certificates (analogous to no par value stock certificates) distributed equally to all Americans.
		For example, short of privatizing public lands (which would make good sense in many cases), commodities and services from those lands could be sold at market prices.
	www.wildwilderness.org /wi/privatize.htm (2292 words)

	BLM Lands and Realty Publication: Rights-of-Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A ROW grant is an authorization to use a specific piece of public land for a certain project, such as roads, pipelines, transmission lines, and communication sites.
		Depending on the specifics of your proposed activity, uses on the public lands can be either casual use or a use requiring a grant.
		For example, in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), Congress directed that ROW in common shall be required, to the extent practical, in order to minimize adverse environmental impacts and the proliferation of separate ROW.
	www.blm.gov /nhp/what/lands/realty/pubs/row/index.html (3519 words)

	Public Lands Foundation Home Page
		The Public Land Foundation (PLF) is dedicated to the ecological stability of the public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
		These public lands are the United States' largest public land system; comprising over 261 million surface acres and 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate.
		The Public Lands Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.Gifts provided on behalf of the Public Lands Foundation are deductible to the extent allowed by federal and state law.
	www.publicland.org (335 words)

	Public Lands Grazing Resources
		As part of his research on the subject, Dr. Powers produced two tables of economic data that are widely cited to refute the contention that public lands grazing is essential to western state economies.
		Public land ranchers and an Interdepartmental Grazing Fee Technical Committee assigned to study grazing fee alternatives in the 1960s questioned the ability of the FVI to account for short-term demand, supply, and price equilibrium, and, for this reason, the BCPI and PPI were added to the fee formula.
		It is time to consider the feasibility of a competitive bid system for public lands, or, at the very least, adopt a new fee formula that generates more equitable grazing fees.
	www.publiclandsranching.org /htmlres/resources.htm (1488 words)

	Public Lands: Patapsco Heritage-Greenway or Development Corridor?
		A second public meeting, originally scheduled for November, was promptly postponed so planners could meet with smaller community groups and counter opposition before taking the plan to county and state officials for approval and funding.
		Begun with a donation of land in 1907, the Park preserves approximately 25 linear miles of undeveloped, forested stream valley land along the Patapsco River in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, and Carroll Counties, encompassing 15,000 acres and five developed areas.
		In their cover letter, MCC reminded the Governor that the primary purpose of the Patapsco Valley State Park is to conserve the natural and living resources of the Patapsco River Valley and contribute to the overall effort to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
	maryland.sierraclub.org /archive/1999/marapr/publiclands.html (1345 words)

	Public Land
		All three sites are related to the online submission of public land surface disposition applications, amendments and assignments.
		The Lands Division is responsible for the management of industrial, commercial and agricultural public land dispositions in accordance with the Public Lands Act, and related legislation, regulations and policies.
		Approximately 220 000 active surface activities were on public lands as of April 1, 2006.
	www.srd.gov.ab.ca /land/index.html (328 words)

	CRS Reports >Public Lands - NLE
		Abstract: The growing and diverse nature of recreation on federal lands has increased the challenge of balancing recreation with other land uses, and balancing different types of recreation.
		Abstract: The 109th Congress is considering issues related to the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the national forests managed by the Forest Service (FS).
		The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has made these reports available to the public at large, but the Congressional Research Service is not affiliated with the NCSE or the National Library for the Environment (NLE).
	www.ncseonline.org /NLE/CRS/Detail.cfm?Category=Public+Lands (949 words)

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