Download or read book Our Land and Water Resources written by U. S. Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Land and Water Resources: Current and Prospective Supplies and Uses Although thousands of acres of farmland are con verted annually to other uses - urbanization, roads, wildlife, and recreation - and population has risen a third in 20 years, we are in no danger of running out of farmland. Increasingly efficient production methods, a declining rate of population growth, and an abun dance of water resources and land with agricultural potential should ensure our domestic food and fiber needs to the year 2000 and leave enough land left over for other purposes. Distribution of the Nation's land among major uses has not changed markedly in recent decades. Agri culture continues to use more of our land than any other segment of the economy. In the 50 States, about a fifth of all land is used for growing crops and well over a third, including both grassland and woodland grazed, is used for livestock grazing. Forest land occupies a third of the total land area. About one-eighth of the land consists of marshes and swamp, desert, tundra, and barren land. Land in urban uses has about doubled since 1950 and now makes up almost 2 percent of the total land area. One percent of the land area is used for roads, airports, and other rural transportation facilities. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book National Resources Board A Report on National Planning and Public Works in Relation to Natural Resources and Including Land Use and Water Resou written by Harold L. Ickes and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Conservation of Water written by Walter McCulloh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conservation of Water: Addresses Delivered in the Chester S. Lyman Lecture Series, 1912, Before the Senior Class of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University In the course of lectures which we are to present to you, we shall consider only water, as a resource for power, for sanitation, irrigation and domestic water supplies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Geology and Water Resources of Central Oregon 1906 Classic Reprint written by Israel Cook Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Geology and Water Resources of Central Oregon, 1906 The region to which attention is here invited is indicated on the map forming P]. I. The portion Of Oregon referred to is not only new to geologists (so far as I am aware, no descriptions of its physical features, water resources, or geology are in print), but has not been topographically surveyed. The only map available for use during my reconnaissance was a map Of the State Of Oregon, drawn to a scale Of 12 miles to an inch, published by the General Land Office of the Interior Department. TO a large extent this map is devoid of data in reference to even the more conspicuous elements of the relief of the central portion Of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Future Use of Land in the United States Classic Reprint written by Raphael Zon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Future Use of Land in the United States In the last analysis all material wealth, all the comforts and neces sities of life, are the product of two elements - nature and labor. It may be truly said that nature, or the earth, is the mother and labor the father of all products necessary to sustain human life. The rich ness and prosperity of a country, therefore, depend. On the presence of natural resources within its borders, such as water, minerals, forests, and cultivable soils On the one hand, and intelligent human energy on the other to shape them into the forms necessary for the needs of man. Of the two elements the natural resources are indispensable, for in a country like the Desert of Sahara all human effort would be of but little avail. The growth of a nation depends, therefore, upon the extent of the natural resources and upon the knowledge of how to use them with as little destruction as possible. The resources of a country fall naturally into three groups - water, minerals, and land - which represent, respectively, resources which are inexhaustible, resources which are exhaustible and can not be renewed, and resources which are exhaustible but can be renewed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Water Supply Papers 1911 written by United States Geological Survey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water-Supply Papers, 1911: Nos. 270-271 Provided that this officer [the Director] shall have the direction of the Geological Survey and the classification of public lands and examination of the geological strue ture, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. Inasmuch as water is the most abundant and most valuable mineral in nature, the investigation of water resources is included under the above provision for investigating mineral resources. The work has been Supported since the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, by appropriations in successive sundry civil bills passed by Congress under the following item: For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the prepara tion of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Our Remaining Land written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Remaining Land: We Can Use It and Save It Productive land is essential to the well - being of any nation and the people living in the nation. Most nations do not have enough good land now; they have wasted too much of it in the past. We are more fortunate in the United States; but, ev'en here, we do not have any to spare. And, we have been destroy ing our good land at a prodigal rate. Good topsoil and water are the main things that make land productive. You cannot make fertile topsoil in a few years on most land. It takes nature centuries to do it. But topsoil can be removed from good land in a few years by careless farming; it has been removed or severely damaged on millions of acres of our American land. When the topsoil is gone, the productivity of the land is usually gone; then the people who depend on that land have poorer diets and a lower standard of living. That is why the conservation of our good land is important to everyone. Here are some facts and figures about the land that's left how we can use it and still save it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Natural Wealth of the Land and Its Conservation written by James Jerome Hill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Natural Wealth of the Land and Its Conservation: Address Delivered by Mr. James J. Hill, White House, Washington, at the Conference on the Conservation of National Resources, May 13-15, 1908 Two years ago, in an address delivered before the meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society.at St. Paul, I reviewed the practical consequences and the statistical proof of that national wastefulness which competent scientific authority had already set down as distinguishing the American people. From data of the highest certainty, no one of which has ever since been called in question, I then forecast some of the condi tions certain to arise within the next half century, when the population of this country will have grown to more than The facts were pointed out, not in the spirit of the alarmist, but in order that attention might be directed to the way by which the nation may escape future disaster. So rapidly do events move in our time, so swiftly do ideas spread and grasp the pub lic mind, that some policy directed to the ends then set forth has already become a national care. It is this policy - the conservation of national resources, the best means of putting an end to the waste of the sources of wealth - which largely forms the subject-matter of this conference. For the first time there is a formal na tional protest, under seal of the highest authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments written by Energy And Natural Resources Committee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session The chairman. The hearing will come to order. The purpose of the hearing this afternoon is to receive testimony on S. 7 35, a bill which I introduced on March 12 to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Water Power for the Farm and Country Home Classic Reprint written by David R. Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water Power for the Farm and Country Home In the course of its general investigations of the water powers of the State, the Water Supply Commission has here tofore confined its attention to the possibilities for large develop ments, and the regulation of the How of rivers and large creeks. No previous or general investigation of small creeks and brooks and their power possibilities has been made, not because they were considered unimportant, but because the Commission believes that if the State decides to take an active part in the regulation of the flow of streams and the development and conservation of water powers, it should confine its first activities to the larger units, leaving the smaller opportunities for later examination and for private and individual development. However, no comprehensive system of conservation can meet with universal favor unless it contemplates the prevention of waste, great or small, and wherever found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A History of Water Resource Activities of the United States Department of Agriculture Classic Reprint written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Water Resource Activities of the United States Department of Agriculture On March 27, 1935, the Secretary of Agriculture, by Departmental Memorandum 665, directed the unification of the Department's activities pertaining to soil erosion under the Soil Erosion Service. This order transferred to the ses the erosion control experiment stations of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering and the erosion control nurseries of the Bureau of Plant Industry. (28) The 10 experiment stations transferred were located near Guthrie, Oklahoma; Temple, Texas; Hays, Kansas; Tyler, Texas; Bethany, Missouri; Statesville, North Carolina; Pullman, Washington; Clarinda, Iowa; La Crosse, Wisconsin; and Zanesville, Ohio. (29) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Statistical Methods in Water Resources written by D.R. Helsel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1993-03-03 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data on water quality and other environmental issues are being collected at an ever-increasing rate. In the past, however, the techniques used by scientists to interpret this data have not progressed as quickly. This is a book of modern statistical methods for analysis of practical problems in water quality and water resources. The last fifteen years have seen major advances in the fields of exploratory data analysis (EDA) and robust statistical methods. The 'real-life' characteristics of environmental data tend to drive analysis towards the use of these methods. These advances are presented in a practical and relevant format. Alternate methods are compared, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each as applied to environmental data. Techniques for trend analysis and dealing with water below the detection limit are topics covered, which are of great interest to consultants in water-quality and hydrology, scientists in state, provincial and federal water resources, and geological survey agencies. The practising water resources scientist will find the worked examples using actual field data from case studies of environmental problems, of real value. Exercises at the end of each chapter enable the mechanics of the methodological process to be fully understood, with data sets included on diskette for easy use. The result is a book that is both up-to-date and immediately relevant to ongoing work in the environmental and water sciences.
Download or read book Reform of the Land Laws Conservation of National Resources written by United States Congress and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reform of the Land Laws; Conservation of National Resources: Extracts From Recommendations of the President, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Etc The boundaries of the national forest reserves unavoidably include certain valuable timber lands not owned by the Government. Im portant among them are the land grants of various railroads. For more than two years negotiations with the land-grant railroads have been in progress looking toward an arrangement by_ which the forest on railroad lands within national forest reserves may be preserved by the removal of the present crop of timber under rules prescribed by the Forest Service, and its perpetuation may be assured by the trans fer of the land to the Government without cost. The advantage of web an arrangement to the Government lies in the acquisition of lands whose protection is necessary to the general welfare. The advantage to the railroads is found in the proposal to allow them to. Consolidate their holdings of timber within forest reserves by ex? Change after deeding their lands to the Government and thus to out within a limited time solid bodies of timber instead of alternate eetions, although the amount of timber in each case would be the same. It is possible that legislation will be required to authorize this or a similar arrangement with the railroads and other owners. If so. I recommend that it be enacted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Water Supply and Irrigation Papers written by Geological Survey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers: Of the United States Geological Survey, 1896 This paper by Mr. Wilson is the first of a proposed series of publica tions relating to water supply and irrigation. The object in View in undertaking a new series is to afi'ord an opportunity for prompt publi. Cation of short reports, generally popular in character, relating to the water resources and the methods of utilizing these, with especial ref erence to the employment of water in agriculture. To reply to ques tions arising in various parts of the country regarding the progress of the investigation of the water resources and the facts relating to the available supply of water for irrigation, power, or domestic use, it is necessary to have pamphlets which can be sent out freely, and which, in order to answer the particular needs of individuals or communities, will not be too general in character. The series of bulletins issued by the Survey would serve as such means of communication were it not for the fact that by law these must be sold, and thus can not be used for ofiicial purposes or for placing the information acquired by investiga tion at once in the hands of the persons seeking to know the facts. By the law authorizing this new series it is possible for the Survey to dis tribute these papers to correspondents and to the numerous volunteer assistants who at one time or another have kindly aided by replying to letters of inquiry or schedules asking for specific data. Without such Opportunities for distribution of small publications the oflicers of the Survey are placed in an embarrassing position, from the fact that they are compelled to ask favors in the way of statements and data of various kinds and are yet unable in general to more than thank the persons who have freely given their time to the preparation of letters and the filling out of blanks. Even when these persons have asked for a copy of the publication embodying the information which they have furnished, it has not been possible for a bulletin to be sent unless paid for by some member of the Survey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey written by United States Geological Survey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey: Nos. 101-106 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript by Prof. G. D. Harris on the Underground Waters of Southern Louisiana, to which has been added short discussions of certain economic features, including the uses of underground waters for water supplies and for rice irrigation, by Mr. M. L. Fuller. The part by Professor Harris is an elaboration of a portion of an earlier paper published in the reports of the geological survey Of Louisiana, and by means of its descriptions and illustrations brings out clearly the nature of the occurrence and the importance of the underground water resources of the region considered. It is believed that the discussion of water sup plies, by reiterating the importance of pure sources, will hasten their introduction. The irrigation of rice, though yet in its earlier stages, has already increased tenfold the value of land over large areas, and the publication of information which will in any way call attention to the importance of underground waters in its development will be of considerable value. I would recommend that the report be published in the series of water-supply and Irrigation Papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Earth Resources Satellites written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
