Sierra Club Bulletin, Volumen5Sierra Club, 1905 Includes section "Book reviews." |
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Página 280 - In the administration of the forest reserves it must be clearly borne in mind that all land is to be devoted to its most productive use for the permanent good of the whole people, and not for the temporary benefit of individuals or companies.
Página 280 - In the management of each reserve local questions will be decided upon local grounds ; the dominant industry will be considered first, but with as little restriction to minor industries as may be possible ; sudden changes in industrial conditions will be avoided by gradual adjustment after due notice ; and where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question will always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.
Página 280 - The permanence of the resources of the reserves is therefore indispensable to continued prosperity, and the policy of this Department for their protection and use will invariably be guided by this fact, always bearing in mind that the conservative use of these resources in no way conflicts with their permanent value.
Página 280 - That the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall, from and after the passage of this Act, execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands heretofore or hereafter reserved under the provisions of section twenty-four of the Act entitled "An Act to repeal the timber-culture laws, and for other purposes...
Página 280 - That all money received from the sale of any products or the use of any land or resources of said forest reserves shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States, and for a period of five years from the passage of this act shall constitute a special fund available, until expended, as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, for the protection, administration, improvement, and extension of Federal forest reserves.
Página 280 - You will see to it that the water, wood, and forage of the reserves are conserved and wisely used for the benefit of the home builder first of all, upon whom depends the best permanent use of lands and resources alike.
Página 129 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast ; and 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.
Página 249 - Greenwich as the basis of all systems of standard time. system of weights and measures, as also the employment of the centigrade thermometric scale. It is, moreover, highly desirable that there should always be added to statements of the Fahrenheit and the Reaumur scales their equivalent upon the scale of Celsius. Similar is this question of the metric system, which reaches even more deeply than the former into the well-established customs of daily life, and has proved not without value in promoting...
Página 73 - Details have been entrusted to a Committee of Arrangements made up of representatives from geographic societies in all parts of the United States. The officers of the Committee are: Dr. WJ McGee (Vice-President National Geographic Society), Chairman; Mr.
Página 68 - It should be shaped in the interest of the home-maker, the actual resident, the man who is not only to be benefited himself, but whose children and children's children are to be benefited by what he has done. California has for years, I am happy to say, taken a more sensible, a more intelligent interest in forest preservation than any other State. It early appointed a forest commission, later on some of the functions of that commission were replaced by the Sierra Club, a club which has done much...