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National Park System: What Do the Different Park Titles Signify?

Description: This report addresses questions that legislators have asked about park unit titles, when considering proposals to establish new park units, to redesignate existing units, or to change the provisions governing a unit It also discusses potential advantages and disadvantages of systemwide recommendations to simplify park nomenclature.
Date: February 20, 2013
Creator: Comay, Laura B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The National Trails System: An Overview

Description: The National Trails System Act, P.L. 90-543, became law October 2, 1968. The Act and its subsequent amendments authorized a national system of trails and defined four categories of national trails. Since the designation of the Appalachian and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trails as the first two components, the System has grown to include 20 national trails. Now, 30 years after its inception, issues ret remain regarding funding, quality and quantity of trails, new trail categories, and nationwi… more
Date: December 11, 1998
Creator: Johnson, Sandra L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Wildlife Refuges: Places to Hunt?

Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) manages the 717 units in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The system includes 500 national wildlife refuges, 166 waterfowl production areas, and 51 wildlife coordination areas.
Date: July 28, 1992
Creator: Heck, Jennifer A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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New World Gold Mine and Yellowstone National Park

Description: Crown Butte Mines, Inc. wants to develop its New World gold mine deposit located near Yellowstone National Park. The proposed mine is located almost entirely on private property about 3 miles east of the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park and next to the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness area. The New World Mine Project would mine an estimated 1,800 tons of gold/silver/copper ore per day (500,000 tons annually), valued at an estimated $800 million over a 10-15 year period. The project wo… more
Date: August 27, 1996
Creator: Humphries, Marc
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oil and Gas Activities Within the National Wildlife Refuge System

Description: This report contains sections on recent developments related to oil and gas wells in the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) and related issues for Congress. The report presents information on the number and location of oil and gas wells, compatibility of oil and gas activities with NWRS purposes, and regulatory mechanisms for the administration of oil and gas activities.
Date: May 9, 2018
Creator: Crafton, R. Eliot; Comay, Laura B. & Humphries, Marc
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Outdoor Recreation and Federal Laws: Selected Annotated References, 1970-1973

Description: This report provided an extensive annotated list of references for outdoor recreation literature. The references were divided into three categories: those relating to National or State Parks, those relating mainly to National Forests, and Congressional documents on subjects relating to outdoor recreation.
Date: January 1974
Creator: Siehl, George H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes): Somewhat Simplified

Description: This report discusses the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program that compensates local jurisdictions (generally counties) for lost tax property tax revenue due to the presence of federal lands in their county. It covers all NPS, NFS, and BLM lands, some National Wildlife Refuge lands, and a few military lands. The payment calculations are based on a complicated five part system and the program has been criticized for paying vastly different amounts to some counties with similar land amounts a… more
Date: October 5, 2017
Creator: Hoover, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Presidential Authority to Create a National Monument on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Description: In the Antiquities Act, Congress authorized the President to create National Monuments. Recently, there has been discussion of a possible monument designation involving the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Several issues surround that possibility, including the potential size of such a monument and whether provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act might preclude the designation. In addition, that Act provides for the termination of certain … more
Date: June 19, 2000
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The President's Forest/Roadless Area Initiative

Description: On October 13, 1999, President Clinton announced a new approach to the management of the roadless areas in the National Forest System that may prohibit new road construction and certain other activities in inventoried readless areas and extend some protections to non-inventoried roadless areas as well.
Date: October 28, 1999
Creator: Baldwin, Pamela
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Property Rights "Takings": Justice O'Connor's Opinions

Description: When Justice O’Connor ascended to the Supreme Court, expectations were that she would adhere to the conservative line and generally uphold the property rights position over the government’s in Fifth Amendment “takings” cases. This did not happen. Instead, in this area as well as others, she established her place at the Court’s ideological center. To be sure, Justice O’Connor made many arguments favoring property owners, in both her opinions and her concurrences and dissents. But this asserted e… more
Date: August 19, 2005
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: August 20, 2001
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: January 24, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: March 7, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: April 4, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests

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Date: May 9, 2003
Creator: Gorte, Ross W. & Hardy-Vincent, Carol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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