Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978: Testimony of members of Congress and other individuals and organizations

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Page 1092 - The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.
Page 1245 - Agency and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State. The...
Page 1323 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: Thank you very much for this opportunity to meet with you.
Page 1392 - United States Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards Washington, DC 20234 Dear Mr.
Page 971 - Mr. BRO.WN. Mr. Chairman, I can be extremely brief. I appreciate your inserting my full statement in the record. I have an attached letter also which I would like to submit from the Chief of the Forest Service. Mr. YATES. That may be included. [The letter follows:] UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE PO Box 2417 Washington, DC 20013 3100 MAR 1 4 1977 Honorable George E.
Page 1113 - T. Byron Collins, SJ, Special Assistant to the President of Georgetown University; with me is Dr.
Page 1175 - MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE FY 1985 DEFENSE PROGRAM.
Page 1283 - Secretary shall transmit a listing, in generally descending order of importance or merit, of not less than twelve such areas which appear to be of national significance and which may have potential for inclusion in the National Park System. Threats to resource values, and cost escalation factors shall be considered in listing the order of importance or merit.
Page 940 - Plains This proposed research program is vital to the South Dakota Black Hills and surrounding high plains. This expansion of Forest Service research is an integral part of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The Black Hills offers unusual management challenges and research opportunities because of its unique geographic location, isolated from the main chain of the Rocky Mountains. Renewable resource products from the Hills are important to the social and economic life...
Page 1074 - Any person having a mineral lease or permit, a grazing lease, or any lease, permit, license or other right involving the public lands, under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management, including claims the suspension of which is not specifically authorized by any section of the act, who enters the military service may, at his election, suspend all operations under such instrument for a period of time equivalent to the period of his military service and 6 months thereafter. The term...