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John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993/1994, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter winter 1993-94 university of the pacific volume 4, number 1 JOHN MUIR IN RUSSIA PART TWO by William H. Brennan (The second of a three-part series) During the reign of the Empress Catherine the Great, who lived over a century before Muir's journey to Old Russia, a curious incident occurred. The Empress, noted for being near-sighted, had prepared a boat excursion for a group of European royalty. She had wanted to show them the countryside with its prosperity and happy peasants. Her one-time lover and now chief advisor, Gregory Potemkin, knew that the visitors were bound to …

John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter fall 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 4 JOHN MUIR IN RUSSIA PART ONE by William H. Brennan (Editor's note: Bill Brennan, a Russian and Soviet specialist, recently completed a study of Lenin that is scheduled for future publication. He has taught history at the University of the Pacific since 1976. This is the first of a two-part series, prepared especially for this publication.) Old Russia was still very much alive eleven years before the outbreak of World War One and considered itself to be a great power with a destiny to protect and preserve …

John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter summer 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 3 JOHN MUIR IN THE ION BASIN by Laurel Bemis (Editor's note: a Stockton resident and recent graduate of the University of the Pacific, the author prepared this paper in a course offered by UOP's history department, "John Muir and the American Environment. " Excerpts from the John Muir Papers at UOP are used by permission of the Muir-Hanna Trust.) John Muir left New York on April 20, 1911 on a voyage that would fulfill his lifetime dream to travel to South America. One of his main reasons …

John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter spring 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 2 1993 EARTH DAY CELEBRATES TH MUIR IMAGE by Janene Ford On a clear, sunny spring day the Earth Day Conservation Fair in Sacramento attracted thousands of people including large groups of school children. Sponsored by the California Department of Conservation, many organizations were invited to participate by setting up booths in front of the Capitol showing various aspects of recycling, alternative energy, conservation, and other reflections on "The Muir Image." The University of the Pacific, the John Muir National Historical Site, the Sierra Club and a number …

John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1993, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter winter 1993 university of the pacific volume 3, number 1 THE 1992 JOHN MUIR WRITING CONTEST A "GLORIOUS" »3 \J v^ \s JtL/»J»3 Last year we launched our own writer's contest for Muir aficionados, hoping not only to promote Muir's environmental message but also to have some fun trying to emulate his evocative writing style. The results exceeded our expectations. Out of nearly two dozen entries, our panel of judges from the English Department at UOP awarded four prizes, one from the "Young Sequoia" (young adult) category and three from the "Old Yosemite" (adult) division. The winners …

Discussion Paper: Managing For Ecosystems On The Public Lands, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

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25 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: The Changing Economics Of The Public Lands, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

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33 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: The Changing Management Philosophies Of The Public Lands, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

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26 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: State And Local Public Lands, Teresa A. Rice, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

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36 p. ; 28 cm

Discussion Paper: Public Lands Communities, Sarah F. Bates, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Western Lands Program

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30 p. ; 28 cm

Instream Flow Protection In The West, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Teresa A. Rice, Steven J. Shupe, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

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1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm

POLICIES AND ISSUES: Recognizing the value of in-place uses of water in the West : an introduction to the laws, strategies and issues / Steven J. Shupe, Lawrence J. MacDonnell -- Instream flows : integrating new uses and new players into the prior appropriation system / Christopher H. Meyer -- People preserving rivers : the public and its changing role in protecting instream flows / Lori Potter -- Instream flows and the public trust / Harrison C. Dunning -- The federal role in in-place water protection / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, …

Searching Out The Headwaters: Change And Rediscovery In Western Water Policy, Sarah F. Bates, David H. Getches, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Charles F. Wilkinson

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This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b139018~S0

Contents: The West's Gordian Knot -- Water in a changing West -- Voices -- The West today -- River basin stories -- Losing sight of the headwaters -- The journey to rediscovery -- Change and rediscovery in western water -- History need not repeat itself -- Appendix : The language of water

Natural Resources Policy And Law: Trends And Directions, Lawrence J. Macdonnell, Sarah F. Bates

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Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b143382~S0

Contents: Rethinking resources : reflections on a new generation of natural resources law and policy / Lawrence J. MacDonnell, Sarah F. Bates -- Natural resources law : an historical perspective / Clyde O. Martz -- Trends in public land law : (a title the inaccuracy of which should become manifest) / George Cameron Coggins -- Mineral law in the United States : a study in legal change …