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Panel: Perspectives On External Threats To The National Parks [Report Of The Subgroup Of The Park Protection Working Group], Stephen A. Gleason

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

11 pages.

Contains 1 attachment.

Restoring The Biological Integrity Of Everglades National Park, Estus D. Whitfield

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

29 pages.

Contains references.

Case Study: The Challenges Of The Greater Yellowstone, Bill Bryan

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

4 pages.

Legal Issues Associated With Protecting Park Resources: Air Quality And Related Values, Molly N. Ross

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

109 pages.

Contains references.

Contains 5 attachments:

1) United States Department of the Interior Memorandum, September 20, 1985: Protection of National Park System Units from the Adverse Effects of Air Pollution.

2) Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Memorandum, November 19, 1985: Comments on Department of the Interior Memorandum of September 20, 1985 Entitled "Protection of National Park System Units from the Adverse Effects of Air Pollution."

3) United States Department of the Interior Memorandum, May 15, 1986: Legal Authority of the Secretary to Protect the Air Quality and Related Values of NPS Units from Adverse Impacts of Surface Coal …

Protecting National Park Resources: Wildlife, George Cameron Coggins

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

28 pages.

Contains references.

Agenda: External Development Affecting The National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had", University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Daniel Magraw.

The conference will be held at the Aspen Lodge, adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado.

It was Wallace Stegner who called the national parks "the best idea we ever had." The continuing increases in usage attest to their popularity. National parks are created to preserve areas of special scenic and cultural value for enjoyment and use. Managing the parks in a manner that protects the important values and purposes for which they were created presents important and difficult …

Ciencia Útil, Ciencia Inútil, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Federal Regulations Pertaining To Collection, Import, Export, And Transport Of Scientific Specimens Of Mammals, Hugh H. Genoways, Jerry R. Choate

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The routine tasks of mammalogists whose research or curatorial activities include collecting, importing, processing, exporting, or interstate transporting of living or dead scientific specimens of mammals have become increasingly complicated by newly enacted (or more rigorously enforced) Federal regulations. These regulations were necessary largely because of the activities of non-scientists, but their provisions have had a tremendous impact on the activities of scientists (especially museum-based systematists and ecologists). Most mammalogists have expressed a willingness to comply with the regulations (although nearly all agree that administration of the permit system should be consolidated into a single office) if they can obtain …

Research In National Parks, Robert J. Baker, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

This was our first involvement with research in the National Parks and we would like to make some observations concerning interactions among basic researchers, park personnel, and the philosophy on which our park systems are based. Our conclusions are not based only on our own experiences, but also on conversations with other basic researchers (especially those who contributed to this symposium) and with park personnel who have aided and worked with other researchers who were not employed by the National Park Service.

La Inflación Está Afectando En Gran Medida A La Investigación, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Los Científicos Catalanes Hacen Públicas Sus Disconformidades Y Aspiraciones, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

El Peligro De La Ignorancia, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Un Abono Llamado Dinero, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Una Investigación Pesquera, ¿Por O Para El Desarrollo?, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Federal And State Regulations Pertaining To Systematic Collections. I. A Case Of Inadvertent Violation Of Federal Regulations, Jerry R. Choate, Hugh H. Genoways

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

On 25 April 1975, at the twenty-second annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists (SWAN), at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station, President Keith A. Arnold appointed Jerry Choate to investigate current regulations pertaining to collection and transport of scientific specimens in the region of representation (including Mexico) or SWAN. This charge involves both Federal and State laws, several of which are undergoing change and many of which doubtlessly are not familiar to the membership of SWAN. In order that SWAN members might be made aware of these regulations and not unwittingly commit violations, it was decided that SWANEWS …

La Ciencia Y La Industria Están Peligrosamente Divorciadas, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

España, En La Fundación Europea De La Ciencia, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Descaro Científico Francés, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

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Represalias A La Política Nuclear Francesa, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

La Fuga De Cerebros: Sangría Insostenible, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

The National Aeronautics And Space Administration: The Politics Behind Its Emergence And Its Role In The Federal Government's Policy Making Apparatus, Vicky S. Malurkar

Student Scholarship

The document explores the historical emergence and administrative development of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration following the 1957 launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite. This event revealed a significant gap in United States space capabilities and triggered a national security crisis, leading to intense political pressure on the Eisenhower administration to form a centralized space agency. Prior to 1958, American space efforts were fragmented across the armed services and the National Advisory Committee for Astronautics, which lacked the authority to manage large-scale orbital projects. 

The legislative process for the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 was characterized by …

The Coordination Of Scientific Research And Development In The Federal Government, Marilyn J. Mitchell

Student Scholarship

This paper examines the evolution and challenges of coordinating scientific research and development within the United States federal government following World War II. By 1956, federal expenditures for research had grown from a 1940 level of twenty-nine million dollars to over two billion dollars, driven largely by the pressures of the global political situation and military necessity. This rapid expansion created a complex landscape where over twenty different agencies administered research funds, leading to concerns regarding efficiency, duplication of effort, and the need for a unified national science policy. 

The document analyzes key historical milestones in the drive for coordination, …