Title & Author:
Using our natural resources.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 1983.
Description:
xxxix, 572 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Series:
Yearbook of agriculture ; 1983
Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Introduction -- A Sixth Grader Spells Out Our 'Dependetses' on the Land / Merrill L. Petoskey -- II. Physical, Biological, and Social Components -- Soil Sustains Life If We Treat It Right / Richard W. Arnold -- New Efficiencies in Water Use Vital for Nation / Marvin E. Jensen / John D. Bredehoeft -- Climate: A Key Natural Resource Often Overlooked in Agriculture / James E. Newman / Robert F. Dale -- Tundra to Tropics: Living Tapestry of Our Plant Communities / John M. Safley, Jr. / Donald T. Pendleton -- The Animal Kingdom and the Way We Look at It / W.B. Clapham, Jr. -- People Change the Landscape, Pose Problems, Seek Solutions / Thomas E. Hamilton / James N. Benson -- III. Managing Natural Resource Systems -- A Billion Acres of Rangeland: Our Nation's Multiple Use Lands / Thadis W. Box -- The XXX Ranch: Managing Range for Ecology and Economy / John Merrill -- Texas Cattlemen and Shrubland Know-How / Bill E. Dahl / Henry A. Wright / Fred S. Guthery -- Livestock Predators and the Balance of Nature / Walter E. Howard -- Eagles Saved From Electrocution / Allan R. Ansell -- Comeback of Grasses and Forbs / Warren C. Whitman / Harold Goetz.
Forest Lands of the Continental United States / Fred C. Hall -- Building a Family Along With a Family Forest / Leonard A. Kilian, Jr. -- Super Trees for the South's Pine Forests / Steve McDonald / Clark Lantz / Pieter Hoekstra -- Grizzlies, Elk, Eagles: Wildlife Diversity and the National Forests / Hal Salwasser -- Return of a Native: The Wild Turkey Flourishes Again / James E. Miller / Herman L. Holbrook -- Endangered Bird of Fire: the Kirtland's Warbler / Robert E. Radtke / John Byelich / George Irvine -- The Spectrum of Forest Settings for Recreation / Charles McConnell / Warren R. Bacon -- Blending Scenic and Other Values in Our Forests / Robert F. Scheele / Robert W. Ross, Jr. -- The Multi-Faceted Control of Pests That Damage Our Forests / William M. Ciesla -- Road to Recovery After Eruption of Mt. St. Helens / Joseph E. Means / Jack K. Winjum -- Instant Forestry: Getting More Wood From Fewer Trees / William E. Penoyar -- Edge in Fuel Costs Leads to Greater Wood Burning / Mark Bailey / Ken Skog -- Wetlands: a Vanishing Resource / Leigh H. Fredrickson -- Bottom Land Hardwoods: for Wildlife and Timber / Edward R. Smith / Ramon L. Callahan -- Prairie Wetlands: Home for Over 100 Wildlife Species / Erling B. (Punch) Podoll -- Louisiana Story: The Gulf Coast Wetlands / Billy R. Craft -- Chesapeake Bay's Coastal Wetlands, Biological Treasure / Elder A. Ghigiarelli, Jr. / William S. Sipple -- Ever-Changing Network of Our Streams, Rivers and Lakes / L. Dean Marriage / Ronald F. Batchelor -- Colorado River: Life Stream of the West / Jan van Schilfgaarde -- The Catfish Story: Farmers, State Services Create New Industry / Thomas L. Wellborn, Jr. -- Seagoing Migrants: Our Northwestern Salmon and Trout / William R. Meehan -- Upper Great Lakes Sportfishery Establishment Has Spectacular Impact / Howard Tanner / Mercer Patriarche / William Mullendore -- Water, Water, Everywhere for Americans at Play / David W. Lime -- The Risk Factor From Acid Rain: All the Answers Are Still Not In / William McFee / Ellis Cowling / James Gibson -- East and West, Animal Waste Cleanup Pays / E. Alan Cassell / John Van Calcar -- Harnessing Water for Electricity: One More Time / Charles M. Payne -- Wilderness, Natural Areas and Other Wild Lands / Laurence R. Jahn -- Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands: Opportunities for Everyone / Roy W. Feuchter / George H. Moeller -- Keeping the Wild in Wilderness Recreation / Robert C. Lucas -- Surface Mining Areas Can Be Restored, or Left to Ugliness / E. Wayne Chapman -- How Farmers Affect Natural Resources / Sandra S. Batie -- Family Farming: Corn, Cattle, and Conversation / Mary M. Cressel -- Specter of Another Dust Bowl Seems Laid to Rest / J.D. Schwien / W.O. Willis / A.R. Grable -- A Good Life for Wildlife on the Farm / Edward C. Soutiere -- Irrigating Better With Less Water: Small Watershed Success Story / Douglas A. Bishop -- Our Underground Water Supplies: The Sometimes Dry Facts / Herman Bouwer / Dale F. Heermann / Bobby A. Stewart -- Ground-Water Conservation on the Texas High Plains / A. Wayne Wyatt / Patricia Bruno -- Ecological Managing of Crop Pests Pays Off / Katherine Reichelderfer / Waldemar Klassen -- No Artichokes! Would Life Be Bearable Without Specialty Crops? / Darwyn H. Briggs / Henry C. Wyman -- Urban Area Greenbelts and Parks / Gary A. Moll -- Managing Soils for Your Garden and Homesite / Duane A. Bosworth -- Urban Forests, Where Trees and People Go Together / J.F. Dwyer / F.J. Deneke / G.W. Grey / G.H. Moeller -- LESA Shows Which Lands Should Stay in Farms / Lloyd E. Wright -- IV. Human Dimensions in Resource Management -- How People Interact With Resources / Marion Clawson / Emery N. Castle -- Ventriloquist, Many Others Do Volunteer Forest Work / Jean P. Ground -- Population Gains Put Pressure on Natural Resources / Anne H. Ehrlich -- Accountability Revamps Plans for Managing Our Resources / Lawrence W. Libby.
Subject:
Natural resources United States.
Conservation of natural resources United States.
Conservation des ressources naturelles États-Unis.
Conservation of natural resources
Natural resources
United States
natuurlijke hulpbronnen
natural resources
landbouw
agriculture
vs
usa
nationaal vermogen
national wealth
Economics (General)
Economie (algemeen)
Added entries:
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Yearbook of agriculture ; 1983.
Holdings:
Location: Library main 307535
Call No.: BIB 253010
Status: Available
