Opportunity and challenge
Subtitle: the story of BLM
By: by James Muhn, Hanson R. Stuart ; designed by Peter D. Doran
Contributors: Doran, Peter D.; Stuart, Hanson R.; United States. Dept. of the Interior.   Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: United States., Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Denver, Co
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: United States. Bureau of Land Management; Public lands; United States; History
Notes: "September 1988."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contract no.   BLM/YA/GI-88/001+1701
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the public domain from 1776-1946; title: The search for an identity : the Bureau of Land Management, 1946-1960; title: A multiple use mandate : the 1960s; title: An agency with a mission : the 1970s; title: BLM consolidates its gains : the 1980s; title: Appendix 1 : commonly used acronyms; title: Appendix 2 : chronology of significant events; title: Appendix 3 : commissioners and directors.; title: Featured articles: Chapter 1.  Jefferson and Hamilton and the public lands / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan; title: Commissioners of the General Land Office / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan; title: Surveying New Mexico Territory in 1859 / by R.E. Clements and L. Archer; title: William Morris Stewart - "father" of the Mining Law . by William Condit; title: The Beaubien-Miranda (maxwell) Mexican Land Grant / by Andrew Senti; title: Commissioner William A. J. Sparks confronts public land fraud / by William A. J. Sparks; title: Land rush in Oklahoma Territory / by Anthony Rice; title: Theodore Roosevelt on conservation / Theodore Roosevelt; title: History of the U.S. Geological Survey's Conservation Division / by Larry Godwin; title: Administrative principles of the grazing service / by Richard Rutledge; title: The Alaskan fire control service / by Roger R. Robinson; title: Chapter 2.  A director's perspective : 1948-1953 / by Marion Clawsin; title: The range advisory board system / by A.D Brownfield; title: Tales of early BLM forestry in Alaska / by Edwin Zaidlicz; title: A director's perspective : 1953-1961 / by Edward Woozley; title: Records improvement project / by Tom Adler; title: Eastern States Office / by Curt Jones; title: Chapter 3. Service center role in BLM / by Ed Dettman; title: A director's perspective : 1961-1963 / by Karl S. Landstrom; title: Classification and Multiple Use Act / by Irving Senzel; title: A new emblem for BLM / by Charles H. Stoddard; title: A director's perspective : 1963-1966 / by Charles H. Stoddard; title: The Alaska State Land Selection Program : a state perspective / by Roscoe E. Bell; title: Off-road vehicle management / by Ralph M. Conrad; title: California Desert Program : 1966-1974 / by J. Russell Penny; title: The Vale Project / by Max Lieurance; title: The Boise Interagency Fire Center / by Jack Wilson; title: The big blow / by Larry L. Woodard; title: BLM's first "lady" forester / by Edwin Zaidlicz; title: Trail Blazer : BLM's first woman forester / by Elaine Pearsons; title: A director's perspective : 1966-1971 / by Boyd L. Rasmussen; title: Nigerian experience / by Jack McIntosh; title: Chapter 4. A director's perspective : 1971-1973 / by Burt Silcock; title: Implementing NEPA in BLM / by Ron Hofman; title: Environmental education / by Ron Hofman; title: BLM's response to the Public Land Law Review Commission / by Mike Harvey; title: How FLPMA passed / by Eleanor Schwartz; title: The FLPMA tightrope / by George Turcott; title: A director's perspective : 1973-1977 / by Curt Berklund; title: From MFPs to RMPs / by Robert Jones; title: Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf Office / by Edward J. Hoffmann; title: Upheaval in Alaska land status / by Curtis V. McVee; title: A world class project : the Trans-Alaska Pipeline / by Arlan Kohl; title: Ralph, Rita, and Gena / by Tom Noble; title: Phoenix Training Center / by Vi Dille and Ken McGinty; title: A director's perspective : 1978-1981 / by Frank Gregg; title: Implementing FLPMA / by Frank Gregg; title: A woman in firefighting / by Louise Power; title: Chapter 5.  A state director's perspective / by Clair M. Whitlock; title: History of BLM land exchanges in Arizona / by D. Dean Bibles; title: The differences between BLM and the Forest Service / by Sally K. Fairfax; title: The lead mines of Missouri / by Charlie Most; title: The missiles of Garrison / by William Frey; title: On being a Navajo Coordinator / by Danny S. Charlie; title: Life as a P.E.T. / by Paul Parthun; title: The trials and tribulations of being a Resource Area Manager / by Phyllis Roseberry; title: Bureau Air Resource Management / by Al Riebau; title: BLM's Hazardous Materials Program / by Myra Musiakiewicz and Michael Giblin; title: Desert bighorn and BLM / by Allen Cooperrider; title: A wild horse roundup / by Robert E. Stewart; title: Cultural Resource Management in Arizona / by Gary Stumpf; title: The East Mojave National Scenic Area / by John Bailey; title: Wilderness Review Process in Utah / by Gregory F. Thayn; title: A director's perspective : 1981-1989 / by Robert F. Burford; title: The Human Resource Development Committee and its role in implementing change in the Bureau of Land Management / by Mike Evans.