General Information Regarding Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
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Author : U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service
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File Size : 15,84 MB
Release : 1933
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Page : 41 pages
File Size : 27,63 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
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Author : United States. National Park Service
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Page : 914 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Birds
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Author : United States. Superintendent of Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
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Author : William C. Tweed
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)
ISBN : 9781938086472
Beginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, national parks were set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country. The best representative examples were sought out of major ecosystems, such as Yosemite, geologic forms, such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites, such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events, such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat--the desert--was overlooked until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change Americans' perceptions about desert landscapes. As the National Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado Deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still held the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans--that they are hostile environments and largely useless. But one wealthy woman--Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena--came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, and when the area later was expanded in 1994, it became Joshua Tree National Park. Since 1936 the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that desert might be suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation. Distributed for George Thompson Publishing
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1447488385
First published in 1901, “Our National Parks” is a fantastic guide to the wild mountain forest reservations and national parks of the United States, exploring their beauty and usefulness in an attempt to encourage contemporary readers to go out and enjoy the natural wonders of North America. John Muir (1838–1914) was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, author, and glaciologist who famously fought to preserve wilderness in the United States of America. Muir's work describing his adventures in nature have been read by millions the world over and his activism has helped to conserve such important places of natural beauty as the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National Park in America. Contents include: “The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West”, “The Yellowstone National Park”, “The Yosemite National Park”, “The Forests of the Yosemite Park”, “The Wild Gardens of the Yosemite Park”, “Among the Animals of the Yosemite”, “Among the Birds of the Yosemite”, “The Fountains and Streams of the Yosemite National Park”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: “My First Summer in the Sierra” (1911), “Steep Trails” (1918), and “The Story of My Boyhood and Youth” (1913). A Thousand Fields is republishing this classic book now complete with a biographical sketch of the author.
Author : United States. National Park Service
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File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Birds
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Author : United States Department of Interior
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2017-12-12
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ISBN : 9780331198171
Excerpt from Laws and Regulations Relating to the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, California The Secretary of War, upon the request of the Secretary-of the Interior, is hereafter authorized and directed. To' make the necessary detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General8 laws sequoia and general grant national parks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Richard J. Orsi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520081604
This collection of essays and photographs, originally published as a special issue of California History, the journal of the California Historical Society, documents the creation and management of California's first three national parks, focusing on the debate over preservation versus development. As the authors of these essays remind us, tourists visited Yosemite long before its establishment as a national park; and the issues of park development so hotly debated today were raised and debated first in Yosemite, nearly a hundred years ago.