Public recreation facilitiesAmerican academy of political and social science, 1910 - Počet stran: 266 |
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Strana 218
... fact , this tree mantle covers nearly eighty - five per cent of the entire park . ' The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River was named by President Roosevelt in 1908 , as a National Monument , and may , I presume , be looked upon now as a ...
... fact , this tree mantle covers nearly eighty - five per cent of the entire park . ' The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River was named by President Roosevelt in 1908 , as a National Monument , and may , I presume , be looked upon now as a ...
Strana 224
... fact indispensable . In a vague way there is approval , too , of a large increase in both parks and playgrounds . But few even of the more enlightened communities appear yet to understand with any clearness that these open spaces in ...
... fact indispensable . In a vague way there is approval , too , of a large increase in both parks and playgrounds . But few even of the more enlightened communities appear yet to understand with any clearness that these open spaces in ...
Strana 242
... fact explains much of the very wide use of national forests for recreation , in regions which are largely pure wilderness . Summer cottages and hotels within the forests accommodate a large number of seekers after recreation . Many of ...
... fact explains much of the very wide use of national forests for recreation , in regions which are largely pure wilderness . Summer cottages and hotels within the forests accommodate a large number of seekers after recreation . Many of ...
Strana 248
... facts and because it is at the headwaters of so many important rivers , it is a region destined to be perma- nently devoted to the growing of forests . The southeastern mountain region has a more general flora and includes birch , maple ...
... facts and because it is at the headwaters of so many important rivers , it is a region destined to be perma- nently devoted to the growing of forests . The southeastern mountain region has a more general flora and includes birch , maple ...
Strana 257
... facts will be recognized . It is for our State Forest Reservation Commission to place the problem fully and urgently before our general assembly , and put the responsibility of providing the means unequivocally upon that body . The duty ...
... facts will be recognized . It is for our State Forest Reservation Commission to place the problem fully and urgently before our general assembly , and put the responsibility of providing the means unequivocally upon that body . The duty ...
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Strana 251 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Strana 346 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Strana 420 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Strana 267 - ... consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public * * * in such county," with "authority to make maps and plans of such spaces and to collect such other information in relation thereto as the said board may deem expedient;" and "as soon as conveniently may be," to "make a report in writing of a comprehensive plan for laying out, acquiring and maintaining such open spaces.
Strana 255 - The separation, for purposes of taxation, of the timber from the land on which it grows, so that the forest crop shall be taxed only when it is harvested, while the land shall be taxed every year.
Strana 231 - ... in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part...
Strana 328 - sturdy beggar" or a vermin-infested tramp than a desiccated toiler who works twelve hours a day, seven days in the week, fifty-two weeks in the year.
Strana 224 - The Boston Metro2-45 politan Park Commission was organized in 1 892 with powers granted to it by some thirty-seven different local governments. Through the activity of this commission, Boston's park system came to contain 10,000 acres of parks and public reservations, 30 miles of river banks, 8 miles of seashore, and 27 miles of boulevards and parkways.101 Kansas City soon established a similar planning body on a smaller scale. George E. Kessler, a local landscape architect who directed the enterprise,...
Strana 217 - Exclusive devotion to work has the result that amusements cease to please; and when relaxation becomes imperative, life becomes dreary from lack of its sole interest — the interest in business.
Strana 236 - Glacier National Park, west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains and south of the Canadian boundary line in Montana.