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Our natural resources and their conservation

Title
Our natural resources and their conservation / A.E. Parkins, J.R. Whitaker ... editors ; contributors: Wallace W. Atwood, O.E. Baker [and others].
Author
Parkins, A. E. (Almon Ernest), 1879-1940
Publication
New York : J. Wiley & Sons ; London : Chapman & Hall, 1936.

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Additional Authors
  • Whitaker, J. Russell (Joe Russell), 1900-
  • Atwood, Wallace Walter, 1872-1949.
  • Baker, O. E. (Oliver Edwin), 1883-1949.
Description
xii, 650 pages : illustrations, diagrams; 24 cm
Subject
  • Natural resources
  • natural resources
  • Economic history
  • Naturresurser
  • United States > Economic conditions
  • United States
Note
  • "This volume is a symposium written by scientists."--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Selected bibliography": p. 623-634.
Contents
The conservation movement in America -- The public domain and its disposal -- The soils of the United States -- Soil erosion and its prevention -- Tree crops -- Utilization and conservation of our arid and semiarid lands -- The problem of our grasslands -- Reclamation of wet and overflow lands -- The agricultural prospect -- Our forests, past and present -- Essential measures in forest conservation -- Water supply for domestic and industrial uses -- Water power and its conservation -- Our waterways and their utilization -- Floods and flood control -- Our mineral treasures -- The mineral fuels -- Conservation of natural resources and the manufacturing industry -- Conservation of wildlife -- Recreational resources -- The conservation of man -- State and local planning -- National regional planning in resource use.
LCCN
36031754
OCLC
  • ocm00268144
  • 268144
  • SCSB-188486
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library