August "Gus" Ludwig Hormay papers, 1900-1999.
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United States. Bureau of Land Management
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Organized within the Department of the Interior, this federal agency is responsible for the management of public lands, the majority of which are in the Western states and Alaska. Responsibilities include energy and mineral development, grazing, wildlife and fisheries habitat and land use planning. From the description of Records, 1944-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54390737 Background information on this oral history project could not be found. ...
Hormay, August Ludwig, 1907-1999
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August "Gus" Ludwig Hormay (1907-1999) developed rest-rotation grazing systems for the management of rangelands in the Western United States during more than seventy years of work in natural resource conservation. After completing his academic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Hormay began working for the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, in 1931. During the next thirty-six years, he worked out of the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station in...
United States. Forest Service
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The evolution of the USDA Forest Service is rooted in the General Provision Act of l89l in which Congress authorized the President to designate particular areas of the forested public domain to be set aside as "reserves" for future use. The number and size of these reserves increased notably in l897 when the President was authorized to establish reserves in order to protect watersheds, to preserve timber, and to provide lumber for local use. There was no provision for management or...
