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| Enriching the Recreation Experience |
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Interests of recreation visitors vary widely; so must the provisions for their recreation experience. Some visitors prefer outdoor activities which make few demands upon the land resource: photography, painting, walking, relaxing, and nature study. |
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| Plastic vs. Paper Bags |
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Paper or plastic? That is the question. But either one you choose has a negative impact on the environment. Here are some facts about paper and plastic shopping bags: In the U.S. 40 billion grocery bags are used each year; 30 billion are plastic, 10 |
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| Designed to Blend with Nature |
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Efforts to beautify a landscape must take into consideration not only the natural attractions but the approaches and facilities that can augment the beauty that is already there. Whether it is a highway, a trail, a campground, or a picnic shelter, t |
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| Planting for that Touch of Beauty |
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America is blessed with a great number of plants that can be used to make our surroundings more pleasing. Outdoor beauty can be accented or created by planting trees, shrubs, and other plants that have showy flowers, colorful leaves or berries, or d |
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| Applying Esthetics to Land Management |
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Although outdoor beauty is often associated with the spectacular or unusual, it can also exist in the ordinary or commonplace. And if we accept the definition that beauty is "any quality of sense or thought that excites an admiring pleasure," we can |
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| Toxic Agents and Radiation: The Facts |
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Introduction Concern growing for decades over the condition of the environment and its effect on public health and the quality of life led to the passage of legislation in the 1970s to control environmental pollutants. The Environmental Protection A |
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| The American Outdoors ?A New Conservation |
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Few countries have been endowed with such an abundance of resources and natural beauty as the United States. The great outdoors was the setting in which our people developed and grew and built this mighty nation. The use of natural resources has ena |
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| How Can We Help Manage Our National Forests |
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Smokey Bear USDA Forest Service PO Box 96090 Washington, DC 20090-6090 Dear Smokey, We are a typical American family. We eat at the local "burger palace"?ow that it doesn't use Styrofoam anymore! We have a 17-year-old athletic daughter, a 14-year-o |
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| Extension Volunteers Can Help |
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You'll find them in nearly every county and State?en and women, youth, seniors, and those in between?iving freely of their time, energy, and talents, devoting countless hours to helping others in their communities. They are Extension volunteers?e |
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| Planting Trees Around Your Home and in Your Community |
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Trees have long provided us with a host of practical and aesthetic benefits. They supply the raw materials for the buildings we live in, the furniture we sit on, and the paper for books, magazines, newspapers, bags, and boxes. Trees are also used in |
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