public land

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pub′lic land′


n.
land owned by the government.
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In fact, his misfortune was that of most other ministers who have passed the prime of life; he trimmed and shuffled under all his difficulties,--with journalism, which at this period it was thought advisable to repress in an underhand way rather than fight openly; with financial as well as labor questions; with the clergy as well as with that other question of the public lands; with liberalism as with the Chamber.
Melinda Harm Benson, Shifting Public Land Paradigms: Lessons from the
Nationally, BHA "seeks to ensure North America's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters." Tawney is often the face of the organization, lobbying in Washington, D.C., on public land issues and hosting membership drives around the country.
That's one reason outdoor retailer REI Co-op and The Trust for Public Land named Newark one of the top 50 large cities in the U.S.
The case in point is getting the public land under illegal occupation both in urban and rural areas vacated.
It is the surest way to end the pervading culture of impunity that has seen public land and other resources misappropriated by selfish individuals.
Cox Enterprises and The Trust for Public Land have opened the nomination process for the Cox Conserves Heroes program, the company said .
M2 EQUITYBITES-July 9, 2018-Cox Enterprises, Trust for Public Land launch Massachusetts' Cox Conserves Heroes Awards
Davis begins by dramatically calling attention to the vast amount of public land in the United States -- almost thirty-seven percent of total land mass.
Author Steven Davis (political science and environmental studies, Edgewood College) uses plain language and a conversational tone in this argument against the privatization of public lands. The book begins with an overview of the legal infrastructure related to public land and the history of the system at local, state, and federal levels.
If I had a dollar for every hour I've spent bowhunting on public land, I could buy myself a good-sized whitetail spread in the Midwest!
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