U.S. Geological Survey.

Review, prepared by Allen F. Agnew of CRS, of the Geological Survey's (USGS) history, purpose, and current activities in geological and mineral resource surveys, water resource investigations, conservation, land information/analysis, and topographic surveys and mapping. Examines recent criticis...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1975.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Geological Survey (U.S.) Cartography. Natural resources. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Review, prepared by Allen F. Agnew of CRS, of the Geological Survey's (USGS) history, purpose, and current activities in geological and mineral resource surveys, water resource investigations, conservation, land information/analysis, and topographic surveys and mapping. Examines recent criticisms of USGS programs, and suggests future directions for resource management. Appendices (p. 121-139) include:
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.