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Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969; Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; Federal Revenue Sharing Act; Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; Flood Control Act of 1937; Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
Mar 7 - California Wright Act okays the formation of irrigation districts. It was renamed as the California Irrigation District Act in 1917. 1890 - Canal Act reserved federal authority for right of way to canals on public lands [27] 1898 - San Francisco passes Charter that calls for public ownership of transit, telephones, water and power [28]
A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890, [8] or a beneficiary under the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. [9]
The Bureau of Land Management’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) includes over 850 federally recognized areas and in California, manages 15,500,000 acres (63,000 km 2) of public lands, nearly 15% of the state's land area. [3]
While federal land ecosystems in most states are sequestering carbon dioxide on average, California’s lost six times more than any other state during the 17-year period from 2005 to 2021 that ...
The State of Mississippi granted Alcorn three-fifths of the proceeds earned from the sale of thirty thousand acres of land scrip for agricultural colleges. From its beginning, it was a land grant college, and the money from the sale of the land scrip of the Morrill Act was used solely for the agricultural and mechanical components of this college.
Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law aimed at combating the ongoing ...
1996 – Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996; 1996 – Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996; 1997 – Kyoto Protocol; 1998 – Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) 2002 – California AB 1493 sets standards for emissions of CO 2 and other greenhouse gases from automobiles and light duty trucks.