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Opportunity and challenge : the story of BLM

"September 1988." Contract no Includes bibliographical references and index Prologue : the public domain from 1776-1946 -- The search for an identity : the Bureau of Land Management, 1946-1960 -- A multiple use mandate : the 1960s -- An agency with a mission : the 1970s -- BLM consolidates its gains : the 1980s -- Appendix 1 : commonly used acronyms -- Appendix 2 : chronology of significant events -- Appendix 3 : commissioners and directors Featured articles: Chapter 1. Jefferson and Hamilton and the public lands / by Jerry A. O'Callaghan -- Commissioners of the General Land Office / by Jerry …