Geography Action! 2002--Online Public Lands Journey

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From the borders of Mexico and Canada—all on public lands!

Introduction

Online Public Lands Museum

Conservation

History: Those Who Came Before

Lands: The Big Backyard

Lifeways: Living With the Land

Nature: Changing Lands

Resources: Bountiful Lands

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INTRODUCTION

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The Public Lands Interpretive Association invites you to follow a journey, never before taken, along a route between Mexico and Canada—entirely on America’s public lands! Discover the past, learn more about the present, and ponder the future of our public lands. Meet people, groups, and communities who work together on behalf of our lands, and meet the two teachers who will be your personal guides on this remarkable journey. Join the journey today.

Footprints remain undisturbed in the wind-sculpted sands of Death Valley National Park, California, the hottest and driest spot in North America.

ONLINE PUBLIC LANDS MUSEUM

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This journey is built around six themes that touch on the history and ecology of public lands, and emphasize the role these lands play in our lives today. The Online Public Lands Museum will feature exciting exhibits for each theme, some of which will include video clips of the Public Lands Journey. You can follow our teacher-leaders online as they report their adventures during the journey. Preview the six themes, below, then visit our Online Public Lands Museum by choosing one of the themes.

	Conservation When a species becomes threatened or endangered, people must work together to save it from extinction.
	History: Those Who Came Before Many people, including Native Americans and Spaniards, once explored and lived in what is now the United States.
	Lands: The Big Backyard Some of our public lands remain completely untouched by human hands.
	Lifeways: Living With the Land People who depend on public lands for their livelihood are facing a changing world.
	Nature: Changing Lands Understanding the ways we interact with nature can help us take better care of our environment.
	Resources: Bountiful Lands Many of the things we use in our everyday life came from public lands.

SPONSORS

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	Photographs (left to right): from Reed Kaestner/CORBIS; by Sarah Leen; by Jodi Cobb. Map image courtesy of Greg Homan, Bureau of Land Management, NM State Office. Photographs (top to bottom): from Paul Edmondson/CORBIS; courtesy of Gerald and Buff Corsi, California Academy of Sciences; courtesy of USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region; courtesy of USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region; courtesy of USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region; courtesy of USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region. Artwork courtesy of the Public Lands Interpretive Association.

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