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Continental Conservation is an important guidebook that can serve a vital role in helping fashion a radically honest, scientifically rigorous land-use agenda.
Committee Serial No. 4. Considers legislation to establish a land and water conservation fund for outdoor recreation projects development.
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Considers S. 1401 and related S. 2828, S. 531, and S. 1826, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Mineral Leasing Act to provide revenue to assist states and Federal agencies in acquiring and developing outdoor parks and recreation land and water areas.
In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complications, including problems of installation and maintenance as well as structural damage to buildings, while failing to provide collections with a viable conservation environment. This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. Initial chapters present scientific and geographic overviews of these climates, outline risk-based classifications for environmental control, and discus...