Tennessee Valley Authority's Land Between the Lakes Area: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, June 21, 1997, Murray, Kentucky |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
17 county area acres activities Austin Peay Biosphere Program Biosphere Reserve birds budget campgrounds camping cemeteries commercial committee Concept Zero concerned Congress Congressman conservation continue core areas Corps cowbird demonstration environmental education Executive Policy Council facilities Forest Service future Golden Pond groups habitat hearing hunting interest KENNOY Kentucky and Tennessee Kentucky Lake Kristi Hanson Lake Barkley Lakes LBL LBL area LBL Plan LBL's Lyon County manage LBL management of LBL meeting million mission Murray State University National Forest National Park Service National Recreation Area natural resource management needs nest NRAS operate opportunity outdoor recreation percent Plan and EIS promises proposal protect region request Resources and Environment responsibility River Sierra Club species Stewart County Subcommittee on Water task force teachers Tennessee Valley Authority testimony Thank timber harvesting Trigg County TVA's Land users visitors Western Kentucky WHITFIELD Yambert Youth Station
Popular passages
Page 179 - ...is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations
Page 167 - Authority— a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise. It should be charged with the broadest duty of planning for the proper use, conservation and development of the natural resources of the Tennessee River drainage basin and its adjoining territory for the general social and economic welfare of the nation.
Page 12 - Alabama, in the interest of the national defense and for agricultural and industrial development, and to improve navigation in the Tennessee River and to control the destructive flood waters in the Tennessee River and Mississippi River Basins, there is hereby created a body corporate by the name of "The Tennessee Valley Authority" (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation").
Page 69 - Recreation The Flood Control Act of 1944, as amended, provides authority to construct, maintain, and operate public park and recreational facilities at water resources development projects under the control of the Secretary of the Army, and to permit the construction, maintenance, and operation of such facilities.
Page 121 - The water areas of all such reservoirs shall be open to public use generally, without charge, for boating, swimming, bathing, fishing, and other recreational purposes, and ready access to and exit from such water areas along the shores of such reservoirs shall be maintained for general public use...
Page 123 - And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
Page 271 - DATE DUE STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305-6004 DATE DUE STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305-6004...
Page 122 - The task of remaking the economic foundation of a community is never easy and requires the cooperation of Federal, state, and local agencies, as well as the private sector. The truth is, without broad-based local leadership, the best government assistance is likely to be ineffective. A closed military base can be a community's single greatest asset in charting a new future. An airfield, a port, or the land, buildings, furniture and equipment on a base can stimulate new economic...
Page 127 - the project will demonstrate how an area with limited timber, agricultural, and industrial resources can be converted into a recreation asset that will stimulate economic growth of the region.
Page 66 - Charles M. Hess Chief, Operations, Construction and Readiness Division Directorate of Civil Works US Army Corps of Engineers Eric V.