The Enduring Wilderness

The Enduring Wilderness
Author: Doug Scott
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781555915278

A look at how America has preserved more than 100 million acres of diverse wilderness areas in 44 states, now protected in our National Wilderness Preservation System. Discussion of current visions valuing wilderness and its place in our culture.

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide
Author: Mark Harvey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1999-06-17
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0684859092

A guide for backpackers, hikers, and other wilderness buffs offers information on equipment and techniques, search and rescue methods, cooking, and safety.

Wilderness Inventory Handbook

Wilderness Inventory Handbook
Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1978
Genre: Environmental policy
ISBN:

This handbook is for the wilderness inventory process. Guidelines for all other aspects of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wilderness Program will be provided in separate documents. The inventory phase involves looking at the public lands to determine and locate the existence of areas containing wilderness resources that meet the criteria of Wilderness Study Areas as established by Congress.

Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook

Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 730
Release: 1992
Genre: Discrimination against people with disabilities
ISBN:

Includes: Preamble, Introduction, Title I, Title II, Title III, Resource List, and Appendices.

Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook

Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook
Author: Henry H. Perritt
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Total Pages: 1706
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 073553148X

The Americans With Disabilities Act Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the ADA's employment, commercial facilities, and public accommodations provisions as well as coverage of the transportation, communication, and federal, local, and state government requirements. In one comprehensive two-volume set, you'll get a complete analysis of the Act and all the forms and case law you'll need to prepare your case. Recognized ADA authority Henry H. Perritt, Jr., clearly defines statutory and regulatory requirements for public and private employers, commercial facilities and places of public accommodation. There's a complete analysis of the rapidly expanding case law - organized by frequently litigated topics, like wheelchair access and AIDS discrimination. In-depth analysis is provided for the numerous federal and state cases and significant regulatory activity by the EEOC cropping up each year. You'll also get thorough analysis of how the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 relates to ADA. The statutory definition of disability and the concept of being andquot;otherwise qualifiedandquot; for a job are also discussed in-depth. And you'll see exactly what employers, business owners, and providers of governmental services must do to make andquot;reasonable accommodation.andquot; Plus, a comprehensive section that organizes case law by type of physical and mental impairment and accommodation by type of job requirement, making analysis easier. Americans With Disabilities Act Handbook has been updated to include: Analysis of a Supreme Court case finding that Wal-Mart class action did not meet requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23 Case law applying the 2008 Amendments and EEOC's implementing regulations Analysis of Supreme Court case providing a framework for andquot;cat's pawandquot; proof of disparate treatment Analysis of a Supreme Court case finding retaliation because of a fianceand´e's protected activity Analysis of a Supreme Court case allowing oral requests for FMLA leave Analysis of cases assessing whether the employer erroneously perceived an employee as unable to perform a andquot;range of jobsandquot; Discussion of a case denying safe harbor to a recovering drug abuser Analysis of case allowing an employer to assign an HIV-positive employee to train only those employees signing a waiver Discussion of a case finding that a return-to-work medical examination did not violate the ADA Analysis of the andquot;one-strikeandquot; rule imposed by an employers' association Discussion of a case finding that reductions in paratransit services did not violate ADA New cases rejecting challenges to arbitration

The Wilderness Act

The Wilderness Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1961
Genre: Forest reserves
ISBN:

Considers S. 174, to establish a National Wilderness Preservation System.

To the Wilderness

To the Wilderness
Author: Marion Kingston Stocking
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0874130786

Preserving Western History

Preserving Western History
Author: Andrew Gulliford
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826333100

The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.