Creating a Northern Agriculture. IV. Reservation and Preservation of Agricultural Lands in Alaska

The reservation of agricultural lands is one of the most urgent, and least recognized, problems facing Alaskans today. While more than 17 million acres suitable for agricultural tillage have been identified, fewer than 20,000 acres, in widely scattered locations, are now being tilled and they are increasingly suffering the ravages of suburban, urban, and industrial encroachment. Most lands suitable for agricultural tillage in the future, and all lands suited to domestic livestock grazing, are now in public ownership and control; yet public land use plans do not include agricultural production1 as a consideration for the future in Alaska

Creating a Northern Agriculture. I. An Agricultural Development Perspective

Alaskans now face a time of decision with regard to agriculture. In the past, national and state bureaucracies have largely ignored agriculture. It has existed merely as a foreign intrusion into the northern ecosystem, with its scope and success pitifully limited. While rural areas have needed agriculture for subsistence, urban Alaska has had no such need, so it is easy for "natural status" environmental interests to hamper the genesis of an agricultural environment. The public must realize that a planned development based on a new perspective can prevent discordant effects on the Alaska wilderness

Creating a Northern Agriculture. II. Historical Perspectives in Alaskan Agriculture

Much can be learned about the present status of agriculture in Alaska from a review of the long and varied history of Alaskan agriculture. At some times, concerted public efforts have been directed to its development; at others, agriculture has suffered long periods of public neglect. At national levels, opinion has vacillated from limited optimism to abject negativism. However, correlations may be found among the public policy attitudes and agricultural development success

Creating a Northern Agriculture. V. An Agroeuthenics Approach to Development in Alaska.

Grateful acknowledgment is extended to Dr. A. L. Brundage, Chairman of the Publications Committee, for drawing the flow charts in this publication.The growing national concern for a better environment and more rewarding life-style is being reflected in the many proposals regarding Alaska's future. Particular attention has been directed to preserving wilderness, wildlife, and scenic values. Increasing attention is being directed to energy resource development. Continuing attention is being directed to fishery, forestry, and recreation resources. All incorporate concern for certain attributes of a more rewarding life-style. However, little attention is being directed to development concepts, or infrastructures, suited to Alaska's latent agricultural regions, and even less has been directed to the inter-relationships of rural-agricultural and urban-industrial developments

Creating a Northern Agriculture. III. Defining Parameters of Agricultural Potential in Alaska

Alaska's current land-use planning is characterized by a particular void in providing for future agricultural development. One reason for this void in planning has been a profound lack in identification of production possibilities in most areas of the state. While the report, ALASKA'S AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL (4), generally identified some 16 million acres suitable for tillage, and millions of acres suitable for livestock grazing, it did not provide other than a cursory review of product types which might be grown in Alaska. Further, it did not identify probable locations where particular crops and livestock would be produced, nor possible scope and magnitude of such industry development

Immigration: An Opinion

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Processing Change: Tales of Mice and Penguins

A brief essay on the difficulty and importance of successful change in any organization and specifically in a higher education institution.supply chain management

If You Don't Speak Chinese, Now Is the Time to Learn

A brief essay on the increasing importance of trade with China.China, trade

Is This Election the Most Important Ever?

In every presidential election I can remember, it seems someone has opined that it was the most important election ever. And perhaps that was so. Maybe the stakes do ratchet up each time we go to the polls.Jim Burton, James Burton, MTSU, Jones College of Business, dean, Jennings A. Jones College of Business

A Single-armed Manta-board as a New Diver-controlled Planing Board and Its Use for Underwater Surveys

Due to inadequacies of previous underwater towing techniques and the special needs of a recent underwater survey, a modified mania-board technique was developed. With this new technique, the diver holds on to the manta-board with one arm; consequently, the board is referred to as a single-armed manta-board (sam-board). The sam-board proved inexpensive and highly maneuverable, allowing the divers to freely collect samples or record information. Through some experimenting with the board and changing some of the variables, such as rope lengths, towing speeds, etc., a highly efficient towing method can be achieved. Preplanning and strict diving safety procedures must, however, be implemented to assure efficiency. This paper presents the materials, guidelines for board construction, equipment, and preplanning and diving safety procedures necessary for the sam-board towing operation