...for Federal involvement in scientific pursuits. The US Geological Survey, established in 1879 41 for the "classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources and products of the national domain," was the result of the need to administer a variety of formal and informal arrangements for the exploration...

...Geological Survey. On this day in 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes approved legislation authorizing "the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain." The Geological Survey has had a rich history. It grew from the necessity of our forebears to explore...

...under the Interior Department, and that this officer shall have direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain. 43 USC 31(b) provides that, "The authority of the Secretary of the Interior, exercised through the...

...for Federal involvement in scientific pursuits. The US Geological Survey, established in 1879 41 for the "classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources and products of the national domain." was the result of the need to administer a variety of formal and informal arrangements for the exploration...

...Geological Survey was established by an Act of Congress in 1879, and charged with responsibility for ". . . the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources and products of the national domain... ." Taken in their broadest sense, those terms still describe our responsibilities pretty well. In its...

...under the Interior Department, and that this officer shall have direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination...of the geological structure, mineral resources, and produces of the national domain. 43 USC 31(b) provides that, "The authority of the Secretary of the...

...officer shall haw direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public land* ari examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. 43 USC 31(b) provides that, "The authority of the Secretary of the Interior, exercised through the...

...Geological Survey was created by this legislation. The Survey's mission was "the classification of public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the public domain." (20 Stat. 394) 7590. Rivers and Harbors Act. This act required specific Congressional...

...advice and consent of the Senate. This officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resource, and products of the national domain. The Director and members of the Geological Survey shall...

...advice and consent of the Senate. This officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resource, and products of the national domain. The Director and members of the Geological Survey shall...