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<br />f.',.: <br /> <br />6B28~Z <br /> <br />"This new seal expresses the Lepartment's environmental mission. <br />Stylized symbols of the dynamic forces that have shaped the earth--the <br />sun, mountains, water-are framed by a stylized pair of ,'hands. <br /> <br />"The hands symbolize our duty and responsibility. 'Man now has the <br />power to use these great gifts of nature in ways that can make the world <br />livable or ruin it beyond hope. As natural resource managers, we must <br />work for their wisest possible use." <br /> <br />Udall noted that the buffalo (bison) seal was the fifth adopted by <br />the Department since its establishment in 1849. The first Interior seal <br />featured an American eagle. It was supplanted by another eagle seal in <br />1913, which gave way to a buffalo in 1917, which was supplanted by <br />another eagle in 1923 until 1929, when the latest buffalo again displaced <br />the bird. <br /> <br />Historically the Department of the Interior's primary role has been <br />as manager of western lands and waters, conservator of national parks <br />and of certain wildlife species, and trustee for the American Indian. <br /> <br />"d'., ""1 <br /> <br />Udall observed that the Department's 'role of national stewardship <br />has expanded greatly during the past five years. New responsibilities <br />have been given to it for planning and operating major conservation pro- <br />grams in cooperation with all '50 states. Some of these added programs <br />are handled by such new Interior agencies as the Federal Water Pollution <br />Control Administration, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, and Office of Water <br />Resources Research. <br /> <br />...:...... <br /> <br />'.;-:. :'.,; <br /> <br />. .... '.' <br /><.' >::.' '!'. ~ .:..; ..' <br />::";'" . '. <br />;-":.::::,' "<\::~y: :. ~. <br /> <br />", <br /> <br />~..". .- <br /> <br />.;.' <br /> <br />.~ .... ;. ,:,., <br /> <br />-- , <br /> <br /> <br />~.: :'~~;':~.~:;<.' <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />ii <br /> <br />.~. .' <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />- :~,. ~ . " <br /> <br />. :'; ~ ~ . . '~.-. ~ .:: '~"'~ -": _.'''....~~..:.'' :~... '. .~ ..~. "JI' ~..... . ..y. ..' ,~-" ... ....- ." <. ~ . .. ,.,: .' ~ .:. . ~..:_~. .-'. ...':.....:.:;~;.-.~/.~...:..:~.i....i:::~..:-.',...'.....:...'.:,...;::..:..........';...:_.~...~,:;...~....,~~...~.;.:_~,....~.-...;......,.~...:~.:~~;<:~.:i-.:.:..i.~~.-.~,:.::.~~.~. ' <br />.:',j- >>_:~..:;~..;:::;:~;.~:~:?~;-h;E}J;.;i:~:;~;~j;.i;E,;<::.:X';;~iiff,:'i;..};;;i;;t;ijJ~~~rZ::;:';:.~2!f'~:t~~_::: :~;i - '.' :. : .:,.. _;..... . :.: . .. '. <br /> <br />..-,. ,,' <br />