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A Contemporary AgeBcg IN THE NATION'S THIRD CENTURY T OJ,lY, the Uun'Ju admin- Islt'f:; Olle of the most (ornplt."\ land nldll,lgement progritffiS of .my ,lgenry within the Fl,Jl'f,ll Government. It is the rustodi,ln of original p.Jtent and SUfVl'Y records for 30nf the 50 United St.lte::>. It IS lhl' fin.ll .1l1thorily un all SllrV('y matters involving 1.1Ild within, or 011((' ,1 p,ut of, the public dmnain. It .ldministl'rs the mineral It-'Jsing progr,lm 011 al11ands under its juris- Jillion, on the Oull>r ContinE.'nlal Shelf, on lands held by other Federal .lgl'nrit.'s .md on private lands whose miner.,\ fights Jfe reserved to the h.def.I1 Covl'rnml'nt. It m,ln.lgl'S the fecreatiolldl fl'SOUrCes of thl' public lands Jnd is responsible for the protl'diun Jnd dl'vclopment of cultural resources on the publit, lands, It manages wildlife habit.lt on land under ib jurisdiction Jnd is responsible for the protection, management, Jnd control of wild horses on the public lands. It mana~es timber resources on 2 million acres of prime Douglas fir forest lands in western Oregon Jnd on 23 million acres of other commercial forest lands in other public land States. It is responsible for fire protection on Bl.M land and works closely with the Forest Service and other Federill ant! State agencies in cooperative interagency fire suppression. It is responsible for the disposal of I<llld under its jurisdiction and of the public domain land held by other Federal ,lgencies. ~ <=> '-' C-' _1 ,r- oo It is also responsible for land exchanges in support of the programs of other Federal agencies and for the granting of rights-of-way ,lcrOSS Fedl'fal lands and for the construc- tion of pipelll1t:'s, electric transmis- sion 111l1's .md othl'f public utilities.