Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration

NATURAL RESOURCES (NR)

(17.2 linear feet; boxes 1 - 43)

A primary subject category containing information pertaining to the conserving, developing, reserving, protecting and discovering natural resources, as well as issues relating to the protection of the environment.

Subject categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.

DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE CODES

File Code Description

NR Natural Resources (.9 ft; Boxes 1-2)

This subject category contains information and correspondence pertaining to the Administration's policies on the development and use of natural resources; legislation; environmental and pollution standards; the Clean Air Act (see also HE007-01); hazardous waste management; acid rain; global warming; conservation; the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region; the National Tropical Botanical Garden; and the American Conservation Corps Act.

NR001 Commissions - Committees - Compacts

(1.4 ft; Boxes 3-6)

This subject category contains correspondence and surveys, and annual reports pertaining to various river commissions and compacts; advisory committees; water sanitation commissions; nominations and appointments to commissions; resignations of commission members; solid waste compacts; legislation related to the commissions or compacts; and funding and termination of commissions.

NR002 Fish - Wildlife (1.7 ft; Boxes 6-11)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the protection of whales, dolphins, seals, wolves, and grizzly bears; cruelty to animals; animal rights; the denning of coyotes; the adoption of wild horses and burros; the breeding program for the California condor; the Pelly and Packwood/Magnuson Amendments regarding sanctions against countries hunting whales; international agreements and protocols on fishing, commercial whaling and fur seal hunting; control of illegally taken fish and wildlife; federal actions affecting coastal fishing; the use of Compound 1080 (see also CM001); Marine Mammal Protection Act; Endangered Species Act; control and management of National Wildlife Refuges; the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and correspondence pertaining to the California Gray Whales stranded in the ice in 1988.

NR003 Forests (2.4 ft; Boxes 11-17)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the National Forest system; the timber industry and timber harvesting on federal lands; establishment, development and use of wilderness areas; reforestation; land conveyance and exchanges; Rare II forests; various acts establishing and protecting wilderness areas including areas in Florida and Oregon; the Wilderness Protection Act of 1982; the Osceola National Forest (see also NR004 and NR005); forest boundary issues; protection for the John Sack Cabin in the Targhee National Forest; the Western States Forestry Task Force; and material related to two court cases Kerr-McGee vs. Watt, and Global Exploration and Development vs. Watt, et. al.

NR004 Land (1.3 ft; Boxes 17-20)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the use and development of federal timber and grazing lands; water use in western states; correspondence pertaining to H.R. 3113 (see NR007-01); reclamation projects; Reclamation Reform Act of 1982; Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; land acquisition; soil, bank, and beach erosion; Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977; conservation tillage practices; use of Compound 1080; watershed projects; floodplains management, wetlands legislation; Osceola National Forest (see also NR003 and NR005); minority ownership of agricultural land; Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act; and Coastal Barrier Resources Act.

NR005 Minerals - Metals (0.6 ft; Boxes 20-21)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the leasing and mining of federal lands; mineral rights; phosphate mining in the Osceola National Forest (see also NR003 and NR004); surface or strip mining for coal; strategic non-fuel minerals; National Materials and Minerals Policy Act; annual reports of the Office of Surface Mining; annual reports on Alaska's mineral resources; state-federal offshore mineral leases; mining of the seas; financial hardships caused by mine closings or regulations; the Educational Mining Act of 1982; Mineral Resources Research Institutes; the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act; and uranium mining and uranium enrichment.

NR006 Oil - Natural Gas (3.5 ft; Boxes 22-30)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; the gas supply; oil and gas leasing and exploration; natural gas decontrol; outer continental shelf leasing; offshore oil drilling along the California coast; conservation; alternative energy sources; oil and gas reserves; the Alaskan natural gas pipeline (see also TN003); oil shale projects; synthetic fuels; and the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) and SPR drawdown plan (see also NR006-01). (See also CM011)

NR006-01 Naval Petroleum Reserves (0.5 ft; Boxes 30-31)

This subject category contains information pertaining to the Naval Petroleum Reserves (NPR) and the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR); Elk Hills and Teapot Dome Reserves; annual reports of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves; naval oil shale reserves; the effects of leasing, outer continental shelf leasing and deregulation on the SPR and NPR; and the costs and benefits of continued production from the Reserves.

NR007 Rivers - Waters - Harbors (1.8 ft; Boxes 32-36)

This subject category contains information pertaining to water rights; water development in the west; state and local water supplies; development and maintenance of ports, harbors and barrier islands; marina business and traffic; port user fees; dredging of canals or harbors; pollution; plastic debris in marine environment; National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; locks; dams; erosion problems along the banks of rivers; water commission reports; St. Lawrence Seaway; the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor; the Great Lakes; the U.S.-Canadian Lake Liming Experimental Project; the Hoover Power plant Act of 1984; and the Deepwater Port Act Amendment of 1984.

NR007-01 Water Projects (3 ft; Boxes 36-43)

This subject category contains information pertaining to water resources projects; dam projects, hydroelectric facilities; irrigation projects; the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project; the Garrison Diversion Unit Project; the National Dam Safety Program; and Mount St. Helens flood protection.