Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

The National Museum of Computing, an independent voluntary organisation, rents space from the Trust to house its collection of historic computers.

She died on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey at age 77, leaving almost all her property to the National Trust.

As a result, Beatrix came to meet Hardwicke Rawnsley, incumbent vicar at Wray and later the founding secretary of the National Trust, whose interest in the countryside and country life inspired the same in Beatrix and who was to have a lasting impact on her life.

Hill Top, Near Sawrey – Potter's former home, now owned by the National Trust and preserved as it was when she lived and wrote her stories there.

Potter had been a disciple of the land conservation and preservation ideals of her long-time friend and mentor, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, the first secretary and founding member of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty.

She supported the efforts of the National Trust to preserve not just the places of extraordinary beauty, but those heads of valley and low grazing lands that would be irreparably ruined by development.

In 1930 the Heelises became partners with the National Trust in buying and managing the fell farms included in the large Monk Coniston Estate.

Potter became the de facto estate manager for the Trust for seven years until the National Trust could afford to buy most of the property back from her.

She left nearly all her property to the National Trust, including over of land, sixteen farms, cottages and herds of cattle and Herdwick sheep.

Hers was the largest gift at that time to the National Trust and it enabled the preservation of the lands now included in the Lake District National Park and the continuation of fell farming.

The central office of the National Trust in Swindon was named ' Heelis ' in 2005 in her memory.

When he died in August 1945 he left the remainder to the National Trust.

Potter left almost all the original illustrations for her books to the National Trust.

Hill Top Farm was opened to the public by the National Trust in 1946 ; her artwork was displayed there until 1985 when it was moved to William Heelis ’ s former law offices in Hawkshead, also owned by the National Trust as the Beatrix Potter Gallery.

Potter ’ s country life and her farming has also been widely discussed in the work of Susan Denyer and by other authors in the publications of The National Trust.

See, e. g., Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States, ( giving federal courts the authority to fashion common law rules with respect to issues of federal power, in this case negotiable instruments backed by the federal government ); see also International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U. S. 215 ( 1918 ) ( creating a cause of action for misappropriation of " hot news " that lacks any statutory grounding, but that is one of the handful of federal common law actions that survives today ); National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F. 3d 841, 843-44, 853 ( 2d Cir.

It is partly owned by the National Trust who acquired it in 1910 and partly managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.

Fair Isle was bought by the National Trust for Scotland in 1954 from George Waterston, the founder of the bird observatory.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

But he takes his bearings from the great guidelines of policy, well-established precedents, the commitments of the United States under international charters and treaties, basic statutes, and well-understood notions of the American people about how we are to conduct ourselves, in policy literature such as country papers and National Security Council papers accumulated in the Department.

Inventory and evaluate wildlife habitat resources in cooperation with other Federal agencies and with the States in which National Forests and Grasslands are located, as a basis for orderly development of wildlife habitat improvement and coordination programs, including ( A ) big-game, gamebird, and small-game habitat surveys and investigations on the 186 million acres of National Forests and Grasslands, ( B ) fishery habitat surveys and investigations on the 81,000 miles of National Forest fishing streams and nearly 3 million acres of lakes and impoundments, and ( C ) participation in planning, inspection, and control phases of all habitat improvement, land and water use projects conducted on National Forest lands by States, other Federal agencies, and private groups to assure that projects will benefit wildlife and be in harmony with other resource values.

Both of these systems are essential for the production, development, and use of the National Forests.

Because administration of the forest highway system is a responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce with maintenance provided by the States and counties, this Development Program for the National Forests does not include estimates of the funds needed to maintain the forest highway system nor to construct the additions to it that are needed.

These roads are largely of less than highway standards, and usually carry traffic which is related to use of the National Forests.

Furthermore, roads that give access to National Forest timber are investments which pay their own way over a period of years.

Approximately 40 percent of the value of the work on roads for access to timber which are planned for this period will be constructed by purchasers of National Forest timber, but paid for by the Government through adjustment of stumpage prices.

Within exterior boundaries of National Forests and National Grasslands, there are about 40,000,000 acres in non-Federal ownership.

One consequence is the occurrence of occasional conflicts because private owners of some inholdings object to public programs of use on neighboring National Forest or other Federal land, or because such ownerships are developed for uses that are not compatible with use for the public of neighboring National Forest land.

And some, which are suitable for tree growing and for other National Forest purposes, are unmanaged or in need of expensive rehabilitation, and are contributing nothing to the economy ; ;

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

Silver Springs features glass-bottom boat rides and in Everglades National Park there are opportunities to photograph rare wildlife.

Of course, while in this vicinity you won't want to miss a visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial where on the side of a mountain are the famous sculptures of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

Set in the Amazon, Voight played Paul Sarone, a snake hunter obsessed with a fabled giant anaconda, who hijacks an unwitting National Geographic film crew looking for a remote Indian tribe.

The collapse of the National Labor Union in 1873, left a vacuum for workers looking for organization.

When looking only at expressways the National Trunk Highway System ( NTHS ) in China has a total length of at the end of 2006, and 60, 300 km at the end of 2008, second only to the United States with in 2005.

* November 26 – Iran-Contra Affair: U. S. President Ronald Reagan announces that on December 1 former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the scandal ( they became known as the Tower Commission ).

Part of the Brecon Beacons | Brecon Beacons National Park, looking from the highest point of Pen y Fan ( 886 m / 2907 feet ) to Cribyn ( 795 m / 2608 feet ).

Darling Harbour from the National Maritime Museum looking out towards the Kings Street Wharf

Indeed, scholars looking at the evolution of the NSC from its inception to the 1970s contend that the National Security Adviser and his White House centered staff increasingly assumed a more prominent role than the official National Security Council and that Johnson, like Kennedy before him, played a key role in this development.

Kogan discovered this evidence by looking at the National Center for Health Statistics, births and infant death records for twins in the United States.

Area 1002 of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, looking south toward the Brooks Range mountains.

Anouilh told him that he had been looking for an idea based on a rift in the leftist Théâtre National Populaire between the actors Gérard Philipe and Daniel Ivernel.

The Djabugay people | Djabugay language group's mythical being, Damarri, transformed into a mountain range, is seen lying on his back above the Barron Gorge National Park | Barron River Gorge, looking upwards to the skies, within north-east Australia's wet tropical forested landscape

From a lookout in Border Ranges National Park, NSW Australia looking over the Tweed valley with The Pinnacle distinctive in the centre right.

In their remarks, league leaders noted " Your exemplary program demonstrates a strong commitment to improving the quality of life in the City of Opelika ... your program exhibits the type of innovation that the National League of Cities is looking to recognize.

It was founded in 1996 on the initiative of the Harz National Park, Harz winter sport parishes, the cable car and lift operators, hotels and transport companies, and has the aim of promoting ski tourism in the Harz and looking after the interests of nature conservation.

In a March 2007 National Public Radio Talk of the Nation interview, Saliers stated " we needed a name and we went through the dictionary looking for words that struck us and indigo was one.

For example, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is looking into the mechanisms underlying the key receptors on taste cells and applying this knowledge to the future of medications and artificial food products.

Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, looking south toward the Brooks Range mountains.

In 1842, looking for coal, Gesner travelled to Quebec, where he discovered the first of the great fossil deposits of the future Miguasha National Park.

Huang reappeared, looking very frail, during the National People's Congress in March 2007.

National Guard members in plain clothes mingled in the crowd, looking for any sign of trouble.

The National Head Start Bureau has been looking for more opportunities to partner with public schools.

In 2005, the head of the Republican National Committee, Ken Mehlman said at the NAACP convention, " Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization.

A panoramic view of Docklands and the city skyline from Waterfront City looking across Victoria Harbour Features include ( from left ), some residential and commercial buildings along the harbour at Melbourne Docklands # New Quay | New Quay, the Seven Network digital broadcast centre, some of the original ( now renovated ) Melbourne docks sheds on Central Pier, the Docklands Stadium | Etihad Stadium, the Victoria Point ( building ) | Victoria Point apartments, and the colourful lowrise National Australia Bank headquarters.