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America's public lands : from Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and beyond /

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How is it that the United States, the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world, has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson traces the often-forgotten ideas of nature t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Randall K., 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > National Park Service.
Public lands > United States.
Public lands > Government policy > United States.
Public lands > United States > Management > History.
Conservation of natural resources > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why public lands?
  • Part I: Origins of the public domain. Building the national commons ; Disposing of the public domain : from commons to commodity ; A public land system emerges
  • Part II: America's public land system. National parks ; National forests ; National wildlife refuges ; Bureau of Land Management lands ; National Wilderness Preservation System : wild and scenic rivers and national scenic trails ; Parting thoughts
  • Appendix A: Major U.S. public land laws and other key turning points
  • Appendix B: Units within the National Park System.