The environmental politics and policy of western public lands /

The management of public lands in the West is a matter of long-standing and oft-contentious debates. The government must balance the interests of a variety of stakeholders, including extractive industries like oil and timber, farmers, ranchers and fishers, Native Americans, tourists and environmenta...

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Other Authors: Wolters, Erika Allen (Editor), Steel, Brent (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Kathleen Dean Moore
  • Part I The changing west
  • 1 The old west, the new west and the next west / Donna L Lybecker
  • 2 Western public land law and the evolving management landscape / John Ruple
  • 3 Rangeland policy and management in a changing west: political marginalization and a crisis of trust / Mark W Brunson
  • Part II Forest, wildfire and water
  • 4 Professionalism versus politics: the century-long battle over national forest policy / Tom M Koontz and Christean Jenkins
  • 5 Wildland fire policy and climate change: evolution of fire policy and current needs / Eric Toman
  • 6 The changing fate of western rivers: the case of the Colorado / Doug Kenney
  • Part III Wilderness and wildlife
  • 7 Wild places and irreplaceable resources: protecting wilderness and national monuments / John Ruple
  • 8 National parks: preserving America's natural and cultural heritage / Robert B Keiter
  • 9 Introduction to wildlife management of pubic lands / Lauren Anderson
  • 10 Endangered species, wildlife corridors, and climate change in the US west / Jodi a Hilty, et al
  • Part IV Development, sovereignty and conflict in the west
  • 11 Renewable energy development in the American West / Anna Karmazina
  • 12 Regulating oil and gas on federal lands under Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump / Charles Davis
  • 13 Mining on federal land: policy and costs of doing business / P Casey Giordano
  • 14 Implications of tribal sovereignty, federal trust responsibility, and congressional plenary authority for native american lands management / Shane Day
  • 15 Western rebellion: who owns the west? / Christopher A Simon, et al
  • 16 Conclusion: the old west, the new west, and the next west? / Brent S steel, et al.