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U.S. land and natural resources policy, history, debates, State data, maps, primary documents, Mark Grossman and Gary C. Bryner

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A comprehensive overview of the policy debates surrounding U.S. public lands and the natural resources they contain. This greatly expanded sencond edition traces the origin and evolution of policy, the current debate and future direction of land and natural resources policy

Includes bibliographical references

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U.S. land and natural resources policy

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Mark Grossman and Gary C. Bryner

history, debates, State data, maps, primary documents

List of Figures & Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Natural Resources and Public Lands Policies -- Chapter 2 The Evolution of Public Lands Policy -- Chapter 3 Overview of Land Set Asides Withdrawals and Policies -- Chapter 4 Biodiversity and the Preservation of Endangered Species -- Chapter 5 National Forests and Timber Policy -- Chapter 6 Grazing and Public Lands -- Chapter 7 Mining and Energy -- Chapter 8 Water Resources -- Chapter 9 National Parks and Wilderness -- Chapter 10 The Debate about Public Lands and Natural Resources -- Primary Documents -- "Yellowstone National Park," The Kansas City Star, 1890 -- Hetch-Hetchy Valley excerpt from The Yosemite, 1912 -- "Public Gets Say on Drilling," Western Citizen, 2010 -- "Washington Land Grab Unwelcome in West," Senator John Barrasso, 2010 -- "Repeal Timber Land Law," Morning Oregonian, 1908 -- "Present Land Laws are not Adapted to Present Needs," Morning Oregonian, 1910 -- "Groups Sue to Prevent Roadless Areas in National Forests," San Francisco Chronicle, 2005 -- US Fish & Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System, The Encyclopedia of Earth, The Early Years, 1864-1920 -- BLM's Management of Livestock Grazing, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2010 -- The Lacey Act by John F. Lacey, The Congressional Record, 1900 -- "Roosevelt's Land Policy," The Kansas City Star, 1907 -- Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hiram G. Hill, Jr, 1978 -- Lacey Act/Gibson Guitar Controversy, 2011 -- Address delivered before Agricultural Society of Rutland County, 1847 -- "Reshaping National Forest Policy," Issues in Science and Technology, 1999 -- "Court Strikes Down 2005 Change to Forest Roadless Rule," 2009 -- "The Forest Service," The Cato Institute, 2009 -- "Bush Supporters Unhappy with Environmental Policy," Environment News Service, 2003 -- United Nations Report on Efforts to Mitigate Desertification in the Western United States, 2006 -- "Obama Administration Denies Petition to Raise Grazing Fees on Public Lands," The New York Times, 2011 --"Study: Fed Lands Hold Oil and Gas Bonanza," Forbes Magazine Blogs, 2010 -- "US Support for Nuclear Power Climbs to New High of 62%," Gallup poll, 2010 -- "Americans Support Offshore Drilling, but Washington Wavers," The New York Times, 2011 -- "Reclamation of the Arid Region," Forestry & Irrigation Magazine, 1902 -- "Oil Slick Fire Damages 2 River Spans," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1969 -- "Scientists Look for Lingering Damage from BP Oil Spill," The Orlando Sentinel, 2011 -- State Policies for Groundwater Withdrawals, Mission 2012: Clean Water Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- "What is Wilderness?" The Wilderness Society, 1906 -- Norton, Secretary of the Interior v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 2004 -- "The Great Nation of Futurity," The United States Demographic Review, 1839 -- Mass v. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007 -- American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, 2011 -- Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club v. Jackson, 2011 -- State Data & Maps -- Each state section includes: Summary Table -- Energy Overview -- Maps: Populated Places/Transportation -- Federal Lands/Indian Reservations -- Satellite View -- National Data, Rankings & Maps -- Summary Table -- Maps: Federal Lands and Indian Reservations -- Bureau of Land Management Lands -- Bureau of Reclamation Lands -- Department of Defense Lands -- Fish and Wildlife Service Lands -- Forest Service Lands -- National Park Service Lands -- Indian Lands and Department of the Interior Lands -- Department of the Interior Lands -- Indian Lands -- National Rankings -- Department of the Interior -- Organization Chart -- National Park Service -- Bureau of Indian Affairs -- Bureau of Land Management -- U.S. Geological Survey -- Office of Insular Affairs -- Industry Resources -- Agriculture -- Environment and Conservation -- Fishing -- Lumber and Wood -- Mining -- Paper and Allied Products -- Petroleum and Allied Products -- Water Supply -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 - Chronology -- Appendix 2 - U.S. Land Acts and Laws --Executive Order 1014, 13 March 1903 -- Antiquities Act of 1906 -- National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 -- Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 -- Wilderness Act of 1964 -- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 -- Clean Air Act of 1970 -- Clean Water Act of 1972 -- Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 -- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 -- Oil Pollution Act of 1990

US land and natural resources policy