Reforming Federal Land Management: Cutting the Gordian KnotRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 21 mars 2012 - 188 pages For over a century, American have created laws, processes, objectives, priorities, and rules for federal land management that often conflict, contradict, and undermine each other. We now find ourselves with inconsistent laws, unclear priorities, procedural mazes, and an antiquated bureaucratic structure. Processes and procedures often impede rather than aid management actions and prevent good stewardship. The overall result is a loss of public benefits and undesirable impact on natural resources. Allan Fitzsimmons presents a clear argument for major changes and offers new ideas for how those changes can be accomplished. Students and professionals interested in public policy, resource management, and environmental studies will find this book to be particularly interesting. |
Table des matières
Appendix Federal Acreage in Thousands by State Agency and Region 2008 | 153 |
Selected Bibliography | 155 |
Index | 167 |
About the Author | 173 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
accessed August 30 accessed September administration Agriculture American Appeals benefit Biodiversity Budget Bureau of Land burning California century chapter chiefly Clinton collaborative conflicting Congress congressional Conservation Cronon dams decisions Ecology economic ecosystem Endangered Species Energy environment example favor federal land management Federal Register fire Fish and Wildlife flow Forest Service Gordian Knot habitat hazardous fuels human impact influence Interior Invasive Species issue land-managing agencies Lands Council landscape legislation ment Merced River million acres mineral multiple National Forest National Park Service Natural Resources NEPA Northern Spotted Owl oil and gas percent Plan protect public lands Rapanos recreation reflect Research Review River roadless areas Roadless Rule role scientific September 18 significant Tallgrass Prairie timber tion U.S. Department U.S. Fish U.S. Forest Service United Valles Caldera values Washington West western wetlands Wilderness Act wildland fire Wildlands Project Wildlife Service Wyoming Yosemite Valley