Western public lands and environmental politics
By: edited by Charles Davis.
Contributors: Davis, Charles E., 1947-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Environmental policy -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- Government policy -- West (U.S); Land use -- Government policy -- West (U.S.)
Other titles: Ostrom Social Sciences Collection.
Description: "Beset by competing interests, efforts by federal agencies, Congress, and the courts to balance ecological and economic values in the development of federal land policies have produced a wide range of outcomes. This book examines the interplay between political organizations, interest groups, economic conditions, and demographic shifts, offering an explanation of changes in policies during this period that affected the management of rangeland, timber, energy, mineral, and wilderness resources. It includes an entirely new chapter on wildlife policy and a review of different federal programs affecting public lands. It will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental politics and policy, natural resource management, public policy, and environmental history as well as to the general reader."--Jacket.
Notes: Gift of Peter and Alma Ostrom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the context of public lands policy change / Charles Davis; title: Fighting over public lands: interest groups, states and the federal government / Sandra K. Davis; title: The federal four: change and continuity in the Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Park Service, 1970-2000 / Jeanne Nienaber Clarke and Kurt Angersbach; title: The emerging triumph of ecosystem management: the transformation of federal forest policy / George Hoberg; title: Politics and public rangeland policy / Charles Davis; title: Reform at a geological pace: mining policy on federal lands / Christopher McGrory Klyza; title: Energy on federal lands / David Howard Davis; title: National parks policy / William R. Lowry; title: Wilderness policy / Craig W. Allin; title: Wildlife policy / Lisa Nelson; title: Conclusion: public lands and policy change / Charles Davis.