Western Public Lands And Environmental Politics, Second Edition - Softcover

Davis, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813337682 ISBN 13: 9780813337685

Publisher: Westview Press, 2000

Synopsis

An explanation of changes in US Congress policies that affect the management of rangeland, timber, energy, mineral, and wilderness resources in the West of the country. The contributors examine policy decisions within the context of political, economic and demographic forces.

About this title

Synopsis:

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 revised and updated volume of Western Public Lands and Environmental Politics 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. The book 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.

About the Author:

Charles Davis

About this edition

• Publisher: Westview Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0813337682
• ISBN 13: 9780813337685
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 292