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Book SynopsisConsiders long-standing issues in the management of public lands in the American West such as endangered species, land use, and water management, while addressing more recent challenges to western public lands like renewable energy siting, fracking, Native American sovereignty, and land use rebellions.
Table of Contents
- Preface - Brent S. Steel
- Foreword - Kathleen Dean Moore
- Part One: The Changing West
- Chapter 1: Old West, New West, Next West? - Donna L. Lybecker
- Part Two: Public Lands Management in the West
- Chapter 2: Western Public Land and the Evolving Management Landscape - John Ruple
- Chapter 3: Rangeland policy and management in a changing West: Political marginalization and a crisis of trust - Mark Brunson
- Part Three: National Forest and Wildland Fire Policy
- Chapter 4: Professionalism vs. Politics: The century-long battle over national forest policy - Tom Koontz
- Chapter 5: Wildland Fire Policy and Climate Change: Evolution of Fire Policy and Current Needs - Eric Toman
- Part Four: Federal Land Ownership in the West
- Chapter 6: Wild Places and Irreplaceable Resources: Protecting Wilderness and National Monuments - John Ruple
- Chapter 7: National Parks: Preserving America's Natural and Cultural Heritage - Robert B. Keiter
- Part Five: Water in the West
- Chapter 8: The Changing Fate of Western Rivers: The Case of the Colorado - Doug Kenney
- Part Six: Wildlife
- Chapter 9: Introduction to Wildlife Management on Public Lands - Lauren Anderson
- Chapter 10: Endangered Species, Wildlife Corridors, and Climate Change in the US West - Jodi A. Hilty, Aerin L. Jacobs, Kim G. Trotter, Maya J. Hilty, Hilary C. Young
- Part Seven: Energy Development in the West
- Chapter 11: Renewable Energy Development in the American West - Anna Karmazina
- Chapter 12: Regulating Oil and Gas on Federal Lands under Presidents Bush II, Obama and Trump - Charles Davis
- Chapter 13: Mining on Federal Land: Policy and Costs of Doing Business - P. Casey Giordono
- Part Eight: Land Ownership, Sovereign Rights, and Conflict in the West
- Chapter 14: Implications of Tribal Sovereignty, Federal Trust Responsibility, and Congressional Plenary Authority for Native American Lands Management - Shane Day
- Chapter 15: Western Rebellion: Who Owns the West? - Christopher P. Simon, Erika Allen Wolters, Brent S. Steel
- Conclusion - Brent S. Steel, Erika Allen Wolters and Rebecca L.Warner