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U.S. Land & Natural Resources Policy, 3rd Edition

Table of Contents

Contents




Preface




Introduction




1 Natural Resources & Public Lands Policies




Primary Documents




Yellowstone National Park




John Muir Writes About the Hetch-Hetchy Valley




Public Gets Say on Drilling




National Forest System Land: Management Planning




2 The Evolution of Public Lands Policy




Primary Documents




Repeal Timber Land Law




Present Land Laws Are not Adapted to Present Needs, President Declares




Groups Sue to Preserve Roadless Areas in National Forests: Claimants Support Clinton-era Rules Overturned by Bush




Trump’s First 100 Days: Environmental Policy and Public Lands




3 Overview of Land Set-Asides Withdrawals & Policies




Primary Documents




History of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System




Livestock Grazing on Public Lands




Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation




An Analysis of a Transfer of Federal Lands to the State of Utah November 2014




4 Biodiversity & Preservation of Endangered Species




Primary Documents




Remarks of Rep. John F. Lacey on the introduction of The Lacey Act to protect animals and birds




Roosevelt’s Land Policy




Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hiram G. Hill, Jr.




Weyerhaeuser v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service




States Attack U.S. Endangered Species Act Rules




5 National Forests & Timber Policy




Primary Documents




Address Delivered before the Agricultural Society of Rutland County




Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960




“Reshaping National Forest Policy”




Reforming the Forest Service




Our National Forests Weren’t Designed Just for Timber




6 Grazing & Public Lands




Primary Documents




Why Does the Forest Service Permit Livestock Grazing on National Forest System Lands?




United Nations Report on Efforts to Mitigate Desertification in the Western United States, 2006




“Costs and Consequences: The Real Price of Livestock Grazing on America’s Public Lands”




7 Mining & Energy




Primary Documents




Natural Resources Defense Council and The Sierra Club v. Jackson




For First Time, Majority in U.S. Oppose Nuclear Energy




State of Wyoming v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management




8 Water Resources




Primary Documents




Reclamation of the Arid Region




Mission 2012 Clean Water




Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards




Clean Water Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States”




9 National Parks & Wilderness




Primary Documents




“What is Wilderness?”




Norton, Secretary of the Interior, et al., v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al.




U.S. Forest Service “Roadless Rule”




State Data and Maps




Alabama




Alaska




Arizona




Arkansas




California




Colorado




Connecticut




Delaware




District of Columbia




Florida




Georgia




Hawaii




Idaho




Illinois




Indiana




Iowa




Kansas




Kentucky




Louisiana




Maine




Maryland




Massachusetts




Michigan




Minnesota




Mississippi




Missouri




Montana




Nebraska




Nevada




New Hampshire




New Jersey




New Mexico




New York




North Carolina




North Dakota




Ohio




Oklahoma




Oregon




Pennsylvania




Rhode Island




South Carolina




South Dakota




Tennessee




Texas




Utah




Vermont




Virginia




Washington




West Virginia




Wisconsin




Wyoming




National Data, Maps and Rankings




United States




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 for Land & Natural Resources




Agriculture




Environment & Conservation




Fishing




Lumber & Wood




Mining




Paper & Allied Products




Petroleum & Allied Products




Water Supply




Appendix 1 Chronology of U.S. Land & National Resources Policy




Appendix 2 U.S. Land Acts & Laws




Executive Order 1014, 13 March 1903




Antiquities Act of 1906 (Public Law 59-209)




The National Park Service Organic Act of 1916 (39 Stat. 535)




The Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (45 Stat. 1222)




The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-577)




National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190)




The Clean Air Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-604)




The Clean Water Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-500)




The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579)




Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (Public Law 94-2371)




Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380)




State Land Use Policy




Appendix 3 Glossary Terms




Bibliography