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Public Lands Management in the West

Citizens, Interest Groups and Values

By: Brent S. Steel (Editor)

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Published: 26th August 1997
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The use of public lands in the western United States has become the focus of international, national, and regional debate. Public concern for wildlife, fish, wilderness, recreation, and other values associated with these lands has increased substantially since the 1960s. And that concern has clashed with the more user/extraction orientation of traditional interests. The priorities for management of these lands have become the subject of increasing controversy and litigation, particularly with regard to U.S. federal forests and rangelands. At the heart of this debate are differing philosophical and normative views about the natural environment and human relationship to that environment. This volume provides an analysis of public values and philosophical views about the environment from an interdisciplinary perspective and will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in public policy, business-government relations, and environmentalism.

"The volume edited by Brent Steel has much to offer observers in both of these natural resource policy categories....[I]t also has much to offer students in the broader fields of policy studies and political science....[T]his book leads the reader through the heart....[O]f the value conflicts that define federal land policy....[T]he quality of all the chapters if quite high....[I]n any event, Brent Steel and the other contributors to this volume deserve a hearty "congratulations for a job well done!" They have produced a project well worth reading by observers in the natural resource policy field and by anyone who wants to see how the models and techniques of political science can be brought to bear on a policy issue with skill and effectiveness."-American Politics

Preface
Public Values, the Environment, and Public Lands An Introduction to Natural Resource Policy and the Environment
Changing Paradigms and Values
Managing Federal Forests
National and Regional Public Orientations
Sources of Variation in Attitudes and Beliefs about Federal Rangeland Management
Interests and Publics Political Communication Strategies of Interest Groups and Industry in Federal Forest Policy
Political Resources and Activities of Environmental Groups in Washington State
Consensus and Dissension among Rural and Urban Publics Concerning Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest
County Government and the Public Lands
A Review of the County Supremacy Movement in Four Western States
The County Supremacy Movement and Public Lands in Oregon
Changing Political Geometry
Public Lands and Natural Resources in Nevada
Case Studies The Siouxon Valley in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Citizen Values and Participation in the Tongass National Forest Debate
An Oregon Case Study
Families, Gender Roles, and Timber Communities in Transformation
References
Index
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ISBN: 9780275956950
ISBN-10: 0275956954
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 226
Published: 26th August 1997
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.503