In 1872 Congress designated Yellowstone National Park as the world's first national park; nineteen years later, the land adjacent to Yellowstone became America's first national forest reserve. Since that time, the entire Yellowstone region has been the scene of major battles over resource management--debates between those who would use the land for extraction of national resources (mining, lumbering, and hunting, for example) and those who believe that wildlife and recreation should dominate land use.
In this book, experts in science, economics, and law discuss key resource...
In 1872 Congress designated Yellowstone National Park as the world's first national park; nineteen years later, the land adjacent to Yellowstone be...
In September 1996, President Clinton surprised the nation by designating a new 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase -- Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. For the first time ever, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was given responsibility for managing a national monument. The BLM, charged with preserving the new monument's scientific and historic resources while integrating existing multiple-use activities through a three-year public planning process, faces a daunting task.
This book provides the first comprehensive review of the new monument's natural and human attributes, the...
In September 1996, President Clinton surprised the nation by designating a new 1.7 million-acre Grand Staircase -- Escalante National Monument in sout...
