Public Lands Management in the West: Citizens, Interest Groups, and Values

by Brent S. Steel

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275956954
• ISBN13: 9780275956950
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"