The Eagle Bird: Mapping a New W

by Charles F. Wilkinson

Book Overview

Former staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund and council member for the Wilderness Society, Wilkinson assesses the battles currently being fought over the West's resources and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679408959
• ISBN13: 9780679408956
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wow.

I'm very surprised there were no reviews posted. I read this when I was in law school, probably in 1995, as an optional supplement to our Public Resources Law class, and it made a huge impression on me. I didn't mark up books then like I do now, so giving a detailed review is impossible. One passage I did run across, speaking of the public trust doctrine: "We must press the agencies to acknowledge the trusteeship, and its high duties, as a matter of administrative policy. Officials in the federal land agencies ought not to mince words. They ought to say, with force and pride, 'Yes, we are trustees of the nation's wonders.' Those kinds of pronouncements will help set higher standards and create a climate for principled actions." And, the reason I pulled it off the shelf tonight was because of Ch. 10, "Toward an Ethic of Place." That chapter still resonates with me, 10 or 11 years after reading it. Highly recommended.