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Chapter 2: Western Public Land Law And The Evolving Management Landscape, John C. Ruple
Chapter 2: Western Public Land Law And The Evolving Management Landscape, John C. Ruple
Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources, and the Environment publications
Our nation’s history, and the history of the lands that we inhabit, are inextricably intertwined. Ranchers, miners, loggers, and intrepid homesteaders of the Old West embodies manifest destiny era ideals that set our nation on a trajectory which continues to shape the choices we make today. Laws enacted to speed westward expansion and resolve land ownership indelibly marked the Western landscape, where the vast majority of our public lands are found today.
The US government acquired the Western frontier with federal blood and treasure, and then enacted laws conveying much of that landscape to states, railroads, and the indomitable men …
Treating The Blue Rash: Win-Win Solutions And Improving The Land Exchange Process, Smith Monson
Treating The Blue Rash: Win-Win Solutions And Improving The Land Exchange Process, Smith Monson
Utah Law Review
The history of public land laws from disposal to retention has created a fragmented ownership in the West. The school land grants led to a spotty pattern of state trust land ownership. This in turn creates conflict between the mandates of federal agencies—whose mandate is to protect environmentally sensitive areas—and state trust land authorities—whose mandate is to generate revenues for their beneficiaries. Both mandates promote important public interests.
Legislative land exchanges present potential win-win solutions for extricating state trust lands from within federal conservation areas, but they require a process that is too long and onerous. However, by improving the …