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See The Mojave!, John C. Nagle
See The Mojave!, John C. Nagle
John Copeland Nagle
This article examines how the law is being asked to adjudicate disputed sights in the context of the Mojave Desert. The Mojave is the best known and most explored desert in the United States. For many people, though, the Mojave is missing from any list of America’s scenic wonders. The evolution in thinking about the Mojave’s aesthetics takes places in two acts. In the first act, covering the period from the nineteenth century to 1994, what began as a curious voice praising the desert’s scenery developed into a powerful movement that prompted Congress to enact the CDPA. The second act …
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of, Bert Chapman
Land Management, U.S. Bureau Of, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a historical overview and current assessment of the role played by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in its ownership of federal lands in western states and its efforts to balance economic development of natural resources and conservation of these resources on these lands.