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Rethinking Public Land Use Planning, Mark Squillace
Rethinking Public Land Use Planning, Mark Squillace
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The public land use planning process is broken. The land use plans of the principal multiple-use agencies—the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”)—are unnecessarily complex, take too long to complete, monopolize the time and resources of public land management agency staffs, and fail to engage the general public in any meaningful way. Moreover, the end result is too often a plan that is not sufficiently nimble to respond to changing conditions on the ground, a problem that appears to be accelerating due to climate change.
It might seem easy to chalk up these problems to …
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
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Old Ground And New Directions At Sacred Sites On The Western Landscape, Kristen A. Carpenter
Old Ground And New Directions At Sacred Sites On The Western Landscape, Kristen A. Carpenter
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The federal public lands contain places with both religious and secular value for American people. American Indians, in particular, hold certain natural features to be sacred, and visit them for ceremonies and worship. Simultaneously, non-Indians use the same places for economic, recreation, and many other purposes - and conflicts arise between these groups. In the past twenty years, a body of constitutional jurisprudence has developed to address questions of religious freedoms and public access rights on these lands that are owned and managed by the federal government. This article outlines the relevant First Amendment framework as well as recent statutes …
Listening To All The Voices, Old And New: The Evolution Of Land Ownership In The Modern West, Charles Wilkinson
Listening To All The Voices, Old And New: The Evolution Of Land Ownership In The Modern West, Charles Wilkinson
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Land Use, Science, And Spirituality: The Search For A True And Lasting Relationship With The Land, Charles Wilkinson
Land Use, Science, And Spirituality: The Search For A True And Lasting Relationship With The Land, Charles Wilkinson
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Managing The Public Lands: The Authority Of The Executive To Withdraw Lands, David H. Getches
Managing The Public Lands: The Authority Of The Executive To Withdraw Lands, David H. Getches
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