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The Fires Next Time, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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Because of the severity of the fires in the summer of 2000 and because of the growing debate over what to do about expected future fires, the Andrus Center convened The Fires Next Time conference on December 7, 2000. The conference had several goals in mind. First, it sought to establish a set of sideboards for the discussion of fire by inviting experts to talk about the history, science, and policy of fire management. The purpose was to articulate what we knew, did not know, and should know about fire in the western United States.

The Fires Next Time, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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Policy After Politics: How Should The Next Administration Approach Public Land Management In The Western States?, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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The Policy after Politics conference was convened by the chairman of the Andrus Center, Cecil D. Andrus. The purpose of the conference was to offer advice to the next presidential administration on the following question: “How should the next administration approach public land management in the western states?” The speakers at the conference were a bipartisan group of current and former governors of western states, men known as successful leaders and politicians in their respective states. Each speaker was presented with the above question and asked to tailor his remarks and thoughts around it.

Policy After Politics: How Should The Next Administration Approach Public Land Management In The Western States?, The Andrus Center For Public Policy

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The Future Of Our Public Lands Ii: A Second Symposium On Federal Land Policy, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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The Future Of Our Public Lands Ii: A Second Symposium On Federal Land Policy, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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On March 24, 1999, the Andrus Center for Public Policy convened The Future of Our Public Lands II: A Second Symposium on Federal Land Policy. This symposium was held to follow up on the first public-land symposium, which met in Boise on February 11, 1998 on the same topic. At that symposium, the featured speakers were Mike Dombeck, Chief of the U. S. Forest Service (USFS); Patrick Shea, Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Robert Stanton, Director of the National Park Service (NPS); and Robert Armstrong, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management of the U. S. Department …

The Future Of Our Public Lands: A Symposium On Federal Land Policy, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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The Future Of Our Public Lands: A Symposium On Federal Land Policy, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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On February 11, 1998, the Andrus Center for Public Policy convened The Future of Our Public Lands: A Symposium on Federal Land Policy. The leaders of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and National Park Service (NPS) were invited to Boise to address conference attendees and then respond to questions and observations from a panel representing various groups interested in land management and from the audience. BLM Director Pat Shea, USFS Chief Mike Dombeck, and NPS Director Bob Stanton were urged, before the conference, to focus their remarks on three questions:

1) What is the current …

Securing The Future: Solutions Beyond Politics For Social Security And Medicare, Alan K. Simpson

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Searching For Solutions: Solving The Bull Trout Puzzle, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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A White Paper On Snake: The River Between Us, Andrus Center For Public Policy

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On November 28-29, 1995, the Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University and two of Idaho’s most respected newspapers, the Idaho Falls Post Register and The Lewiston Morning Tribune, cooperated to convene a major policy and issues conference, focused on the Snake River. The conference was the capstone of a year of thoughtful and detailed reporting of the controversy and promise that always seem to flow with the current of Idaho’s greatest river. The two newspapers, one at each end of the Snake in Idaho, are to be congratulated for teaming up to explore the challenges of keeping …