Randall K. Wilson

America's Public Lands

From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated edition traces the oft-forgotten ideas of nature that have shaped the evolution of America's public land system. The result is a fresh and compelling account of the most pressing challenges facing national parks, forests, rangelands, and wildlife refuges from their early beginnings through the first years of the Trump administration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9781538126394
• ISBN-10: 1538126397
• Artikelnr.: 58296525

Autorenporträt

By Randall K. Wilson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction: Why Public Lands? Part I.
Origins of the Public Domain Chapter 1 Building the National Commons
Chapter 2 Disposing the Public Domain Chapter 3 A Public Land System
Emerges Part II. The Public Lands System Chapter 4 National Parks Chapter 5
National Forests Chapter 6 National Wildlife Refuges Chapter 7 Bureau of
Land Management Lands Chapter 8 National Wilderness Preservation System
Chapter 9 National Wild and Scenic Rivers and Trails Chapter 10 Parting
Thoughts.