Pre-Owned Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Enviroment Politics (Paperback) 0700608044 9780700608041

Pre-Owned Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Enviroment Politics (Paperback) 0700608044 9780700608041
Pre-Owned Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Enviroment Politics (Paperback) 0700608044 9780700608041
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In 1979 the Nevada state legislature passed a bill providing for state control of certain lands within the state boundaries under the administration of the Bureau of Land Management. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming immediately followed suit. Public land users reacted swiftly and the Sagebrush Rebellion was on. Westerners, driven by the sheer size of the federal estate (99 percent of BLM lands are located in twelve western states) and angered by what they perceived as undue influence by the environmental movement on federal policies, sought to protect and control the resource and recreational use of public lands that they deemed essential to their state economies. In this book, R. McGreggor Cawley objectively investigates the Rebellion, looking at the driving force behind the movement, the strategies used by the Rebels, and the consequences of the controversy. He examines how the definitions of key federal land management concepts, such as conservation, influenced policymaking and explores tensions that pitted the West against other regions and the federal government. In the process, he analyzes James Watt's beleaguered tenure as secretary of the interior and the Reagan administration's proposal to sell federal lands and shows how the conflict created an unexpected division within the environmental movement. Going beyond the Rebellion, Cawley offers provocative interpretation of events in federal land policy from the 1960s to the 1990s and establishes a framework for assessing future developments in federal land policy.

Title: Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Enviroment Politics Book Format: Paperback ISBN10: 0700608044 EAN: 9780700608041 Author: Cawley, R. McGreggor CONDITION - GOOD - Pre-Owned - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.


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