Environmental Law articles from September 2004

Environmental Law archives from September 2004

A preservation paradox: political prestidigitation and an enduring resource of wildness.(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. WILDERNESS AND WILD LANDS: NECESSITY OR ANACHRONISM? A. Biodiversity Values of Wild Lands B. Anthropocentric Values of Wild Lands III. FOUNDATIONAL LEGAL CANONS: THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER FOR ...

Recreation wars for our natural resources.(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE THREE ERAS OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT A. Era I: Commodity Development B. Era II: Environmental Protection C. A New Era of Conflicts: Preservationists, Recreationists, and More...

Ride 'em cowboy: a critical look at BLM'S proposed new grazing regulations.(Bureau of Land Management)(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND A. Livestock Grazing on BLM Lands B. BLM Grazing Administration 1. Grazing Permits and Allotment Management Plans 2. Land-Use Plans III. THE PROPOSED NEW REGULATIONS A....

Traveling in opposite directions: roadless area management under the Clinton and Bush Administrations.(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. A SHORT HISTORY OF FOREST SERVICE MANAGEMENT OF ROADLESS AREAS A. Forest Service Management of Primitive and Roadless Areas Before the Roadless Rule B. The Current Legal Framework for Managing Roadless...

The healthy forests initiative: unhealthy policy choices in forest and fire management.(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND ON THE CURRENT FOREST HEALTH CONTROVERSY A. The Source of the Problem: Exclusionary Fire Management B. Development and Ascendancy of "Comprehensive" Fire Management III. THE INITIATIVE'S REGULATORY...

Frankenstein and pitbull? Transmogrifying the Endangered Species Act and "fixing" the San Juan-Chama Project after Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys.(Public Lands Management at the Crossroads: Balancing Interests in the 21st Century)
September 22, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION II. CAN'T MOVE THE MOUNTAINS? MOVE THE RIVER: BIODIVERSITY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AN ENGINEERED HYDROSYSTEM A. The Minnow and the Bosque Ecosystem B. The Reclamation Program and State Water Law 1. Structure of...

Nature and the City: Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Gene Desfor and Roger Keil. 355 S. Euclid, Suite 103, Tucson, Arizona 85719: University of Arizona Press, June 2004. (520) 621-8899. www.uapress.arizona.edu. ISBN 1-8165-2373-8. 290 pp. $45.00 Clothbound. More than half of the earth's...

Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Ross Gelbspan. 387 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016: Basic Books, August 2004. (212) 340-8115. www.basicbooks.com. ISBN 0-465-02761-X. 254 pp. $22.00 Clothbound. In Boiling Point, Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate...

Private Rights in Public Resources: Equity and Property Allocation in Market-Based Environmental Policy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Leigh Raymond. 1616 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036: RFF Press, 2003. (202) 329-5028. www.rffpress.org. ISBN 1-891853-69-4. 244 pp. $55.00 Hardcover. ISBN 1-891853-68-6. 264 pp. $21.95 Paperback. Privatizing public resources by creating...

Siren Song: Chilean Water Law as a Model for International Reform.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Carl Bauer. 1616 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036: RFF Press, April 2004. (202) 329-5028. www.rffpress.org. ISBN 1-891853-79-1. 164 pp. $33.95 Clothbound. Increasing scarcity, conflict, and environmental damage are critical features of...

Common Waters, Diverging Streams: Linking Institutions and Water Management in Arizona, California, and Colorado.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... William Blomquist, Edella Schlager, and Tanya Heikkila. 1616 P Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036: RFF Press, April 2004. (202) 329-5028. www.rffpress.org. ISBN 1-891853-83-X. 210 pp. $70.00 Clothbound. ISBN 1-891853-86-4. $30.95 Paperback. ...

Earthly Politics: Local and Global in Environmental Governance.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Edited by Sheila Jasanoff and Marybeth Long Martello. 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge Massachusetts 02142: MIT Press, July 2004. (800) 405-1619. www.mitpress.mit.edu. ISBN 0-262860059-5. 356 pp. $27.00 Paperback. Globalization today is as...