"The management of public lands in the West is a matter of long-standing and oft-contentious debates. The government must balance the interests of a variety of

Reconstructing the increasingly contested interpretations of the meaning of public land administration, this book traces the history of the political dynamics b

"The public lands of the western United States comprise some 450 million acres of grassland, steppe land, canyons, forests, and mountains. It's an American comm

The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation's land primarily for recreation and conservation.