Who Is Minding the Federal Estate?: Political Management of America's Public Lands

by Holly Lippke Fretwell

Overview

Who Is Minding the Federal Estate? takes the reader on a tour of America's public lands from their history to their current state. Looking from the inside-out and the outside-in, this book helps those interested in conservation and environmental protection gain an understanding of the logic behind public land management. The author invites the reader to be daring and innovative, opening a box of new tools for potential reform that would advance public land stewardship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739131015
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	03/16/2009
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Holly Lippke Fretwell is fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center. She is also adjunct instructor in the department of agriculture economics and economics at Montana State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. History of American Public Lands
Chapter 2. Federal Agencies Lose Money
Chapter 3. Stewardship Problems
Chapter 4. Is No Use Good Use?
Chapter 5. How Much is Enough?
Chapter 6. Understanding Incentives
Chapter 7. Prescriptions for Reform

Editorial Reviews

Recommended.

Choice Reviews

If any area of government is in great need of 'change' today, it is public land management. It is failing economically and environmentally. Holly Fretwell offers here a valuable diagnosis of public land problems and a set of possible solutions that should be required reading for the Obama administration.

Robert H. Nelson

Recommended.

Choice

Recommended.

January 2010 CHOICE

If any area of government is in great need of 'change' today, it is public land management. It is failing economically and environmentally. Holly Fretwell offers here a valuable diagnosis of public land problems and a set of possible solutions that should be required reading for the Obama administration.--Robert H. Nelson, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

Recommended.--CHOICE, January 2010

From the Publisher

Recommended.

January 2010 Choice Reviews