Keeping Faith with Nature: Ecosystems, Democracy, and America's Public Lands

by Robert B. Keiter

Book Overview

As the twenty-first century dawns, public land policy is entering a new era. This timely book examines the historical, scientific, political, legal, and institutional developments that are changing management priorities and policies-developments that compel us to view the public lands as an integrated ecological entity and a key biodiversity stronghold. Once the background is set, each chapter opens with a specific natural resource controversy, ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191480
• ISBN13: 9780300191486
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"