Making America's Public Lands: The Contested History of Conservation on Federal Lands

by Adam M. Sowards

In the United States, the federal government owns more than a quarter of the nation's landscape--nearly 640 million acres; or more than a million square miles, which, if consolidated, would make it the tenth largest nation on earth. Primarily managed by four federal agencies--the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service--American public lands have been central to developing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442246952
• ISBN13: 9781442246959
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"