Issues like clearcutting, wilderness preservation, and economic development have dominated debates over public lands for years, yet we seem no closer to resolvi

Examines the conflict surrounding public land management, revealing how problematic language in public land laws, scarcity of resources, and mistrust cloud the

The history of the American West is a history of struggles over land, and none has inspired so much passion and misunderstanding as the conflict between rancher

"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

This edited collection explores the many ways in which diverse individuals and groups—such as state and federal managers, First Peoples, ranchers, miners, oil