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  • Our Common Ground

    A History of America's Public Lands

    by John D. Leshy ...
    The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation’s land and manage it primarily for recreation, education and conservation.“A much-needed chronicle of how the American people decided––wisely and democratically––that nearly a third of the nation’s land surface should remain in our collective ownership and be managed for our common good.”—Dayton Duncan, ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Mining Law

    A Study in Perpetual Motion

    by John D. Leshy ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1987, John D. Leshy presents this scholarly study of the 1872 Mining Law as a legal treatise and history of mining in the West from the point of view of mineral exploration and production. This mining law governed the United States mining practice yet had never been changed. The Mining Law attempts to highlight the role of policy and government as well as the more obscure ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Debunking Creation Myths about America's Public Lands

    by John D. Leshy ...
    Series series Wallace Stegner Lecture
    In recent times several “creation myths” have gained currency about how the United States government came to own and manage—for broad, mostly protective purposes—nearly one-third of the nation’s land. Controversies such as President Trump’s shrinking the boundaries of Grand Staircase–Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments and the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in ... Read more

    $4.95 USD

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  • Government Pirates

    The Assault on Private Property Rights—and How We Can Fight It

    by Don Corace ...
    After years of hard work and saving, you finally own a home. But don't get too comfortable. If government officials decide they want your property, they can take it—for a wide variety of shady reasons that go far beyond the usual definition of "public purposes." The courts have allowed these injustices to persist. And there is nothing you can do about it—not yet.Real estate developer and property ... Read more

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  • Renewable Resource Policy

    The Legal-Institutional Foundations

    by David A. Adams ...
    Renewable Resource Policy is a comprehensive volume covering the history, laws, and important national policies that affect renewable resource management. The author traces the history of renewable natural resource policy and management in the United States, describes the major federal agencies and their functions, and examines the evolution of the primary resource policy areas.The book provides ... Read more

    $69.89 USD

  • To Save the Land and People

    A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

    by Chad Montrie ...
    Surface coal mining has had a dramatic impact on the Appalachian economy and ecology since World War II, exacerbating the region's chronic unemployment and destroying much of its natural environment. Here, Chad Montrie examines the twentieth-century movement to outlaw surface mining in Appalachia, tracing popular opposition to the industry from its inception through the growth of a militant ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Crossing the Next Meridian

    Land, Water, and the Future of the West

    by Charles F. Wilkinson ...
    In Crossing the Next Meridian, Charles F. Wilkinson, an expert on federal public lands, Native American issues, and the West's arcane water laws explains some of the core problems facing the American West now and in the years to come. He examines the outmoded ideas that pervade land use and resource allocation and argues that significant reform of Western law is needed to combat desertification ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Our Common Lands

    Defending The National Parks

    Edited by David J. Simon ...
    This accessible book explains the complexities of key environmental laws and how they can be used to protect our national parks. It includes discussions of successful and unsuccessful attempts to use the laws and how the courts have interpreted them. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Sagebrush Rebel

    Reagan's Battle with Environmental Extremists and Why It Matters Today

    by William Perry Pendley ...
    The fascinating story of how Ronald Reagan, self-proclaimed "sagebrush rebel," took his revolutionary energy policies to Washington and revitalized the American economy.Governor Reagan, with his unbridled faith in American ingenuity, creativity, and know-how and his confidence in the free-enterprise system, believed the United States would “transcend” the Soviet Union. To do so, however, President ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Cadillac Desert

    The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

    by Marc Reisner, Lawrie Mott ...
    **“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Pacific Northwest

    An Interpretive History (Revised and Enlarged Edition)

    by Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes ...
    Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Fed Up!

    Our Fight to Save America from Washington

    by Rick Perry ...
    Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great.But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what we are allowed to do to elect political candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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