Our Common Lands: Defending The National Parks

Simon, David J. & Joseph L. Sax

ISBN 10: 0933280580 / ISBN 13: 9780933280588

Published by Island Press (1988), Washington, DC & Covello, Calif, 1988

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Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. Not a remainder. Cover has 1 1/2 by 1 inch chip at bottom edge of front panel, minor wear at top and bottom edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 582 pages. Seller Inventory # 17020

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Title: Our Common Lands: Defending The National ...

Publisher: Island Press (1988), Washington, DC & Covello, Calif

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine+

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

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.

From Library Journal:

National parks face encroachment from park visitors and concessionaires, from mining interests, and from development activities on adjacent lands. Ironically, the latter often involves multiple federal agenciesNational Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service. Laws exist to protect the parks but political pressures and naivete about the use of those laws have been impediments to enlightened management policies. Here 18 environmental and legal scholars review those laws and how they can be used; many of them advocate a more independent Park Service. This volume could be instrumental in leading park management into the next century. Recommended. James R. Karr, VPISU, Blacksburg, Va.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.