Integrated Public Lands Management: Principles and Applications to National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and BLM Lands / Edition 2

by John Loomis

Overview

Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies—National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and the Bureau of Land Management—in one volume. This book fills the need for a unified treatment of the analytical procedures used by federal land management agencies in planning and managing their diverse lands. The second edition charts the progress these agencies have made toward the management of their lands as ecosystems. It includes new U.S. Forest Service regulations, expanded coverage of Geographic Information Systems, and new legislation on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Refuges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231124447
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	05/15/2002
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.50(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

John Loomis is professor of agriculture and resource economics at Colorado State University. He has previously worked at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Acronyms
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments to the First Edition
1. Natural Resource Use-Interactions: the Key to Modern Public Land Management
2. Laws and Agencies Governing Federal Land Management
3. Economic Rationale for Continued Government Ownership of Land
4. Criteria and Decision Techniques for Public Land Management
5. Roles and Uses of Models and GIS Mapping in Natural Resource Management
6. Applying Economic Efficiency Analysis in Practice: Principles of Benefit-Cost Analysis
7. Regional Economic Analysis and Input-Output Models
8. Principles of Multiple-Use Management
9. Multiple-Use Planning and Ecosystem Management in the National Forests
10. Multiple-Use Planning in the Bureau of Land Management
11. Wildlife Planning and Management in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
12. National Park Service
13. The Movement Toward Ecosystem Planning and Management
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Jeffrey Englin

Integrated Public Land Management is the single most comprehensive text on the economic management of western public lands. Loomis has performed a great service to the environmental and resource economists who teach in the west.

David Layton

Combines rigorous but accessible economics with federal agency planning and a wealth of institutional detail and examples. It is an excellent way of providing students in the natural sciences with a firm foundation in economics, planning, and policy analysis, one that is exceptionally relevant to further education or careers in conservation and natural resource management.

Robert J. Lilieholm

The only comprehensive guide to public land management that I'm aware of.

Editorial Reviews

One of the few books that authoritatively deals with management practices on public lands... All in all, a book that will be of great value.

Northeastern Naturalist

The only comprehensive guide to public land management that I´m aware of.

Robert J. Lilieholm

Loomis (Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State U.), who worked for eight years at the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, presents a comprehensive analysis of how four federal land management agencies--the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service--engage in natural resource planning and how their management can be improved. Detailed case studies include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Yosemite National Park. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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