ESP 172: Public Lands Management, Fall 2008

Professor Mark Lubell, TA Vicken Hillis, Lauren Shaw

Email: mnlubell@ucdavis.edu; avhillis@ucdavis.edu; lkshaw@ucdavis.edu

Webpage: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lubell/

Lubell Office Hours: Thursday, 2:30-4pm, or by appointment; 2146 Wickson.

Lauren Shaw TA office hours: Tuesday 11am, 2125 Wickson

Lecture Time/Place: T-TH 12:10-1:30pm; 234 Wellman

Section 1: Wed, 10:00-10:50am; 2120J Wickson

Section 2: Wed, 11:00-11:50am; 2120J Wickson

Section 3: Wed, 1:10-2:00pm; 2120J Wickson

Section 4: Wed, 2:10-3:00pm; 2120J Wickson

Abstract

Currently, the US Federal government owns approximately 652 million acres of land (27.7% of the land). State and local government ownership adds to that total. Because these public lands contain some of the most important natural resources in the country, how they are managed is one of the most controversial and fascinating areas of environmental policy. This course will review public lands management from both a theoretical and descriptive perspective. We will discuss the political economy of public lands, the major political forces affecting public lands, and the specific details of energy policy, forests, rangelands, national parks, and wildlife on public lands. By the end of the course, ecology students should have better idea of the political challenges they might face when trying to do science in the context of public lands, and the management implications of their research. Public policy students should have a better idea of how the system works, in order to focus their future career or research goals.

Administrative Details

Course grading consists of three elements: mid-term examination (25%), final examination (25%), final paper (25%), and class/section participation (25%). The mid-term and final will focus on concepts presented in lecture, and will be a combination of short answer and multiple choice. The 10-page paper must focus on a critical public lands issue or controversy in California (other geographic locations can be considered with instructor approval). It should contain three main sections: 1) detailed description of issue; 2) application of relevant class materials and theoretical perspectives; 3) criticisms of current policy and policy recommendations. The papers must include additional research resources, and the best papers will have personal interviews with real stakeholders in the issue. Class participation requires attendance of lectures and one discussion section per week, along with contributions to the Smartsite discussion board. The exam times and paper due dates are as follows:

Midterm Examination: Thursday, October 23

Final Examination (Code G): Tuesday, December 9, 10:30am-12:30pm, same room

One-Page Paper Prospectus Due: Thursday, October 16

Final Paper Due: Tuesday, December 2

Smartsite Forum Discussion: By Monday of each week, every student is required to log on to the Smartsite discussion forum (https://smartsite.ucdavis.edu/); you will need the same username and password as for MyUCDavis, the Kerebos password) to enter a section discussion topic based on that week's readings. You may either create a new topic/thread, or respond to an already existing thread created by another student. The TA will select the best forum questions each week to discuss in section. You forum entries will be graded on a 3-point scale: poor, good, and excellent. Excellent entries will demonstrate integration of concepts from lecture and readings.

Cheating and Late Work Policies

If you are caught cheating on an examination, you will receive a zero for that exam. Given the fact that the exams are at least 25% of your grade, a zero on one exam almost guarantees you a D or F in the class unless you are perfect on the other materials. Do not plagiarize research materials for your papers; plagiarized papers will also receive a zero. There should be no quotes without citations, and all references should be given credit. This includes Internet materials. Plagiarized papers will also receive a zero. If any cheating is egregious enough, I will report the offender to the appropriate campus authorities for disciplinary action. Lesson: Don’t cheat.

Late papers or missed exams will only be allowed with a written documentation of a medical or some other personal emergency. Otherwise, there will be no making up exams. If you turn in the paper late without an excuse, you will lose one letter grade for each day it is late.

Required Books and Readings

Nie, Martin. 2008. The Governance of Western Public Lands: Mapping Its Present and Future.

Nienaber Clarke, Jeanne, and Daniel C. McCool. 1996. Staking Out the Terrain: Power and Performance of Natural Resource Agencies. State University of New York. (ISBN: 0791429466)

Wilkinson, Charles. 1993. Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West. Covelo, CA: Island Press (ISBN: 155963149X)

During some weeks, the required readings will be articles or materials available on the Internet. There will also be recommended readings available each week, which will complement the required readings and lectures. Many of the lectures will draw upon case study materials from these supplemental readings. For tests, you will be responsible for the information presented in the lectures and the supporting information from the required readings.

Paper Resources

ESP 172 Paper Guidelines:

http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lubell/Teaching/teaching.html

Fun article with tips for writing good papers/essays:

http://tonydude.net/NaturalScience100/Topics/1Universe/zevilgenius.html

Week 1 (9/25): Introduction

Nie, Chapter 2

Wilkinson, Chapter 1

Public Lands Map

http://www.headwatersnews.org/images/N10.jpg

Council on Environmental Quality: Online Sources for Public Lands Statistics

http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00public.html

BLM Public Land Statistics

http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/res/Direct_Links_to_Publications/ann_rpt_and_pls/2006_pls_index.html

Week 2 (9/30, 10/2): Public Land and Natural Resource Regimes

Required Reading

Hardin, Garrett. 1968. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Science 162: 1243-1248. (JSTOR)

Ciriacy-Wantrup and Richard C. Bishop, “Common Property as a Concept in Natural Resources Policy”. Natural Resources Journal

Recommended Reading

Alchian, Armen A., and Harold Demsetz. 1973. “The Property Right Paradigm.” The Journal of Economic History 33 (1): 16-27.

Lowry, Bill. 1998. “Public Provision of Intergenerational Goods: The Case of Preserved Lands.” American Journal of Political Science 42(4): 1082-1107. (JSTOR)

Week 3 (10/7, 10/9): Politics and Public Lands I

Required Reading

University of Colorado Law Review, Inc. Colorado Law Review, Spring, 2001, 72 U. Colo. L. Rev. 287, 9603 words, ARTICLE: SHAPING THE MODERN WEST: THE ROLE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH n1, John D. Leshy

Congressional Power: The 1995 Timber Salvage Rider

http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/Forests/for-17.cfm?&CFID=12099146&CFTOKEN=60937532

Copyright (c) 2004 Natural Resources Journal Natural Resources Journal, Summer, 2004, 44 Nat. Resources J. 687, 27125 words, ARTICLE: Administrative Rulemaking and Public Lands Conflict: The Forest Service's Roadless Rule, MARTIN NIE * (Law Review article)

Environmental Law Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, FALL, 1990, 20 Envtl. L. 681, 9948 words, NEPA'S EFFECT ON AGENCY DECISION MAKING: ARTICLE: NEPA'S IMPACTS ON FEDERAL AGENCIES, ANTICIPATED AND UNANTICIPATED., BY PAUL J. CULHANE

Week 4 (10/14, 10/16): Politics and Public Lands II

Required Reading

Clarke and McCool, Chapter 1, 5, 6.

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, November, 1996, 30 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 275, 23170 words, COMMENT: LAW WEST OF THE PECOS: THE GROWTH OF THE WISE-USE MOVEMENT AND THE CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL PUBLIC LAND-USE POLICY, Patrick Austin Perry *

“A bare-knuckled trio goes after the Forest Service.” By Peter Aleshire, High Country News

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=4040

Recommended Reading

“How the West was won, and won, and….” By Jim Wolf, High Country News

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=1385

“DC’s green power-brokers look for a new home.” By Phil Shabecoff, High Country News

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=1446

***PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE, THURDAY 10/16***

Week 5 (10/21, 10/23): Conflict and Reform in Public Lands

Required Reading

Nie, Chapter 1, Chapter 6

Lubell and Segee, “Conflict and Cooperation in Natural Resource Management”

Week 6 (10/28, 11/30): National Forests

Required Reading

Nie Chapters 3,4,5

Clarke and McCool, Chapter 2 (Focus on the Forest Service section)

Recommended Reading

Vaughn, Jacqueline and Hanna J. Cortner. 2004. "Using Parallel Strategies to Promote Change: Forest Policymaking Under George W. Bush." Review of Policy Research 21(6): 767-782.

Office of Technology Assessment. 1992. Forest Service Planning: Accomodating Uses, Producing Outputs, and Sustaining Ecosystems (note: This is a great report!)

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/byteserv.prl/~ota/disk1/1992/9216/9216.PDF

Congressional Research Service. 1995. Below-Cost Timber Sales: Overview.

http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/forests/for-1.cfm

Congressional Research Service. 1995. Forest Service Timber Sale Practices and Procedures: Analysis of Alternative Systems.

http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-14.cfm?&CFID=16761769&CFTOKEN=30797370

Sabatier, Paul A., John Loomis, Catherine McCarthy. 1995. “Hierarchical Controls, Professional Norms, Local Constituencies, and Budget Maximization: An Analysis of U.S. Forest Service Planning Decisions.” American Journal of Political Science 39:204-242 (JSTOR)

Burnett, Miles and Charles Davis. 2002. "Getting Out the Cut: Politics and National Forest Timber Harvests, 1960-1995." Administration & Society 34: 202-228.(use Google scholar to search for this one; not a persistent link)

Clawson, Marion. 1976. “The National Forests.” Science 191 (4228): 762-767.

National Forest Timber Harvest Data

http://www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/reports/index.shtml

Brian Kent; B. Bruce Bare; Richard C. Field; Gordon A. Bradley. 1991. "Natural Resource Land Management Planning using Large-Scale Linear Programs: The USDA Forest Service Experience with Forplan." Operations Research 39(1): 13-27.

Copyright (c) 2006 Lewis & Clark Law School Environmental Law, Spring, 2006, 36 Envtl. L. 301, 43417 words, ARTICLE: THE LAW OF FIRE: RESHAPING PUBLIC LAND POLICY IN AN ERA OF ECOLOGY AND LITIGATION, By Robert B. Keiter*

Week 7: (11/4, 11/6) Public Rangelands

Required Reading

Wilkinson, Chapter 3

Clarke and McCool, Chapter 4

Fleischner, Thomas L. 1994. “Ecological Costs of Livestock Grazing in Western North America.” Conservation Biology 8(3): 629-644 (JSTOR)

Recommended Reading

Land and Water Law Review, 1997, 32 Land & Water L. Rev. 345, 2976 words, FIFTY YEARS OF BLM: ESSAY: THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: A HALF-CENTRUY OF CHALLENGES AND CHANGE, Al Pierson *

Colorado Law Review, Spring, 1998, 69 U. Colo. L. Rev. 633, 28436 words, COMMENT: PUBLIC RANGELAND REFORM: NEW PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION AND LOCAL CONTROL USING THE RESOURCE ADVISORY COUNCILS, Todd M. Olinger

Colorado Law Review, Spring, 2002, 73 U. Colo. L. Rev. 413, 38864 words, ARTICLE: SUSTAINING GEOGRAPHIES OF HOPE: CULTURAL RESOURCES ON PUBLIC LANDS, Sandra B. Zellmer*

“Assessing the Full Cost of the Grazing Program”; Center for Biological Diversity

http://www.sw-center.org/swcbd/Programs/grazing/Assessing_the_full_cost.pdf

GAO Report: Livestock Grazing—Federal Expenditures and Receipts Vary (REALLY GOOD REPORT!)

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05869.pdf

Copyright (c) 2004 Lewis & Clark Law School Environmental Law, Fall, 2004, 34 Envtl. L. 1123, 9181 words, SYMPOSIUM: PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT AT THE CROSSROADS: BALANCING INTERESTS IN THE 21st CENTURY: SYMPOSIUM ARTICLE: RIDE 'EM COWBOY: A CRITICAL LOOK AT BLM'S PROPOSED NEW GRAZING REGULATIONS, By Joseph M. Feller* (keyword: Grazing Regulations)

Center for Biological Diversity Grazing Fee Petition (Pro-enviro, but lots of good info)

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/programs/grazing/GrazingFeePetition.pdf

"Hot Range Topics", University of Idaho

http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/range456/hot-topics/federal-permit.htm#Summary

Week 8(11/11—NO CLASS! Veterans Day; 11/13): Parks and Wilderness

Required Reading

Clarke and McCool, Chapter 3 (National Park Service section)

Pergams, Oliver and Patricia A Zaradic. “Is Love of Nature in the US Becoming Love of Electronic Media? 16 Year Downtrend in National Park Visits Explained by Watching Movies, Playing Video Games, Internet Use, and Oil Prices.” Journal of Environmental Management.

Recommended Reading

Pergams, Oliver and Patricia A Zaradic. 2007. “Evidence for a Fundamental and Pervasive Shift Away from Nature-based Recreation.”

Cole, David. 2003. "Agency Policy and the Resolution of Wilderness Stewardship Dilemmas." The George Wright Forum.

Nash, Roderick. 1970. “The American Invention of National Parks.” American Quarterly 22 (3): 726-735. (JSTOR)

Noss, Reed F. 1991. “Sustainability and Wilderness.” Conservation Biology 5 (1): 120-122. (JSTOR)

CRS Report: Wilderness—Overview and Statistics

Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law, 2001, 21 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 219, 43218 words, THE STATE OF THE LAW: The Wilderness Act of 1964: A Practitioner's Guide *

Cornell Law Review, September, 2002, 87 Cornell L. Rev. 1333, 37524 words, ARTICLE: PRESERVING MONUMENTAL LANDSCAPES UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES ACT, Christine A. Klein+

Week 9(11/18, 11/20): Mining and Energy

Required Reading

Wilkinson, Chapter 2

Congressional Research Service Report, 2005. "Mining on Federal Lands"

Congressional Research Service Report 2004 "Oil and Gas Exploration and Development on Public Lands"

Recommended Reading

CRS Report RL33014, Leasing and Permitting for Oil and Gas Development on Federal Public Domain Lands

http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-7694:1

Who Owns the West? Oil and Gas Leases. Report by the Environmental Working Group

http://www.ewg.org/oil_and_gas/part2.php

Tulsa Law Journal, Spring / Summer, 1998, 33 Tulsa L.J. 765, 43648 words, MINERAL LAW SYMPOSIUM: ARTICLE: Hardrock Minerals, Energy Minerals, and Other Resources on the Public Lands: The Evolution of Federal Natural Resources Law, Robert L. Glicksman+ and George Cameron Coggins++

BLM: Inventory of Energy Resources on Federal Public Lands (great source of stats!)

http://www.blm.gov/epca/

Week 10(11/25, 11/27—NO CLASS! T-Giving Holiday): Wildlife and Ecosystems

Clarke and McCool, Chapter 3 (Fish and Wildlife Service section)

Grumbine, R. Edward. 1994. “What Is Ecosystem Management?” Conservation Biology 8(1): 27-38.

Recommended Reading

Curtin, Charles G. “The Evolution of the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System and the Doctrine of Compatibility.” Conservation Biology 7 (1): 29-38. (JSTOR)

Keiter, Robert B., and Harvey Locke. 1996. “Law and Large Carnivore Conservation in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S. and Canada.” Conservation Biology 10(4): 1003-1012. (JSTOR)

Primm, Steven A., and Tim W. Clark. 1996. “Making Sense of the Policy Process for Carnivore Conservation.” Conservation Biology 10(4): 1036-1045.(JSTOR)

Power, Thomas Michael. 1991. “Ecosystem Preservation and the Economy in the Greater Yellowstone Area.” Conservation Biology 5 (3): 395-404.

Clark, Tim W., Elizabeth Dawn Amato, Donald G. Whittemore, Ann H. Harvey. 1991. “Policy and Programs for Ecosystem Management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: An Analysis.” Conservation Biology 5(3): 412-422.

Week 11 (12/2, 12/4): The New West, Conclusion, Errata

***FINAL PAPER DUE, Tuesday 12/2***

Required Reading

Sheridan, Thomas. 2007. “Embattled Ranchers, Endangered Species, and Urban Sprawl: The Political Ecology of the New American West”. Annual Review of Anthropology 36:121-38

Recommended Reading

Hansen, Andrew j., et al. 2002. "Ecological Causes and Consequences of Demographic Change in the New West" BioScience 52: 151-162.

Shumway JM, and Otterstrom SM. 2001. "Spatial patterns of migration and income change in the mountain West: The dominance of service-based, amenity-rich counties."
Professional Geographer 53 (4): 492-502

***FINAL EXAMINATION: Tuesday 12/9, 10:30am-12:30pm***