Professor Mark Lubell
Email: mnlubell@ucdavis.edu
Webpage: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lubell/
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30-12pm; 2146 Wickson
Tuesday/Thursday 9-10:20am
Lecture Location: Haring Hall 1204
Section Location: Wickson 2120J
Section 1: Monday, 2:10-3pm
Section 2: Monday, 3:10-4pm
Section 3: Friday, 9-10:20am
Public lands management is one of the most controversial and important 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.
Course grading consists of three elements: mid-term examination (25%), final examination (30%), final paper (35%), and class/section participation (10%). The mid-term and final will focus on concepts presented in lecture, and will be a combination of short answer and multiple choice. The 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 best papers will include personal interviews with real stakeholders in the issue, along with additional research sources. Class participation requires attendance of lectures and one discussion section per week, along with contributions to discussions in both forums. The exam times and paper due dates are as follows:
Midterm Examination:
Thursday, February 6
Final Examination:
Thursday, March 20, 4-6pm, same room
Paper Due: March
13, last day of class
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. 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: Dont 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.
Davis, Charles, ed. 2001. Western Land and Environmental Politics. Westview Press. (ISBN: 0813337682).
McGrory Klyza, Christopher. 1996. Who Controls Public Lands?: Mining, Forestry, and Grazing Policies 1870-1990. (ISBN: 0807845671)
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)
The additional
readings for each weak are generally articles that are available on the
Internet. For weeks in which there are
no readings from the books, students should carefully read all the Internet
articles. For weeks in which there are
assigned readings from the books, students should read at least one article in
addition to the book readings for each class period. There will be lecture material (and hence test material) derived
from these readings, and it will be important to integrate relevant readings
into your final paper.
Thursday 1/9: Facts and Basic History
Wilkinson, Chapter 1
Clawson, Marion.
1951. Administration
of Federal Lands in The Public Interest. The Journal of Politics 13(3): 441-460.
http://www.defenders.org/publiclands/images/landsmap.jpg
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00public.html
BLM 2001 Public Land Statistics
Hardin, Garrett. 1968. The Tragedy of the Commons. Science 162: 1243-1248. (JSTOR)
Lowry, Bill. 1998. Public Provision of Intergenerational Goods: The Case of Preserved Lands. American Journal of Political Science 42(4): 1082-1107. (JSTOR)
Alchian, Armen A., and Harold Demsetz. 1973. The Property Right Paradigm. The Journal of Economic History 33 (1): 16-27.
Ciriacy-Wantrup and Richard C. Bishop, Common Property as a Concept in Natural Resources Policy. Natural Resources Journal (hand-out)
Copyright (c) 2000 Fordham Environmental Law Journal Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Fall, 2000, 12 Fordham Envtl. Law J. 211, 18071 words, NOTE: ENFORCING ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT UNDER THE NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN: THE JUDICIAL ROLE, Lauren M. Rule *
***NEW
READING***Copyright
(c) 2001 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
A Presidential Initiative: Clintons Roadless Area Moratorium
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-33.pdf
Environmentalist Critique of Bush Administration Forest Policy
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/printme.php3?eid=40512
Horwitz, Robert B. 1994. Judicial Review of Regulatory Decisions: The Changing Criteria. Political Science Quarterly 109(1): 133-169.
Copyright
(c) 1990 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
Copyright
(c) 2000 Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law Journal of Land,
Resources, & Environmental Law, 2000, 20 J. Land Resources
& Envtl. L. 245, 13544 words, ARTICLE: Procedures Without
Purpose: The Withering Away of the National Environmental Policy Act's
Substantive Law, Matthew J. Lindstrom, Ph.D.
Copyright
(c) 1994 University of Richmond Law Review Association University of Richmond
Law Review, May, 1994, 28 U. Rich. L. Rev. 619, 27896
words, ARTICLE: AGENCY ACTION, FINALITY AND GEOGRAPHICAL NEXUS: JUDICIAL
REVIEW OF AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH NEPA'S PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT REQUIREMENT AFTER LUJAN V. NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, Matthew
C. Porterfield *
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 1, 5, 6.
Copyright
(c) 1996 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 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 *
How the West was won, and won, and
. By Jim Wolf, High
Country News
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=1385
DCs green power-brokers look for a new home. By Phil Shabecoff, High Country News
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=1446
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
Klyza, Chapters 1 and 2
Davis, Chapter 3
Copyright (c) 1994 President and Fellows of Harvard College The Harvard Environmental Law Review, SUMMER, 1994, 18 Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. 345, 32423 words, ARTICLE: FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: FROM WISE USE TO WISE STEWARDSHIP, SCOTT W. HARDT *
Thursday 2/13: Controversies
Wilkinson, Chapter 4
Davis, Chapter 4
Klyza, Chapter 4
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 2 (Focus on the Forest Service section)
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.
Clawson, Marion. 1976. The
National Forests. Science 191 (4228):
762-767.
National Forest Timber Harvest
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/fm/salefact/salefact.htm
Thursday 2/20: Controversies
Davis, Chapter 5
Klyza, Chapter 5
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)
Copyright (c) 1997 University of Wyoming 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 *
Copyright (c) 1998 University of Colorado Law Review, Inc. 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
Copyright (c) 2002 University of Colorado Law Review, Inc. 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*
Thursday 2/27: Controversies
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 3 (National Park Service section)
Davis, Chapters 8,9
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)
Copyright
(c) 2001 Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law 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 *
Copyright (c) 2002 Cornell Law Review Cornell Law Review, September, 2002, 87 Cornell L. Rev. 1333, 37524 words, ARTICLE: PRESERVING MONUMENTAL LANDSCAPES UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES ACT, Christine A. Klein+
Thursday 3/6: Controversies
Davis,
Chapters 6,7
Klyza,
Chapter 3
Wilkinson,
Chapter 2
Copyright (c) 1998 The University of Tulsa 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++
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 3 (Fish and Wildlife Service section)
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)
Grumbine, R. Edward. 1994. What Is Ecosystem Management? Conservation Biology 8(1): 27-38.
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.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 4-6PM, SAME ROOM
