Professor
Email: mnlubell@ucdavis.edu; trkelsey@ucdavis.edu
Webpage: http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lubell/
Office Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 2-4pm, or by appointment; 2146 Wickson.
Lecture Time: T-TH 12:10-1:30pm
Lecture Location: 1227 Haring Hall
Section 1: Friday, 2:10-3:00pm; Hart 1128
Section 2: Friday, 12:10-1pm; Hart 1120
Section 3: Friday, 1:10-2pm; Hart 1120
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.
Course grading consists of three elements: mid-term
examination (25%), final examination (25%), final paper (30%), and
class/section participation (20%). 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
Midterm Examination:
Thurdsay, October 26, same room
Final Examination (F):
Tuesday, December 12, 10:30am-12:30pm, same room
One-Page Paper Prospectus Due: Thursday, October 19, in class
Final Paper Due: Thursday, November 30, in class
Section Discussion Questions: Each student must submit three discussion questions to the TA during the Thursday lecture, for that Friday's section. The discussion questions should focus on a concept, argument, or idea from the readings for that week and how those ideas connect to lecture material. The section TA will choose questions to discuss during section from among those submitted. Your section grade will be based on these questions and your contribution to section activities. More details about section expectations will be provided by the TA.
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: 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.
Loomis, John B. 2002. Integrated
Public Lands Management, 2nd Edition.
Nienaber Clarke, Jeanne, and Daniel C.
McCool. 1996. Staking Out the
Terrain: Power and Performance of Natural Resource Agencies.
Wilkinson,
Charles. 1993. Crossing the Next
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
Wilkinson, Chapter 1
Recommended
Greenwire: Online Environmental News Service
(great for finding paper topics!)
http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire.php
High Country News:
Western Public Lands News (great for finding paper topics!)
http://www.headwatersnews.org/images/N10.jpg
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/00public.html
BLM 2005
http://www.blm.gov/natacq/pls05/
Required
Loomis, Chapter 3
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
Recommended
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 (10/10, 10/12):
Politics and
Required
University
of Colorado Law Review, Inc. Colorado Law Review, Spring, 2001,
72 U.
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
Recommended
A Presidential Initiative:
http://www.cnie.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-33.pdf
Yale
J. on Reg. Yale University, Winter, 1998, 15 Yale
Fordham
Environmental Law Journal, Fall, 2000, 12 Fordham Envtl. Law J.
211, 18071 words, NOTE: ENFORCING ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT UNDER THE
NORTHWEST
Journal
of Law & Politics, Winter, 1998, 14 J. L. & Politics 1,
14724 words, ARTICLE: Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking:
The 104th Congress and the Salvage Timber Directive, Peter A. Pfohl
Horwitz, Robert B. 1994. “Judicial Review of Regulatory Decisions: The Changing Criteria.” Political Science Quarterly 109(1): 133-169.
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.
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
The University of Tulsa Tulsa Law
Journal, Winter, 1996, 32 Tulsa L.
Required
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
“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 10/19***
Required
Loomis, Chapter 8
Recommended
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 *
***MIDTERM EXAM, THURSDAY
10/26***
Required
Loomis, Chapter 9
Wilkinson, Chapter 4
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 2 (Focus on the Forest Service section)
Recommended
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.
http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/forests/for-14.cfm?&CFID=16761769&CFTOKEN=30797370
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)
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.
Required
Loomis, Chapter 10
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
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.
Colorado
Law Review, Spring, 2002, 73 U.
GAO Report: Livestock Grazing—Federal Expenditures and Receipts Vary (REALLY GOOD REPORT!)
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05869.pdf
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",
http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/range456/hot-topics/federal-permit.htm#Summary
Required
Loomis, Chapter 12
Clarke and McCool, Chapter 3 (National Park Service section)
Recommended
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+
Required
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
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++
Loomis, Chapter 11, 13
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
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.
***FINAL PAPER DUE, Thursday
11/30***
Required
Hansen, Andrew j., et al. 2002. "Ecological
Causes and Consequences of Demographic Change in the New West" BioScience 52: 151-162.
Shumway
Professional Geographer 53 (4): 492-502
***FINAL EXAMINATION: TUESDAY 12/12, 10:30am-12:30pm***