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Symposium: The national park system

Author
various authors
Journal/Series
Denver University Law Review | Vol. 74(3); 567 - 874; 308 p.
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-063751)
Publisher | Place of publication
University of Denver College of Law | Denver, CO, USA
Document type
Article in periodical
Language
English
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Tourism National parks Protected area Ecosystem preservation
Abstract

Contents: 1. The National Park Service Act of 1916: A contradictory mandate? 2. The United States Forest Service and National Park Service: Paradoxical mandates, powerful founders, and the rise and fall of agency discretion 3. Preserving nature in the national parks: Law, policy, and science in a dynamic environment 4. Ecosystem management and its place in the national park service 5. Concessions law and policy in the national park system 6. The problem of statutory detail in national park establishment legislation and its relationship to pollutionn control law 7. Repairing the waters of the national parks: Notes on a long-term strategy 8. National parks and the recreation resource 9. ANILCA: A different legal framework for managing the extraordinary national park units of the last frontier 10. Lawyering for the national park service