This casebook is an authoritative introduction to the study of public land and resources law. Case studies, case notes, and examples illustrate points under consideration. Thought-provoking questions generate classroom discussion and hone students' legal reasoning. Representative topics include authority on public lands, wildlife resource, preservation, resource, and history of public land law.

* Evolution of the federal public land & resources law * Application of NEPA to the public land management agencies * Federal land use planning & its impact on resource management decisions * Acquisition & maintenance of development rights on public lands * Environmental regulation affecting extractive industry activities on the public lands * Access issues & public lands rights-of-way * Recreational development on national forest system lands * Habitat conservation planning environmental salvation or landowners giveaway? * Sacred sites cultural resources & land management in the West * Water rights & the public lands * Public land issues of the '90s

This is a compilation that contains the major statutes affecting federal public land and resources law. Keyed to Coggins, Wilkinson and Leshy's Federal Public Land and Resources Law, it can be used with any other casebook on this subject.