This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West

Given that he covers so much ground-chaos theory and fractal geometry are topics that could have been skipped-and his proposal for governing the West's public lands is so admittedly controversial, I expected and wanted more. Kemmis argues that the agencies tasked with managing the West's f...

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Published in:Montana : the magazine of western history 2002, Vol.52 (3), p.89-90
Main Author: Stiller, David
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Land use planning
Montana Reviews
Public lands
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Summary:Given that he covers so much ground-chaos theory and fractal geometry are topics that could have been skipped-and his proposal for governing the West's public lands is so admittedly controversial, I expected and wanted more. Kemmis argues that the agencies tasked with managing the West's federal lands-primarily the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service-increasingly lack legitimacy and are incapable of administering public lands under their control. Rather than argue for reforming these agencies or providing them with resources equal to their responsibilities, however, Kemmis borrows from John Wesley Powell and counsels new, collaborative governing structures to craft the future of our public lands.
ISSN:0026-9891
2328-4293