Natural Resource Policy and Law

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the history, processes of making and implement- ing federal and state laws, importance of laws and use of laws in range and wildlife management. The course will analyze the property and constitutional underpinnings of state and federal wildlife laws, look at reasons for the enactment of a law, address how laws influence natural resource management and policy, and use case laws as examples for the structuring of federal and state regulations of rangelands and wildlife. The course will also focus on a few federal statutory laws, including the Endangered Species Act, Lacey Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Tay- lor Grazing Act. Additionally, the course considers wildlife law in other countries compared to the North American Model of Wildlife Conser-