Legal Framework for Resource Decision - Making and Public Land Management

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Description: This course focuses on the federal, state, and local agencies, policies, strategies, and public law that influence public lands management of the United States, and, to a lesser extent, other countries. Focus is on the historical and contemporary land management approaches used to protect, exploit, manage, and/or use public lands, with specific emphasis on the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), jurisdiction, and contemporary issues.