Columbia Journal of Environmental Law

ARTICLES

Collaborative Planning and Adaptive Management in Glen Canyon: A Cautionary Tale

2nd March 2010 By: Lawrence Susskind, Alejandro E. Camacho, & Todd Schenk

The Unspoken Option to Help Safeguard America’s National Parks: An Examination of Expanding U.S. National Park Boundaries by Annexing Adjacent Federal Lands

2nd March 2010 By: Craig L. Shafer

One way to allow some western US national parks to be more effective biological reserves is to selectively subsume adjacent US Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property within park boundaries. This follows the historical American tradition of annexing other federal agency lands to create better national parks.  In this case, however, lands added would be adjacent USFS and BLM tracts where present or future use is not compatible with preserving park biota. The scientific, socioeconomic, legal and political aspects of this option--annexation--are discussed accompanied with the illustrative example of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bear. Two landless tools are examined (existing authorities or persuasion) followed by three landed tools (BLM national monuments/conservation areas, wilderness areas and roadless areas). Twelve anticipated arguments against annexation are addressed. The American public may wish to consider whether this option is worthy of further consideration.

Facilitating Monitoring, Subverting Self-Interest and Limiting Discretion: Learning from “New” Forms of Accountability in Practice

2nd March 2010 By: Cameron Holley

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Vol. 35  No. 1
The Columbia Journal of Environmental Law was founded in 1972 with a grant from the Ford Foundation. The Journal is one of the oldest environmental law journals in the nation and is widely regarded as one of the preeminent environmental journals in the country. We have over 600 subscribers, including law libraries, law firms, and federal, local, and state courts, as well as a significant international readership.

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