Federal Land Management Current Issues and Background

Federal land ownership and management are of perennial interest to Congress. This book describes the constitutional authority for federal land ownership. It provides the history of federal land acquisition and disposal, and describes the federal land management agency, jurisdictions, based on congressional authorities to reserve or withdraw lands from disposal. Included in the book are also backgrounds on the various agencies that administer and care for the 6.55 million acres of federal land.Prescott, Samuel T. is the author of 'Federal Land Management Current Issues and Background' with ISBN 9781590337042 and ISBN 1590337042.