Book Description

In the area of environmental conservation, Staking Out the Terrain provides a fresh approach to the study of bureaucratic behavior by utilizing a synthesis of several methodologies: policy analysis, historical development, the case study, and budgetary analysis. It formulates a model of agency power focusing on the ability of agencies to expand resources and jurisdiction for environmental control. A detailed analysis of seven federal agencies provides support for the model. The agencies are: — the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, — the U.S. Forest Service, — the Bureau of Land Management, — the National Park Service, — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, — the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, — the U.S. Soil Conservation Service.