Author : Samuel T. Prescott
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 35,69 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781590337042
Book Description
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.