[PDF Download] Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands

Books Excerpt : The little-known story of how the U.S. government came to hold nearly one-third of the nation?s land and manage it primarily for recreation, education and conservation. ??A much-needed chronicle of how the American people decided??wisely and democratically??that nearly a third of the nation?s land surface should remain in our collective ownership and be managed for our common good.??Dayton Duncan, author of The National Parks: America?s Best Idea ? America?s public lands include more than 600 million acres of forests, plains, mountains, wetlands, deserts, and shorelines. In this book, John Leshy, a leading expert in public lands policy, discusses the key political decisions that led to this, beginning at the very founding of the nation. He traces the emergence of a bipartisan political consensus in favor of the national government holding these vast land areas primarily for recreation, education, and conservation of biodiversity and cultural resources. That consensus remains strong

Title : Our Common Ground: A History of America's Public Lands
Author : John D. Leshy
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