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President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana to head the Department of the Interior follows a tradition of offering this position to westerners. The agency has jurisdiction over a significant portion of federal public lands in western states, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, some forests administered by the Bureau of Land Management and others.

The centennial of the National Park Service is inspiring an impressive amount of soul-searching about the agency and the lands for which it is responsible. This is timely and appropriate, as the NPS faces serious challenges that affect the preservation of these precious lands.

It's unlikely the presidential candidates will field a question about public lands during their last debate. But public land is an issue that concerns many Americans, with arguments over it flaring up with cyclical regularity.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ; Third edition ; Edited by Zachary A. Smith and John Freemuth. ; This new edition offers a comprehensive and current survey of major western policy and environmental issues. Contributors address the policy process as it affects the states in the region, and how bureaucracy and politics shape environmental dialogues in the West. ; Preface / Zachary A. Smith and John Freemuth -- Energy, the environment, and the American West : a policymaking perspective / Leslie R. Alm -- Bureaucracy and politics of energy and environmental policy in the western states / Matthew A. Cahn, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Denise McCain-Tharnstrom and Duran Fiack -- Governance, science, and the federal lands / John Freemuth and Esther Babcock -- Urban planning and environmental policy in the West / Hugh Bartling, Matt Lindstrom and Ashleigh Walter -- Renewable energy policymaking in the American West / Charles Davis, Sandra Davis and Cassandra Koerner -- Water in the western United States : storied past and troubled future / Zachary A. Smith -- The politics of river restoration / Daniel McCool -- Wildlife conservation policy and energy development in western States / William R. Mangun and Jean C. Mangun -- Tribal sovereignty : the struggle to balance traditions of environmental stewardship with modern-era energy resource development / Robert E. Forbis Jr. and Megan M. DeMasters

"This new edition offers a comprehensive and current survey of major western policy and environmental issues. Contributors address the policy process as it affects the states in the region, and how bureaucracy and politics shape environmental dialogues in the West."--

The Trump administration has pursued many controversial goals in managing U.S. public lands, including shrinking national monuments and cutting back protection for threatened species. Its latest disruptive move targets the government employees who oversee these resources.

"This new edition offers a comprehensive and current survey of major western policy and environmental issues. Contributors address the policy process as it affects the states in the region, and how bureaucracy and politics shape environmental dialogues in the West."--