Conflicting Uses and Policy Goals

Topics

	Preservation vs. multiple use
	Tradeoffs among competing values
	Endangered Species Act (ESA)
	War on the West/Sagebrush Rebellion
	Anti-environmental backlash - wise use and the property rights movement

Readings

	L: Ch. 7, 13
	R: Ch. 2
	Is Ethanol good for the environment? But what about the other problems it causes such as increases in world food prices? See this interesting collection of articles.
	One conflict of use you might want to avoid is infringing on Grizzly Bear habitat, unless of course you want to be lunch. See this article from the LA Times in August '11.
	Handouts - Miscellaneous articles about conflicts surrounding human uses of the environment
	Handouts - Update on the Gray Wolf and its listing under the ESA
	Handouts - Miscellaneous articles that illustrate the politics of ESA listings
	Handout - former Governor Easley and his country club getting water during a drought
	Handout - Concerns over federal acquisition of western lands (3/10)
	Handouts - Preservation vs. Multiple Uses
	Handouts - Endangered Species Act (Grey Wolf & Grizzly Bear)
	Handout - ESA (Buffalo)
	Handout - GMOs and the Environment in Mexico (10/09)
	Handout - GMOs in India (2/10)

Lecture Notes

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Web Resources

The following agency websites may prove useful as we move through the semester.

	Video clip that demonstrates the globalization by looking at air traffic
	Endangered Species Act
	Listing of endangered species in the U.S.
	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Programs
	National Wildlife Federation
	National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition
	World Resources Institute
	Center for Conservation Research and Technology
	National Council for Science and the Environment
	Congressional Research Service reports on public lands programs/issues

Book's that Might Be of Interest

Richard S. Wheeler. The Buffalo Commons (New York, NY: Forge Books, 1998): A story about what happens when good people with good intentions clash over their ideas about what the earth is for and how life must be lived on it. The book reveals the wide range of values and how they influence how problems are defined and policy is formulated.

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