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Mallard winter use of conservation program and nonprogram lands in Mississippi

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin
Prior to the 19th century, the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) was a vast bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem with associated wetlands and intrinsic resources.
Joseph D. Lancaster   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual Regulation, Collaborative Management or Layered Federalism: Can Cooperative Federalism Models From Other Laws Save Our Public Lands? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Few would assert that the current governance model for managing the nation\u27s public lands, which grants exclusive authority to the federal government, has protected the natural resource values of those lands or provided a framework for the harmonious ...
Babcock, Hope M.
core   +1 more source

Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privatizing Public Lands

open access: yesChoice Reviews Online, 1995
In the United States, private ownership of land is not a new idea, yet the federal government retains title to roughly a quarter of the nation's land, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges. Managing these properties is expensive and contentious, and few management decisions escape criticism.
openaire   +3 more sources

ECONOMIC PROFILE OF BILLINGS COUNTY [PDF]

open access: yes
Policies affecting the use of public lands can have direct consequences for industries that rely on outputs from those lands. In recent years, environmental concerns have prompted a revisiting of the policies governing the use of those lands ...
Bangsund, Dean A., Leistritz, F. Larry
core   +1 more source

Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Road Rage and R.S. 2477: Judicial and Administrative Responsibility for Resolving Road Claims on Public Land [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The past decade has seen the D-4 Caterpillar bulldozer become a significant tool for those seeking to challenge federal land management agencies\u27 authority to protect resources federal lands by reducing access.
Birdsong, Bret C.
core   +2 more sources

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: CENTRALIZING CLASS WARRIOR [PDF]

open access: yes
Abraham Lincoln was the great centralizer. His War of 1861 was only the tip of the iceberg in this regard. This core of his philosophy can also be seen in his “contributions” to class warfare, the American “system” of public works, strong tariff ...
Walter Block, William Barnett II
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