Fall 2021 Course Schedule

Federal Lands & Natural Resources (LAW-686-001)
William Snape

Meets: 05:00 PM - 07:50 PM (Th) - Yuma - Room Y404

Enrolled: 21 / Limit: 25

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Notices

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Description

This course examines all of the major legal sources and authority for ownership and management of the U.S. public land system, which includes national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, offshore coastal areas, defense lands and others. Given that roughly one-third of the United States is owned by the federal government, the use and stewardship of these lands and waters raise important and unique policy questions pertaining to wildlife and natural resource conservation, oil and gas drilling, mineral and timber extraction, recreation and tourism, various forms of public access and relationships with other federal and state laws. Today's political climate makes these legal issues both timely and poignant.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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The text is Coggins et al., Federal Public Land and Resources Law (7th Ed) by Foundation Press. Additional and supplementary reading will be posted on MyWCL. Powerpoints, when used, will be posted on MyWCL after the relevant class. Guest speakers might show up at any time when we meet together.

First Class Readings

Week 1: Introductions, Federal Lands and Resources, Origin, and Management Text, pp. 1-58 (please read before first class) A bonus brief discussion about “Alaska” (and intermittently throughout the semester)

Syllabus

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