A move by the US government to preserve more public lands as wilderness has been welcomed by environmentalists but has angered ranchers, sportsmen and energy companies that fear access to land will be reduced. The new policy, initiated at the end of last year, directs the Bureau of Land Management to survey its vast holdings from Alaska to Arizona in search of unspoilt wildlife areas. The agenc...

When Republicans talk about federal land policy, the conversation inevitably turns to the desirability of transferring most of those lands to the states. During the last Congress, legislation was forwarded to do just that. Although the bill did not get far, the belief that states would do a better job of managing public lands is a fixture in this nation's ongoing debate about the federal land e...

The context for watershed analysis Lands to be analyzed Prioritization of watersheds for analysis Relation of the interagency approach to other watershed analysis methods The concept of interagency watershed analysis Goals of watershed analysis Watersheds as analysis units The issue focus Time required for a watershed analysis Consistency and standardization Interagency participation Federal wa...