Public Lands in the Formative Era, 1776-1789. The nation's founding and the public lands
Public lands and the ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787
The U.S. Constitution and the public lands
The Public Lands and Nation Building, 1790-1861. Admitting new states and acquiring new territory
Exploration, science, and the appreciation of nature
Divesting public lands to build a nation
Reservations and acquisitions of public lands
Public land policy in confusion in the period before the Civil War
Plunder and Backlash Feed a Movement for Reserves, 1862-1889. New divestment policies sow seeds of a backlash
More giveaways sow more seeds of discontent
Protecting public lands for inspiration : Yosemite and Yellowstone
Pillaging public lands for wood, grass, and minerals
Efforts launched to protect public forest land
Moving beyond "paper parks"
Wildlife protection enters the policy universe
The campaign for forest reservations gains momentum
Congress closes in on major reforms
The Great Transition, Phase One, 1890-1901. Congress guts Powell's irrigation survey and establishes new national parks
Congress gives the President broad authority to reserve public lands
The first forest reserves The general land office struggles and Cleveland spurs Congress into action
An organic act for the forest reserves
Parks, forests, and public land policy in the McKinley administration
National authority over public lands expanded and confirmed
The Great Transition, Phase Two, 1902-1913. Theodore Roosevelt, public lands, and the Reclamation Act
Forest reserves expand in Roosevelt's first term
The forest service takes control of the forest reserves
Roosevelt and Congress use public lands to protect wildlife habitat
Public lands, science, and history : the Antiquities Act
Roosevelt and national parks
Making new forest reserves : Congress challenges the President
Roosevelt, public lands, and energy development
Public lands in the handoff from Roosevelt to Taft
Taft's undervalued record on public land conservation
National forests become national with enactment of the Weeks Act
Public lands at the end of the age of Theodore Roosevelt
Public Land Policy Between the Roosevelts, 1913-1933. National parks take center stage
The national park system's early years
The national forest system matures and evolves
The forest and park services compete and cooperate
Ranchers, homesteaders, and energy developers compete for primacy
The end of the progressive era
Debating the future of unreserved public lands
Wildlife protection gains prominence
Public lands and multipurpose water development
Filling in the Gaps in Public Land Policy, 1933-1960. The Taylor Grazing Act
National parks in the new deal
A system of wildlife refuges begins to emerge
Other new deal public land policies
Grazing and logging the public lands in the postwar era
Mineral policy developments onshore and offshore
Public Lands in Modern Times, 1961-Present. The Wilderness Act reshapes public land policy
New labels and new means of protecting public values in public lands
Making the modern bureau of land management
Making the modern forest service
Charting the future of public lands in Alaska
Making the modern U.S. fish & wildlife service
Making the modern national park service
Mineral and energy development in the modern era
Public lands and Native Americans in the modern era
The politics of public lands in the modern era : change or continuity?
Public lands and the future.
