Overview
Description
Issues surrounding the allocation and use of land and water resources in the United States. Emphasis on issues affecting Western states.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- articulate and evaluate the constitutional basis and historical development of natural resource policies dealing with land and water in the United States.
- relate land and water policy to the development of art, culture and literature in the United States.
- describe the political movements that have embraced and/or opposed land and water policy in the United States.
- discuss factors which shape support and/or opposition for land and water policies at the national state and local level of American politics.
- describe current conflicts associated with land and water resource policy.
- articulate the institutional structures that create and administer national land and water policies.
- describe the role of states in land and water natural resource policy.