Bureau of Land Management

Wildfires are not only a hazard to our land, but also to our wallets. Ingalsbee (2010) talks about the Forest Fires Emergency Act of 1908 in Getting Burned: a Taxpayer’s Guide to Wildfire Suppression Costs. The Forest Fires Emergency Act is a blank check from Congress that gives the U.S. Forest Service the authority to engage in deficit spending for wildfires. Idaho spends thousands of dollars for each fire in labor, equipment and other costs. Wildfires are especially costly here in the Midwest,…

Materials Program; and (7) Recreational Health public pools and spas handles complaints and reports of illness related to water recreational facilities and the compliance of public pools to safety structural standards (County of Ventura Resource Management Agency,…

Team C feels that Cost-benefit analysis would be appropriate to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) situation. According to our textbook, in the modern society importance of estimating and evaluating costs and compare them with benefits increases. Today public administrators must do more than just to enjoy the benefits of protecting wild horses as a symbol of the independence of the American West – they must also weigh the costs and other repercussions of such action. Then the public…

This case implicated a challenge brought by the Western Watersheds Project (“WWP”), in which the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) decided to grant a 10 -year grazing permit to LHS Spilt Rock Ranch, LLC (“Split Rock”), for four federal public land allotments in central Wyoming (“the Split Rock allotments”).1 The 102-page Environmental Assessment was published in 2009. Relying largely on the 2005 Rangeland Health Standards Assessment (RHS), it recognized significant ecological issues on the…

Siikamäki, analyzes the economic contributions of state park systems in the United States. The stated goal of the paper was to estimate the net contributions of state parks in the US to help aid policy makers, and the public, with public policy and management decisions. To do this the author uses a novel approach to help with estimating the economic contributions of a state park by choosing to focus on the amount of time state parks are used for so called “nature recreation”. In the end, the…

The Political Ecology of Management and Conflict in Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Lake Wildlife 'Refuges. The wildlife refuge complex in the Klamath River Basin is part of a migratory bird wetland habitat system that spans the western seaboard. Wilson (2010) refers to wetlands along the Pacific Coast as “links in a chain” leading the birds from wintering grounds to summer breeding habitats, and back again. It is estimated that three quarters of the birds traveling through this chain make a…

Nob Hill Apartments, has a duty to provide security to residents and guests,Ryan Dolphin, from crimes committed by a third party. Rule of Law Walls V. Oxford Management Co., Inc: Landlords do not have to duty of provide security unless 1) there is a special relationship present 2) a special temptation is created to commit crimes on the land 3) if the crimes are foreseeable 4) when one voluntarily takes on the duty to provide security. Restatement [second] of torts 358: Licensees are social…

This system recognizes the wilderness as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man.” This act protects and manages the wilderness to preserve its natural conditions. The NWPS has designated 106 million acres of public land as wilderness, 44 million which are in national parks. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - Created in 1970, NEPA promotes the enhancement of the environment and established what is known today as the President’s Council On…

guidelines when implementing sustainable construction practices. The imposing of legislations and policies has driven construction firms to strategic plan their construction activities (Tan, Shen & Yao 2010).Australia 6 star energy rating Environmental management…

three of these important benefits open the mindset of a successful employee. With a higher understanding of education, I believe a student would achieve the ability to better time management, gain a border mindset, and more education to further apply themselves in a profession they are pursuing. The concept of time management comes from its definition to “maximize personal efficiency in the workplace” (Collins…