Abstract
The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 [FLPMA], also known as the Organic Act of the Bureau of Land Management, culminated more than a decade of congressional consideration of alternatives for management and disposition of the nation's remaining public domain. 'The Act reflects a growing national conservation ethic-greater environmental awareness and a consciousness of the need to retain undeveloped open space-while confirming congressional intent to utilize public land resources for the economic requirements of the nation and the economic benefit of the western States. It also reflects much of the philosophy of the report of the Public Land Law Review Commission [PLLRC]. This Introduction will outline several significant policy suggestions in the PLLRC's report, key policy statements in the Act, and the implementation of these policies by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management [BLM].
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21 Ariz. L. Rev. 271 (1979)
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