Before the federal constitution was written, the Confederate
Congress established a policy providing land grants for local and
state governments to support public schools. Since 1802, when Ohio
joined the Union, every new state has benefited from that policy.
Yet today, despite the fact that states still hold 132 million
acres in trust, very little is known about the management and use
of these lands.
Compiling information from the twenty-two states that still own
such trust lands, the authors provide a rare look at public land
management from a state rather than federal government perspective.
Although much has been written on federal management, this is the
first comprehensive look at the local administration of state trust
lands-which cover far more acreage than lands overseen by the
National Park Service and nearly as much as those supervised by the
U.S. Forest Service.
Understanding and analyzing the state trust lands has always
been difficult because they consist of twenty-two state programs
and 200 years of history. In State Trust Lands, Jon A. Souder and
Sally K. Fairfax examine the management programs instituted by each
state, exploring them as models for public land administration.
They investigate the nature and role of public resources;
observe how states regulate grazing lands and mineral leases;
provide insight into subsidizations and self-sustaining land uses;
illustrate how state and federal policies differ; and evaluate the
strength and weaknesses of market-based approaches to public
resource management. State trust lands, they contend, tend to be
managed more conservatively and with more environmental awareness
than federal lands.
This book provides an array of tested, viable alternatives to
Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service management models
and will be invaluable to anyone interested in the financial, use,
and environmental planning of public resources. Exploring the
diverse set of experiences of state land trust managers, Souder and
Fairfax preent successful and less successful management practices
and offer new models and data for the debate on the future of
public lands.
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