The National Wildlife Refuges: Coordinating a Conservation System through Law.(Books of Note)(Book Review)

From: Environment | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES: COORDINATING A CONSERVATION SYSTEM THROUGH LAW

by Robert L. Fischman; Island Press, Washington, DC, 2003; 277 pp., $50.00 cloth (ISBN 1-55963-990-3), $25.00 paper (ISBN 1-55963-991-1)

Accessible to the layperson, The National Wildlife Refuges is a thorough analysis of statutory and case law governing America's National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs)--some 95 million public acres in 540 units in all 50 states and several territories.

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Unlike multiple-use lands, NWRs are charged with balancing their dominant ...

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