State Trust Lands
History, Management, and Sustainable Use
Jon A. Souder and Sally K. Fairfax
Foreword by Robert Nelson
360 pages, 28 tables, 43 maps, 6 x 9
Paper ISBN 978-0-7006-0939-0, $29.95
 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 present successful and less successful management
practices and offer new models and data for the debate on the
future of public lands.
"Provides an array of innovative and viable alternatives
to Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service management
models that should be useful to anyone interested in the financial
and environmental planning and use of public resources."--Environmental
Law
"A groundbreaking book. The authors have not only devised
an innovative analytic tool for studying public lands but demonstrated
the wealth of insight that can result from its application."--Pacific
Northwest Quarterly
"Everyone interested in the history, politics, economics,
and management of western lands and natural resources has much
to learn from this study. Souder and Fairfax have produced the
benchmark work on the subject."--Great Plains Research
"A wealth of data on state programs useful for environmental
or public land scholars, students of policy design and regulations,
and policymakers at both state and federal levels of government."--American
Political Science Review
"This is the definitive source for a comprehensive look
at state trust lands. The subject is timely and the authors eminently
qualified."--Pat McElroy, deputy supervisor of Washington
State Department of Natural Resources
JON A. SOUDER is assistant professor of forest policy
and economics in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University.
SALLY K. FAIRFAX is professor and associate dean of
the College of Natural Resources and professor of environmental
design at the University of California, Berkeley.
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