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Federal Public Land and Resources Law

Sixth Edition (Foundation Press)

George Cameron Coggins, Charles F. Wilkinson, John D. Leshy, Robert L. Fischman

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  • 25. In the past decade the IBLA has received 250 to 300 appeals filed each year. Also, the IBLA now sits in panels of two judges unless there is a need for a tie-breaking vote.
  • 29: The total under 1978 in the figure should be 776, not 775.9
  • 40: Second line in last paragraph should read "represent a stark departure from traditional resource management policies. Whereas ecosystem management places a premium on biodiversity conservation and ecological integrity, traditional resource management has"
  • 43: Third line should use the word "basis" not "bases"
  • 44: Fourth line: Congress should be capitalized.
  • 44: Third to last line of first full paragraph should employ a comma after "foundation" not a semicolon.
  • 45: Note 4, first paragraph should begin "What role should science play"
  • 45: Note 4, second paragraph-- the citation should be to Doremus, Science Plays Defense, 32 Ecology L.Q. 249, 253 (2005)
  • 45: Note 4, reference to Huber should have a comma after the "e.g."
  • 46: The first line should not be indented. The block quotation should begin after the colon in the first line.
  • 63: Note 5, phrase after the cite to 544 U.S. 197 (2005) should capitalize "Court"
  • 65: last sentence before the figure: "surveysystem" should be "survey system"
  • 75: Note 8, The word "Conservation" is missing from "Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act"
  • 83: Note 4, second line should read "court applied the public trust doctrine to void the conveyance by Illinois of submerged lands under"
  • 89: 9 lines from bottom: One section per township is a little less than 3% (not four percent) of the state's land area.
  • 118: Lines 13 & 14 should read "movement that would first significantly limit, and eventually replace, disposal policy. Conservation would become a critical national"
  • 119: the first two lines on the page don't belong there and should be deleted.
  • 121: line 4 should have a bracket after "Congress" reading "[sic.; probably should be "the constitution"?eds.]"
  • 122: the first two lines on the page merely repeat what was in the previous paragraph and should be deleted.
  • 124: last work of last full paragraph should be capitalized, "West."
  • 125: The caption for the political cartoon should credit "Grey" Towers.
  • 132: line 7: Delete the last two sentences of this paragraph (referring to Udall's characterization of scenic preservation).
  • 139: the movie title "Shane" should be italicized.
  • 141: last two sentences, describing Hoover's proposal, omit a very important fact: he proposed to retain the mineral rights. And for that reason the proposal never gained traction in the states, and therefore never gained traction in Congress.
  • 155: Next to last line of first paragraph under "B. Intergovernmental Immunities & Revenue Sharing" should have a comma after the parenthetical cite, "(Article VI, cl. 2)"
  • 155: Last paragraph "property clause" should be capitalized as "Property Clause"
  • 176: Note 3, delete "If the state had not ceded jurisdiction to the U.S. over the waters of the Park, would the federal regulation still be valid?"
  • 177: Note 8, "property clause" should be capitalized as "Property Clause"
  • 186: Note 5 should begin "The U.S. Supreme Court discussed Section 32 of the Mineral Leasing Act in"
  • 195: Note 5, second line, should read "both FLPMA and NFMA preempt "the extension of state land use plans"
  • 195: The absence of a note number 4 is a proof-reading mistake.
  • 196: Note 7, last sentence should read "(In fact, after the decision Granite Rock abandoned its plan to mine.)"
  • 198: last line of Note 13 should read "in effect establishes a clear default rule of preemption unless Congress explicitly saves some state authority?"
  • 198: Note 14.A., fourth line should read "cow per five acres. Hundreds of ranchers currently hold permits"
  • 209: The term "takings analysis" appears twice where we meant to write "standing analysis." Similarly, "takings test" should be "standing test."
  • 214: Note 5, fifth line should have a "to" between "standing" and "object"
  • 215: Last paragraph under "b. Sovereign Immunity" should begin "A general six-year"
  • 215: Last line should begin "some of the restrictions on"
  • 219: Third paragraph, fourth line from bottom, delete apostrophe after "trees"
  • 225: Second full paragraph, sixth line should read "have often found persuasive, § 706(1) empowers a court only to compel an agency"
  • 227: Note 7, first sentence should end in an period, not a question mark
  • 227: Note 7, next to last line should begin " ?non-impairment? mandate."? "
  • 228: Second paragraph under "e. Committed to Agency Discretion by Law," second paragraph, third to last line should end "as to give the court" instead of "as to give the agency"
  • 228: Third line from the bottom should begin "clearly shows looting and theft are"
  • 230: Eighth line from the bottom should end "are bundled together under the term "arbitrary"
  • 234: Note 3, line six should end with the word "ordinarily" not "ordinary"
  • 239: Note 3, second line, "a" should replace "an"
  • 257: last sentence of Note 4 should begin "The court" instead of "The Court"
  • 265: "Desert Bighorn Sheep" should not be capitalized
  • 266: Note 2, last line should be "measures? effectiveness."
  • 282: The holding in Lincoln v. Vigil should refer to the "history of appropriations"
  • 288: Note 3, third paragraph, line 7 ? delete "and"
  • 289: Note 5, line 5 "shows" should be "show"
  • 289: Note 5, line 7, end of line should be "of the ESA. She shows that"
  • 289: Note 5, line 8 "were" should replace "being"
  • 290: Note 6, line 1, add "an" before amoeba
  • 290: Note 6, line 5 add after the citation: The Act limits "fish and wildlife" to the "animal kingdom."
  • 294: third line, close parenthesis after "p. 256" and before "."
  • 296: Note 1, second paragraph, next to last line, "a "likely affect," then" should read "a likely adverse effect," then"
  • 300: Note 6 reference to Norton v. SUWA should be to p. 268.
  • 301: Last paragraph before "b. The Conservation Duty" should have a comma after "(W.D.Wash.2006)"
  • 301: First line after "b. The Conservation Duty" should refer to "ESA § 7(a)(1)"
  • 307: First line after block quote, add after existing sentence [Eds.: The wording of the regulation, however, had been modified since 1975.]
  • 314: Note 3 change "A dead carcass?" to "A carcass?"
  • 320: Last full paragraph, first mention of Sweet Home should be italicized.
  • 329: Second full paragraph, line 7, insert comma between "limited" and "to"
  • 334: First full paragraph, line 2, "on" should be "an"
  • 336: Note 7, first paragraph, insert period before the close parenthesis
  • 337: Note 8, line 4, replace question mark with period
  • 337: Note 8, fifth line from bottom of the page, insert "land" between "BLM" and "in Utah"
  • 344: last sentence before "The Relationship Between Contract Liability and Takings Issues" heading, "inconsistent" should be "inconsistently"
  • 357: Note 1, insert period before the close parenthesis
  • 363: Second paragraph, line 2, "condition" should be "conditions"
  • 367: Line 2, "Mobil" should be in italics
  • 381: Next to last line of note 1, insert "more" between "and" and "realistic"
  • 386: First paragraph after "a. R.S. 2477 Rights of Way", next to last line, "there are left open" should be "they are left open"
  • 386: last paragraph, line 5, "system" should be "systems"
  • 387: First full paragraph, line 7, insert "and" between "ground," and "provides a textbook"
  • 387: line 12: An "and" is missing after the first clause (i.e. "The opinion covers a lot of ground, AND ...").
  • 400: Note 7, third to last line, "sought to argue" should be "argued"
  • 400: Paragraph under "b. ANILCA Permits" should have a first line indent
  • 402: Note 2, line four, replace "ANILCA" with "16 U.S.C."
  • 402: the block quote at the top, line 7: the word "responsible" should be "reasonable".
  • 404: Third line from bottom should begin "A general delegation by Congress of authority"
  • 411: Note 7, second sentence should end in a period, not a question mark
  • 412: Fifth line from bottom of page, insert date into case citation: "(9thCir.1992)"
  • 412: Fourth line from bottom, "year" should be capitalized
  • 413: Line 10, "trust" should be capitalized
  • 413: First full paragraph, line 2, add hyphen to read "95,000-acre"
  • 413: Fourth line from bottom, both occurrences of "To" should begin with lower case letters
  • 413: Last line should add hyphen to read "11,000-acre"
  • 417: Second line, insert "withdrawals" between "coal lands" and "fell short"
  • 425: Note 2, first paragraph, "See e.g." should be See, e.g.,"
  • 435: Last line, "three situations" should be "five situations"
  • 436: Add to the end of the top paragraph, "Fourth, 43 U.S.C. § 1712(e)(2) uses a concurrent congressional resolution to trigger an action by the Interior Secretary. Fifth, 43 U.S.C. § 1713(c) gives a legislative veto of certain land sales to either house."
  • 440: First full paragraph, line 2, "southwest" should be capitalized
  • 443: First line of case citation for Tulare County v. Bush should be "United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 2002"
  • 447: Last line, "west." should be capitalized
  • 449: The Land and Water Conservation Fund was established by legislation in 1964
  • 452: First full paragraph, line 8, insert hyphen in "ten-year period."
  • 463: Note 7, insert comma in PERC Policy Series citation between "No.18" and "2000"
  • 463: Note 8, first line, "Matthews" should be "Matthew"
  • 474: Note 5, last line should be refer to section "1a-7"
  • 474: Note 7, delete last line and revise next to last line to read "managed?"
  • 481: Second line after "Public Participation" change "effected" to affected"
  • 507: Note 5, first line, "apple" should be "apply"
  • 508: Third line, "To" should use lower case letter
  • 508: Second full paragraph, first line, replace "holding" with "dictum"
  • 512: First full paragraph, second line, replace "1999" with "2000"
  • 512: First full paragraph, last fourth and third lines should use lower case letters for "supreme court justice"
  • 516: Last full paragraph, line six should begin "this: First, the priority date"
  • 567: Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. citation should have a space between "to" and "1-14"
  • 572: Note 2 should begin "What if Lucky Mc" instead of "What if Geomet".
  • 578: Note 8, line three, change "disposition" to "disposal"
  • 592: bracketed citation to GML section on "exclusive right of possession and enjoyment" should be 26, not 22.
  • 601: First full paragraph, line 7 should begin "agencies, especially in state governments,"
  • 606: First full paragraph, line 4, replace "on an" with "on a"
  • 619: Second line citation should have a double "§§"
  • 691: Last full paragraph, first line should end "financial needs"
  • 701: Note 6, third line, "west" should be capitalized
  • 708: Second full paragraph, line 5, insert space between hyphen and "and"
  • 721: Note 3, last line should read "would be the better course?"
  • 736: First full paragraph, line 4, add "had" between "regulations" and "required"
  • 740: Last full paragraph, fourth line from bottom, name is spelled "Beschta"
  • 741: Second line, delete "be"
  • 752: Second line, insert period after "moot"
  • 763: Eleventh line from bottom, insert "[sic]" after "chose"
  • 765: Note 2, line 6, insert the following after the quotation "871 F. Supp. at 1322."
  • 769: Line 3, capitalize "west"
  • 769: Line 10, capitalize "west"
  • 769: Line 11, revise "25 million" to "56 million"
  • 769: Second full paragraph, before "Ron Micheli" add "Wyoming legislator and agriculture commissioner,"
  • 784: Last line, first word should be "Rangelands"
  • 791: Note 4, "AUMS" should be "AUMs"
  • 793: First paragraph after "Note: Grazing Fees", line 3, replace "has always been" with "is"
  • 794: Second full paragraph, line 2, delete "permit"
  • 799: Lines 6-8, delete "It reconfirmed the TGA?s admonition that "grazing permits do not carry any right, title, interest or estate in public lands." 43 U.S.C. 1752(h)."
  • 819: Line 7 after first block quote, change "determine" to "determined"
  • 824: First full paragraph, first line, add "[sic]" between "the" and "whether"
  • 860: Note 1, change all three instances of "USFWS" to "FWS"
  • 861: Note 2, change all three instances of "USFWS" to "FWS"
  • 862: Note 5, change both instances of "USFWS" to "FWS"
  • 862: Note 6, change "USFWS" to "FWS"
  • 864: Line 6, substitute "such as those caused by" for "cause"
  • 881: Line 7 after "2. National Forest and BLM Public Lands" delete "bodies of"
  • 881: Line 11 after "2. National Forest and BLM Public Lands" delete "encouragement of"
  • 882: Continued sentence should end "of hunters and anglers." instead of "of game species."
  • 882: Second full paragraph, add "& 1732(b)" to the citation at the end of the paragraph.
  • 894: Line 6, replace "43 U.S.C." with "16 U.S.C."
  • 911: Note 3, citation should end "-2008, at 29."
  • 933: Note 5, add "from" between "emanating" and "outside"
  • 939: Note 6, line 7, add "the" between "from" and "bowels"
  • 947: Line 11, delete comma after "Jersey"
  • 947: Last line of first paragraph, add § to citation.
  • 948: First paragraph, next to last line "Act" should use lower case letter
  • 963: First full paragraph, line 14, change "federal agencies" to "Service"
  • 1014: End of paragraph after block quotation, substitute a quotation mark for the period.
  • 1016: Last sentence before case excerpt, substitute "comprise" for "comprised"
  • 1020: End of second full paragraph, delete "ROD."
  • 1035: First full paragraph, line 7, "[was]" should be "[were]"
  • 1040: Second full paragraph, last sentence, should use a lower case "t" for "the River of No Return"
  • 1053: First full paragraph, line 6, insert "the" between "prepares" and "next generation"
  • 1057: Middle of page, "5000" should be "5,000"