Agency Legitimacy: A Reputational Power Analysis of the Bureau of Land Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-374
Author(s):  
Joshua Malay ◽  
Mathew Fairholm
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Large Scope ◽  
Federal Land

This article examines the organizational reputation of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) using Daniel Carpenter’s reputation and power theory as a theoretical and methodological base. Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) is utilized to guide and organize case selection, as it is the legal mandate behind BLM authority and represents the fullest extent of the agency’s activities. The findings of this case study indicate that the BLM has a negative reputation in all but the legal-procedural dimension. Three implications are identified: (a) FLPMA serves only to define the procedural-legal aspect of public planning process, (b) the inability of FLPMA to define a purpose to public lands management has its root in the large scope of activity required of the BLM by FLPMA, and (c) finally, retention has placed the BLM and the federal government in a precarious position of an owner rather than custodian of the public lands.

Use of Public Rangelands in the American West

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Vale
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
American West ◽  
Recent Trend ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Multiple Use ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Poor Condition ◽  
Federal Land ◽  
Land Policies

The Bureau of Land Management, the land agency that administers much of the federal rangeland in the American West, has frequently been characterized as excessively responsive to the desires of ranchers, with resulting land deterioration and loss of resource values. Both the generally poor condition of the public domain, and the Bureau's attempt to maintain stocking levels while improving the range, support this characterization.Several policies and programmes over the last decade, however, suggest that the Bureau today is less strongly tied to the livestock industry, and certainly its lands are being increasingly coveted by groups other than grazers. This recent trend towards a more ‘multiple use’ agency has been strengthened by Congressional passage of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act in 1976. Whether or not diversification of land policies will continue into the future is, however, at present unclear.

Participatory Mapping in Browns Canyon National Monument, Colorado (USA)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
John Harner ◽  
Lee Cerveny ◽  
Rebecca Gronewold
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Us Forest Service ◽  
Natural Resource Managers

Natural resource managers need up-to-date information about how people interact with public lands and the meanings these places hold for use in planning and decision-making. This case study explains the use of public participatory Geographic Information System (GIS) to generate and analyze spatial patterns of the uses and values people hold for the Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado. Participants drew on maps and answered questions at both live community meetings and online sessions to develop a series of maps showing detailed responses to different types of resource uses and landscape values. Results can be disaggregated by interaction types, different meaningful values, respondent characteristics, seasonality, or frequency of visit. The study was a test for the Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service, who jointly manage the monument as they prepare their land management plan. If the information generated is as helpful throughout the entire planning process as initial responses seem, this protocol could become a component of the Bureau’s planning tool kit.

Tragedy of the Playground

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard G. Wilshire ◽  
Richard W. Hazlett ◽  
Jane E. Nielson
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
Mass Gatherings ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
Federal Land ◽  
Desert Areas ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Federal Land Management ◽  
Grazing Pressures

“Recreation” connotes revitalization, the re-creation of spirit. In an increasingly urbanized culture, people recreate in natural settings to lift their spirits and revitalize their outlook and motivation. Public lands in the western United States, which embrace much of the nation’s remaining natural and wild areas, are especially attractive—and most are open for recreation. We authors certainly have found solace from camping, hiking, climbing, and skiing in backcountry areas. But latetwentieth- century American affluence has created a massive and unprecedented invasion of these lands, and particularly an invasion of motorized recreation. All human uses of natural areas can, and generally do, degrade soils, kill plants, and increase erosion rates, with resultant water pollution and ecosystem damage. In small numbers, and spread out widely, recreational disturbances can be minor, but millions of people regularly play on western public lands in mass gatherings that have large cumulative impacts. More now drive vehicles across forested or desert areas than pursue the less-damaging activities of hiking and small-group camping. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) oversee the largest amount of western land available for recreation. By law, the agencies must manage public lands for multiple uses and “sustained yield.” Instead, federal land-management agencies are partitioning them to separate incompatible pursuits, including many that consume land. For example, as logging, mining, and grazing pressures ease, recreational pressures are exploding in Colorado’s White River National Forest, a short 50 miles west of Denver on Interstate Highway 70. Along with Denver’s increasing population, snowmobile registrations jumped 70% in Colorado since 1985. Off-road vehicles (ORVs) are everywhere, and mountain bike use has jumped more than 200%. Between 1990 and 2004, all ORV registrations in Colorado increased more than 650%. Ski facilities also burgeoned, along with hiker and equestrian demands for greater backcountry access. The USFS’s efforts to bring the conflicting uses under control is losing ground rapidly.

Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in the Bureau of Land Management's Planning Process in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Stacie McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), like many federal government agencies in the US, has specific handbooks and manuals to provide guidance for preparing, amending, revising, and implementing BLM land use plans. These land use plans (or LUPs in the acronym-heavy world of the federal government) establish the goals and objectives for resource management, and serve as the basis for management actions, on the public lands that are covered by the plan.

Closing the Public Lands Frontier: The Bureau of Land Management, 1961–1969

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Skillen
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Bureau Of Land Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
General Land Office ◽  
Prior Use ◽  
Withdrawal Management

When the Bureau of Land Management (blm) was formed in 1946, the agency and the lands it managed had an ambiguous identity and future. Formed by President Truman through the merger of the General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service, the blm inherited the remaining 450 million acres of public-domain lands in the American West and Alaska, which I will refer to simply as “the public lands.” With those lands, the blm also inherited a set of property-rights regimes—that is, a set of property rights, privileges, and relationships that control land and resource access, withdrawal, management, exclusion, and alienation—that were strongly reflective of the nineteenth-century frontier era. They were marked by private initiative, self-regulation by public lands users, and common-law principles of prior use and appropriation. Indeed, public lands users often acted as if they held common-law rights to the public lands, claims that western congressmen defended through appropriations and oversight.

scholarly journals DIMENSÕES ORGANIZACIONAIS E O TRABALHO DO ADMINISTRADOR PÚBLICO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA UNIVERSIDADE PÚBLICA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Pedro Henrique de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Claudia Fernandes Terence ◽  
Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
The Public ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Operational Plan

The study of the organizations and manager work is relevant today, while requiring continuous improvement and understanding. However, there are few studies on the organizational structure and the manager work in the public sector. Thus, the purpose of thispaper is to identify the role of the public administrator through administrative processes and management activities, with emphasis on the structure and strategies developed. As a methodology, the case study was adopted at the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculty of Science and Engineering of Tupã/SP, where the data were collected from free observation (3 months immersed), interviews and document analysis. Firsts results, there is a need for a formal and effective communication between administrative areas, which have their specific functions and are formalized in the organizational chart. Also, that the planning process is carried out from top to bottom and there is a greater participation of the executive coordination and of teachers than of technical-administrative servants and students, because of the Collegiate System Representation. It is also pointed out that, although strategic planning is formal and results in a formalized tactical and operational plan, the organization executes its activities based on short and medium-term demands, because of emerging actions that do not follow the established plan. Therefore, despite the existence of several unmapped processes, the unit administrators follow a logical and standardized flow of actions to achieve their goal.

How Ideological Divides Serve to Limit Bureaucratic Autonomy: A Case Study of the BLM

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 375-386
Author(s):  
Joshua Malay ◽  
Matthew R. Fairholm
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Multiple Use ◽  
Bureaucratic Autonomy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Group Politics ◽  
Specific Interests

The main question this article seeks to address is how the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) bureaucratic autonomy is affected by deep ideological divides over public lands management policy. Daniel Carpenter’s theory of bureaucratic autonomy serves to provide the definition and method for evaluating the research question. The case study identifies that the bureaucratic autonomy afforded the BLM is intrinsically bound to interest group politics. There exists little room for initiative not supported by specific interests. Actions required by the multiple use mandate, but not supported by interests, will be suppressed. But, of greater interest in understanding the BLM, once support shifts for an initiative, all previous action is undone or at least mitigated to a point of inconsequence. Hence, limited bureaucratic autonomy is afforded either way, as the multiple use requirement will not satisfy all parties and does not allow the BLM to ignore other potential uses of the public lands.

Manajemen Humas dalam Memelihara Citra Perusahaan

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Rimayanti Rimayanti ◽  
Ruhiyat Ruhiyat ◽  
Abdul Rasib
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Maintenance Process ◽  
Depth Interviews

Tulisan ini menjelaskan tentang proses manajemen humas yang dilakukan oleh humas PT.Pindad (Persero) dalam rangka memelihara citra perusahaan memalui program penerimaan kunjungan industri. Penelitian yang dilakukan menggunakan paradigma konstruktivisme, metode kualitatif dan pendekatan studi kasus yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses pemeliharaan citra melalui kunjungan industri secara mendalam dan menyeluruh. Konsep yang digunakan adalah konsep four steps public relations dari Cutlip, Center and Broom, dengan menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data observasi partisipatori pasif, dan wawancara mendalam. Teknis analisis yang digunakan adalah reduksi data dan penyajian data. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa manajemen yang dilakukan oleh Humas PT.Pindad (Persero) dalam mengelola program kunjungan industri memiliki pengaruh terhadap pemeliharaan citra yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan dan sesuai dengan konsep four steps public relations dari Cutlip, Center and Broom yakni proses perencanaan dengan menetapkan tujuan, melakukan operasionalisasi persuratan, menyiapkan tempat, membuat schedule dan rundown acara dan melakukan briefieng. Proses implementasi dengan melakukan pemaparan materi dan plant tour. Proses evaluasi beserta pencarian data dan fakta dengan mewawancarai pengunjung dan evaluasi tahunan perusahaan. This paper describes the public relations management process carried out by public relations of PT. Pindad (Persero) in order to maintain the company's image through the industrial visit acceptance program. The research was conducted using the constructivism paradigm, qualitative methods and case study approaches that aim to find out the image maintenance process through in-depth and comprehensive industrial visits. The concept used is the concept of four steps public relations from Cutlip, Center and Broom, using passive participatory observation data collection techniques, and in-depth interviews. The analysis technique used is data reduction and data presentation. The results of this study indicate that the management carried out by Public Relations PT.Pindad (Persero) in managing industrial visit programs has an influence on image maintenance carried out by the company and in accordance with the concept of four steps public relations from Cutlip, Center and Broom namely the planning process by setting purpose, operationalize correspondence, prepare a place, make a schedule and rundown of the event and do a briefieng. The implementation process is by presenting material and plant tour. The evaluation process along with data and fact searches by interviewing visitors and annual evaluations of the company.

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