A Review of Trends and Knowledge Gaps in Latinx Outdoor Recreation on Federal and State Public Lands

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa Thomas ◽  
José Sánchez ◽  
David Flores
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Institutional Barriers ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
History Of

The Latinx population in the United States, estimated to compose 28% of the country’s population by 2050, has a long history of public land use. Yet while research on Latinx outdoor recreation in urban green spaces has increased over the past 20 years, research on Latinx outdoor recreation on federal and state public lands has waned. This study synthesizes the literature on public land use and outdoor recreation on federal and state public lands by the Latinx population in the United States to assess the state of knowledge and to strategically identify research needs in Latinx public land use and outdoor recreation. Our analysis reveals that while institutional barriers such as policies, practices, and procedures that favor some ethnic groups over others continue to exist, barriers to access, such as distance to sites, available free time, and knowledge about how to use public lands may be shifting, offering clues that may help guide informed approaches to outdoor recreation management.

Against Trophy Hunting: A Marxian-Leopoldian Critique

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Simon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Common People ◽  
North Americans ◽  
Trophy Hunting ◽  
History Of

Contemporary North Americans hunt wildlife for a variety of reasons, whether to attain game meat, spend time with family and friends, or take part in a form of outdoor recreation. My focus here will be on…trophy hunting…[—]killing wildlife to enhance one's status by appropriating the body parts of dead animals for display as trophies, ostensible evidence of hunting skills.… In the United States, trophy hunting organizations, such as Safari Club International and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, claim to promote and defend two allegedly deeply rooted Western traditions: The popular practice of "common people" hunting, and the role that hunters and hunting organizations have played in protecting wilderness and wildlife.… These claims perpetuate a mythologized version of the history of Euro-American hunting. Contrary to their image as "true conservationists," many trophy hunting organizations have promoted policies and activities with adverse social consequences, contributing to the environmental degradation they claim to oppose.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

Public Lands and Political Meaning: Ranchers, the Government, and the Property between Them. By Karen R. Merrill. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Pp. xix, 274. $50.00.

2003 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 282-283
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Nugent
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
American West ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Public Land ◽  
The Political ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

The objective of this book by Karen Merrill is to use the history of public land policy to better understand the political history of the American West since 1870 and the recurring tensions between government, ranchers, and environmentalists. Although the book is aimed primarily at political historians, it is a useful reference for economic historians interested in property rights and land-use regulations.

scholarly journals Conservation of carbon resources and values on public lands: A case study from the National Wildlife Refuge System

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0262218
Author(s):  
Zhiliang Zhu ◽  
Beth Middleton ◽  
Emily Pindilli ◽  
Darren Johnson ◽  
Kurt Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Carbon Stock ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Land ◽  
National Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Public Land Management ◽  
Management Objectives

Public lands in the United States are those land areas managed by federal, state, and county governments for public purposes such as preservation and recreation. Protecting carbon resources and increasing carbon sequestration capacity are compatible with public land management objectives for healthy and resilient habitats, i.e., managing habitats for the benefit of wildlife and ecosystem services can simultaneously capture and store carbon. To evaluate the effect of public land management on carbon storage and review carbon management as part of the land management objectives, we used existing data of carbon stock and net ecosystem carbon balance in a study of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), a public land management program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Total carbon storage of the 364 refuges studied was 16.6 PgC, with a mean value 42,981 gCm-2. We used mixed modeling with Bonferroni adjustment techniques to analyze the effect of time since refuge designation on carbon storage. In general, older refuges store more carbon per unit area than younger refuges. In addition to the age factor, carbon resources are variable by regions and habitat types protected in the refuges. Mean carbon stock and the rate of sequestration are higher within refuges than outside refuges, but the statistical comparison of 364 refuges analyzed in this study was not significant. We also used the social cost of carbon to analyze the annual benefits of sequestrating carbon in these publicly managed lands in the United States, which is over $976 million per year in avoided CO2 emissions via specific conservation management actions. We examine case studies of management, particularly with respect to Service cooperation activities with The Conservation Fund (TCF) Go Zero® Program, Trust for Public Land (TPL) and individuals. Additional opportunities exist in improving techniques to maximize carbon resources in refuges, while continuing to meet the core purpose and need of the NWRS.

Cannabis Revisited

2020 ◽  
pp. 346-362
Author(s):  
Russell Crandall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Public Lands ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Land ◽  
Federal State ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Source Countries ◽  
The U.S

This chapter details the launch of the U.S. federal, state, and local anti-drug agencies' two-month effort called Operation Mountain Sweep in late August 2012, which targeted large illegal marijuana cultivations on public land in several Western states. It describes marijuana cultivation on public lands, especially in the American West, that had grown immensely during the previous few years, making aggressive responses from anti-drug elements unsurprising. It also discusses how the United States emerged as one of the largest marijuana producers in the Americas, with Mexico supplying about half of all the cannabis consumed in the United States. The chapter elaborates that concerns about the environmental impact of cannabis cultivation on delicate ecosystems served as a major catalyst for Operation Mountain Sweep. It points out how cultivation-driven environmental degradation in the United States was similar in cocaine source countries, where growers slashed virgin rainforest to make way for coca plantings.

The Marrakesh Treaty

2020 ◽  
pp. 104420732093741
Author(s):  
Cynthia Vleugels
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Intellectual Property Organization ◽  
Barriers To Access ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marrakesh Treaty ◽  
Accessible Format ◽  
Rights Issues

According to the World Blind Union, only 7% of the world’s published books are ever made into an accessible format. This article examines the development of a treaty lead by the World Intellectual Property Organization with hopes of removing some of the barriers to access across the globe. Through explaining the development and history of what became known simply as the Marrakesh Treaty, this article highlights the initial publicity, human rights issues, and lawmaking battles that lead to the United States ultimately agreeing to participate.

Review of A brief history of the United States.

1919 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 414-414
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of
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