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60 U. Colo. L. Rev. 923 (1989)
Taking Account of the Ecosystem on the Public Domain: Law and Ecology in the Greater Yellowstone Region

handle is hein.journals/ucollr60 and id is 933 raw text is: TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE ECOSYSTEM ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN: LAW AND ECOLOGY IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE REGION ROBERT B. KEITER* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................ 924 II. Ecology and the Public Lands .......................... 929 III. Yellowstone as an Ecosystem ........................... 933 A. The Natural Environment ......................... 933 B. Interjurisdictional Conflict: Economics and the Environm ent ...................................... 937 C. The Cumulative Impact Problem ................... 942 IV. Law and Ecology: Management Under Conflicting Philosophies ........................................... 943 A. The Preserved Lands: Restraint Beyond the Border? ........................................... 944 1. The National Parks ............................ 944 2. W ilderness ..................................... 951 B. Wildlife: The Irrelevance of Conventional Boundaries ........................................ 956 1. Endangered Species ............................ 956 2. Biological Diversity ............................ 963 C. The Multiple Use Lands: A Struggle for D om inance ........................................ 967 1. A n Overview .................................. 968 2. Timber: Slipping from Dominance? ............. 972 3. Oil and Gas: Moving Up on the Agenda? ....... 975 4. Wilderness Designation: A Lingering Conundrum ................................... 982 D. Interagency Coordination: The Quest for Common G round ........................................... 984 Professor of Law, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. I am grateful to Joe Sax, Joel Selig, Richard Schneebeck, and Kate Fox for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article. I also am indebted to Sam Benham and Mary Beth Siemon, University of Wyoming law students, for their tireless research assistance. The George Hopper Faculty Research Fund at the University of Wyoming College of Law provided me with generous financial support while working on this project.

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