Conservation and Preservation of Federal Public Resources: A History

of all varieties, including water, timber, range, wildlife, minerals, and historical and cultural resources. Today, the management of these public resources is entrusted to numerous federal land management agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. These agencies manage what now remains of the once vast public domain. Given the extraordinary amount of federal land held on behalf of the American