Combines rigorous but accessible economics with federal agency planning and a wealth of institutional detail and examples. It is an excellent way of providing students in the natural sciences with a firm foundation in economics, planning, and policy analysis, one that is exceptionally relevant to further education or careers in conservation and natural resource management. -- David Layton, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington The only comprehensive guide to public land management that I'm aware of. -- Robert J. Lilieholm, Utah State University Integrated Public Land Management is the single most comprehensive text on the economic management of western public lands. Loomis has performed a great service to the environmental and resource economists who teach in the west. -- Jeffrey Englin, University of Nevada-Reno

Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies-National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and the Bureau of Land Management-in one volume. This book fills the need for a unified treatment of the analytical procedures used by federal land management agencies in planning and managing their diverse lands. The second edition charts the progress these agencies have made toward the management of their lands as ecosystems. It includes new U.S. Forest Service regulations, expanded coverage of Geographic Information Systems, and new legislation on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Refuges.